TAIWAN
- the Beautiful Island -
featuring the capitol Taipei
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The Temples
Lungshan Temple
The Lungshan Temple has become one of the most popular temples in Taipei, and it is a very good example of typical Taiwanese temple architecture with a touch of southern Chinese influence, with extensive roof decorations of dragons and peacocks.
The temple seems to be well visited by the locals, and the activities there are centered around a mixture of Buddhist and Taoist rites, as well as some old traditional folk believes.
The legend says that a passer-by left an amulet of Guanyin hanging in a tree there, and this amulet were shining so bright both night and day, that it was decided that this spot was a great place to built a temple.
Settlers from China's Fujinan province built the temple in 1738, and the stones that covers the courtyard is said to ballast stones from their ship.
2012-02-29.123 - The Lungshan Temple - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2012-02-29.164 - The Lungshan Temple - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
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The Lungshan Temple.
(Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2012-02-29.126 - The Lungshan Temple - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2012-02-29.125 - The inner courtyard of the Lungshan Temple bustling with activity - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2012-02-29.129 - The Lungshan Temple. Dragon on the roof - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2012-02-29.151 - The Lungshan Temple. Offerings - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2012-02-29.137 - The Lungshan Temple. Offerings - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2012-02-29.142 - The Lungshan Temple. The inner courtyard - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2012-02-29.135 The Lungshan Temple. Great activity by the local people - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2012-02-29.132 - The Lungshan Temple. Paper fish decoration. (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2012-02-29.140 - The Lungshan Temple. The interior - a Buddha - or maybe a "boddhisattwa" ??? - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2012-02-29.139 - The Lungshan Temple. The interior - another Buddha/boddhisattwa - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2012-02-29.149 - The Lungshan Temple. Worshippers - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2012-02-29.152 - The Lungshan Temple. Lantern decorations - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2012-02-29.153 - The Lungshan Temple. Lantern decorations - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2012-02-29.154 - The Lungshan Temple. Bustling activity in the inner courtyard - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2012-02-29.157 - The Lungshan Temple. Bustling activity in the inner courtyard - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2012-02-29.160 - The Lungshan Temple. The extensively decorated roof of the main hall, - dragons and peacocks - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
2012-02-29.162 - The Lungshan Temple - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)
In a corner of the outer courtyard, is a small garden with a waterfall.
This waterfall is a photographers dream, - and therefore I will end my series of the activities in the Longshan Temple with two pictures from this little wonder of natural beauty.
2012-02-29.161 - The Lungshan Temple - (Photo- and copyright: Karsten Petersen)