Established in the Houshajiao (後社角) neighborhood of Xuejia in 1827, Jihe Temple is renowned for its centipede formation (蜈蚣陣), a traditional folk religious procession featuring wooden boards linked together with children dressed as deities riding atop. The formation, collectively representing the Hundred-Legged Immortal (百足真人), serves a protective function, exorcising evil energy wherever it passes. The dragon head (龍頭) at the front of the formation is enshrined on an alter within the temple. The temple was most recently reconstructed in 1967.
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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)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
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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.