Kaiyuan Temple (開元殿) is located in Xikou, Chiayi, and claims to have the world’s largest statues of the pirate-king Koxinga (鄭成功) and his lieutenants Gan Hui (甘輝) and Zhang Wanli (張萬禮). The temple was originally established by a local branch of the Zheng (鄭) family in 1970 and continually expanded over subsequent decades. The huge statue of Koxinga was completed in 1995.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Center For GIS, Academia Sinica (文化資源地理資訊系統)
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Giant Gods in Taiwan (台灣巨大神像)
- Koxinga’s Legacy (國姓爺的歷史影響)
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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.