A temple on the slopes of Zhinan Mountain (指南山) above Muzha (木柵) in Wenshan, Taipei, dedicated to Lü Dongbin (呂洞賓), one of the Eight Immortals. His image is said to have been brought from Shanxi in 1882 and carried to Jingmei (景美) to end an epidemic, after which local gentry built the first hall on this site in 1890. Over the following century the temple grew into a hillside complex with halls for Confucian and Buddhist figures, in keeping with the unity of the three teachings. A fire in August 2026 gutted the ground floor of Lingxiao Hall (凌霄寶殿), its tallest building, dedicated to Yuhuang Dadi (玉皇大帝), the Jade Emperor.
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.