An unusual shrine venerating a stone toad, tucked into a cemetery in the hills of Luotuoshan (駱駝山) and reached on foot. The main altar hosts a toad with a coin pinned beneath its foot; in Taiwanese the word for toad (蟾蜍) is homophonous with “grabbing money”, making it a charm for wealth. Its origins are undocumented but it was likely built in the 1980s during the lottery craze (大家樂), when gamblers came yin (dark energy) sites to pray for winning numbers. Semi-abandoned today but still accessible from the nearby cemetery, the high ground gives views over Linyuan, although it is technically within Xiaogang.
Warning: this location is abandoned, hazardous, or otherwise neglected and may be unsafe and even dangerous! Exercise appropriate precautions when visiting.
警告：此處已廢棄或長期無人管理，可能存在潛在危險。造訪時請務必提高警覺，並做好相關安全防護措施。
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- Liberty Times (自由時報)
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- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
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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.