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representative structure of its type. Decoration includes carvings, paintings, calligraphy, cutouts, and clay sculpture; the woodcarvings are particularly notable. The wooden frames of the gateway and central hall contain most of the carvings, which feature such techniques as bas-relief, round relief, and openwork.
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Buddhist temple is unusual in that it is the only one in the city that also has a Shinto Shrine on its grounds. It is famous for the presence of a giant smiling Buddha that can easily be seen from the street despite the presence of a wall separating the grounds from the street. The main
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The main entrance opens into an open space with trees, a pond, and a walkway lined with hedges that leads to the Great
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The straight-sill wooden windows in the brick wall of the main hall are simpler in form than those of the front hall. The large wooden beams making up the internal structure mostly use
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The back area of the courtyard has a small pavilion with greenery behind it. Within that greenery is another courtyard where monks and nuns meditate, study, or relax. Within the courtyard, there is an opening to a green area with a statue of the
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The Chang (Zhang) family ancestral shrine is built in the traditional
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To the left of the main temple structure is an incense burner where ghost money can be burned for the deceased, which was built in 1828. The interior of the temple includes shrines to “spirits” with intricate, complex designs. The complex roofs are constructed in a traditional
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While this temple is currently located on Ziyou Road near the Hanxi River and
Lecheng Temple, it was originally built on Dacheng Street in North District in 1949 and it received the name Nantian Temple in 1950, with construction being completed in 1952. The spirit on the roof was constructed in
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in 1791. Restoration work was performed on the temple in 1928 and 1963. Thus, now only are there examples of Qing dynasty architecture, but also more modern forms as a result of the restoration and additions that took place during the
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Unlike other cities, Taichung lacked a Confucian Temple until very recently. In order to address this deficiency, the municipal government made the decision to construct a temple. With help from the Taiwan Provincial Government as well as local private individuals, construction of the
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After entering a gate on the modern roadside of Changping Road, a courtyard looks towards a broader gate. The gate has wooden carvings on either side of the entrances that lead into another courtyard. From that second courtyard, the main shrine to Wenchang Tichun can be seen.
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Today the temple is a quiet place where people can contemplate, study, and relax. It also serves as a center for culture related classes (i.e. calligraphy). However, the place becomes the center of attention on the morning of September 28 every year, as Taiwanese celebrate
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The front entrance has stone carvings on both sides and painting on the doors. The inner courtyard is also made from brick, and one can see the inner shrine from this courtyard. It also includes the traditional drum and bell and has numerous wood carvings and paintings.
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The Chang family ancestral Shrine is located in the area formerly known as Hsiachi Changli (today's XieHe li in the XiTun district). This temple was built by descendants of the Matang Chang family of Shibi village, Ninghua country, Dingzhou prefecture, Fujian province.
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Inside there is a courtyard with the main temple on the right side with lions guarding the entrance to the temple. Inside the temple is a gold Buddha statue sitting in the lotus position. There are hundreds of smaller figurines lining the walls of the shrine.
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The Tzu-shan Buddhist Temple was constructed shortly after the end of the Japanese occupation in the 1950s. It is a temple/monastery with a small number of resident Buddhist monks and nuns. The entrance to the complex has an elephant on either side.
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The red brick walls of the front hall feature Eight Diagram three-sill bamboo node windows. The outer frames of the windows are decorated with brick carvings. The carving technique and the scenes carved are different on the two sides of the temple.
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In the center of that courtyard is the Great Perfection Hall. The construction employs Song Dynasty designs with patterns also deriving from the Song Dynasties. It includes a shrine to Confucius, though modestly lacks an image of the great sage.
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The main entrance to the temple is flanked on either side by two smaller entrances. Wood carvings adorn the traditional roof structures over the entrances to the temple. The interior has a number of shrines dedicated to
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Dajia Jenn Lann Temple is known for being the center of the largest annual religious procession in Taiwan, the annual Mazu pilgrimage in which practitioners travel across the island bearing an effigy of Mazu.
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Behind the temple itself is a multi-storied building that belongs to the temple and is called the Dadao Public Temple. However, there is no aesthetic architectural or artistic quality to the building.
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The Yuanbao Temple itself is small. Just outside the temple, an old tree stands beside the main gate. The gate itself has an intricate design on the top. Inside the small courtyard is a wrought iron
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In the rear of the main courtyard is The Sage's Shrine, also known as the Hall of the Sagely Founder. It includes tablets that honor members of Confucius’ family.
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