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A Mazu temple in the heart of Xingang, successor to a temple at the old port of Bengang (笨港) destroyed by flooding in 1799. The new temple was completed in 1811 with the backing of the naval commander Wang Delu (王得祿), and rebuilt between 1907 and 1917 after two earthquakes left little of it standing. It is the destination of the annual Dajia Mazu pilgrimage, a nine-day procession on foot across the western plains of Taiwan. Huye (虎爺), the Tiger God, stands on an altar here rather than crouching underneath.
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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)
Series: Taiwan Summer Road Trip 2017
In the summer of 2017 I borrowed a scooter to ride to a music festival in Nantou and only returned it several months later. It wasn’t a continuous road trip—I’d leave the scooter parked at various HSR stations as I slowly made my way around central and southern Taiwan—but each leg of the trip usually involved 3 or 4 days of riding. In the end I gathered enough material for 60 or 70 posts, only some of which have been published.
- Dongping Tobacco Barn (東平菸樓)
- Ganfeng Suspension Bridge (乾峰吊橋遺跡)
- Puli Tuberculosis Sanatorium (埔里肺結核療養所)
- Shuili Huye Temple (水里虎爺廟)
- Postcards From Zhushan (竹山明信片)
- Zhushan Kezikeng New Community (竹山柯子坑新社區)
- Nanyun Gas Station (南雲加油站)
- Postcards From Linnei (林內明信片)
- Yixin Vocational High School (益新工商職業學校)
- Postcards From Ershui (二水明信片)
- Ershui Public Hall (二水公會堂)
- Xizhou Theater (溪州戲院)
- Xiluo Bridge (西螺大橋)
- Xiluo Theater (西螺大戲院)
- Xiluo Yisheng Theater (西螺一生戲院)
- Postcards From Xiluo (西螺明信片)
- Dingyuan Radio Station (雲林定遠電臺)
- Beigang Theater (北港戲院)
- Liujiao Brick Kiln (六腳磚窯)
- Tainan Second Air Force New Village (台南二空眷村)
- Qigu Saltworks Dingshan Watchtower (頂山鹽警槍樓)
- Alian Theater (阿蓮戲院)
- Qieding Jhuhu Saltworks Watchtower (茄萣竹滬鹽灘鹽警槍樓)
- Suantou Sugar Factory (蒜頭糖廠)
- Shuangxikou Brick Kiln (雙溪口磚窯)
- Wang De-lu Tomb (王得祿墓)
- Xingang Fengtian Temple (新港奉天宮)
- Hsin Kang Theater (新港戲院)
- Dalin Wanguo Theater (大林萬國戲院)
- Dalin Xinxing Theater (大林新興戲院)
- Dounan Unfinished Building (斗南爛尾樓)
- Xizhou RSEA Factory (彰化溪州榮民工廠)
- Lingxiao Temple (凌霄殿)
- Mingjian 921 Leaning Tower (南投九二一地震斜塔紀念地)
Backlinks
- Dajia Jenn Lann Temple (大甲鎮瀾宮)
- Hsin Kang Theater (新港戲院)
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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.