An impressive monastery set against some dramatic terrain at the back of Guanyinshan. It is home to an impressive Thousand Hand Guanyin statue visible in the main hall. Five of the original stone statues from the Taipei Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage (台北西國三十三所靈場) can be found along a trail near the temple.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Japanese Buddhist Pilgrimage Sites in Taiwan (臺灣佛教巡禮場所)
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Alexander Synaptic
Curator, Spectral Codex
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.