A small yet complete Mazu temple housing several idols, tucked into a narrow lane in Zhongzheng, Taipei. The temple was previously larger but lost most of its footprint to a road widening project. It fronts onto a cramped laneway frequented by pedestrians and motorbikes. It is featured in the book Parasitic Temples as the Alley Temple (防火巷廟).
Map
Links
- Mazu and Her Family (媽祖和她的家庭)
Sources
- Lai Po-Wei, Parasitic Temples, Yeren Publishing House, 2017 賴伯威，《寄生之廟：台灣都市夾縫中的街廟觀察，適應社會變遷的常民空間圖鑑》，野人，2017
Themes
- 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.