1934 Taoist temple in Hualien, Taiwan with extremely detailed art
This temple dedicated to deified historic Chinese characters has practically every inch detailed in complex artwork and (less complex) deity figures of various sizes.
A LEISURELY TOUR OF MT. BAGUA #1
Baguashan, or Mt. Bagua, is named for the mystic three Trigrams of the ancient Chinese book of divination, the Yi Ching. The Mt. Bagua Scenic Area is Located at the boundary between Changhua and Nantou Counties, and ranges from the southern bank of Dadu River in the north to the northern bank of the Jhuoshuei River in the south. In the east-west direction, in reaches from the Taichung Basin to the Chamghua plains. The area is shaped like a long, narrow gourd that stretches from north to south. Situated in the hills and covered by an interwoven network of pathways, Mt. Bagua is known as the most beautiful nature park in central Taiwan. 【The information from Tourism Bureau Ministy of Transportation and Communication, Republic of China(Taiwan)】
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Xuan Zang Temple, Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan
Monk Xuanzang (Syuentzang) was the Holy Monk in the Tang dynasty. During the China-Japan War, Japanese took the Monk Xuanzang's remains away from Nanchin to the Tsen Temple of Saidama Ken in Japan. In 1955, the Monk Xuanzang's remains were returned back to the Xuanguang (Syuanguang) Temple. In 1965, the Monk Xuanzang's remains were moved to the Xuanzang Temple after the temple rebuilding. There is a bell in front of the main gate of the Xuanzang Temple. The bell is called wake up bell. If you prefer quiet atmosphere, those temples are the best places for you.
How to reach there: Once you reach Sun Moon Lake, the temple is situated on the main road and round the lake bus has a stop there. So getting there is very easy. The temple is very beautiful.
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FOLLOW ME TO TAIWAN! • Taroko National Park & Hualien | cherylsaurus
Follow me as we explore the amazing Taroko Gorge National Park and have a chill day in the city of Hua Lien. Lots of walking, delicious food, cartoon movie references (if you understood all 3, we are instantly bffs) and new pupper frands ahead! Pop the description open for more details!
PLACES:
1:04 — Taroko National Park (太魯閣國家公園)
1:23 — Wu Ling
•••••• ➫ Wuling is the highest point on the island of Taiwan accessible by public roads. I can't believe I was only wearing my sweater in 6 degree weather :'D
3:23 — He Huan Shan (合歡山)
•••••• ➫ aka Joy Mountain is a 3,416-metre-high (11,207 ft) mountain. Now that I have my fair share of hiking in Taiwan, this climb wasn't so bad.
3:51 — Cartoon movie reference #1 haha
4:04 — We had lunch at one of the restaurants near the Bilu Sacred Tree.
4:24 — Bilu Sacred Tree (碧綠神木)
•••••• ➫ This tree is 3,200 years old and about 50m high with a diameter of 3.5m. It is the largest old tree along the Central Cross-Island Highway.
4:56 — Tian Siang Visitor Center (天祥遊客中心)
5:16 —Yue Fei Pavilion (岳飞亭) was built in remembrance of the hero, Yue Fei.
5:27 — cartoon movie reference #2
5:38 — Cimu Bridge (慈母橋)
•••••• ➫ 慈母 Cimu means 'Motherly devotion'. The rock beneath the bridge looks like a frog. A pavilion was built on this frog rock, becoming the crown on the frog. This was built by late President Chiang Jing-guo, in memory of his mother, during construction of the road. On the east side of the bridge, the Cimu pavilion was built by late President Chiang Kai-shek, in memory of his mother, Mrs. Wang.
6:04 — Swallows Grotto (燕子口 Yanzikou)
•••••• ➫ The Grotto trail is interspersed with tunnels and overlooks the narrowest portion of Taroko Gorge where the river is most rapid. The walls on each side of the river contain caves which form natural nesting places for spring swallow birds, bringing life to the area nearby the roaring river, with locals naming it Swallow Grotto.
6:46 — Jinheng Bridge (靳恆橋)
6:59 — Eternal Spring Shrine (長春祠) Chángchūn cí
•••••• ➫ The name of the temple comes from the Changchun Falls that never stop running. It commemorates the memory of 212 veterans who died while constructing the highway (1956—1960).
7:08 — Qixingtan Coast Park (七星潭海濱公園)
•••••• ➫ It is illegal to remove the stones from the beach! :O
7:46 — Laishang Sushi (賴桑壽司)
•••••• ➫ No.335 Zhongzheng Road, Hualien
8:08 — Hualien Cultural Creative Industries Park
•••••• ➫ I really love visiting Taiwan's creative parks. This one has a couple of gift shops, workshops and gallery spaces featuring students' designs, wood and metal art works.
8:57 — 洄澜薯道 A shop known for their sweet potato specialties
9:10 — East Gate Night Market
9:36 — cartoon movie reference #3
9:38 — Railway Culture Park
•••••• ➫ The railway culture museum, originally known as the Railway Department Hualien Harbor Branch Office, was set up as an administrative office for construction and operation of railways in eastern Taiwan during the Japanese occupation era. This site is now the only complete light railway station remaining from that time. With the help of the government and dedicated historical workers and specialists, it was registered as a historic site in 2002. It is now run as a cultural and leisure park area dedicated to the railway culture.
10:06 — Justice Bao (公正包子)
10:17 — We stayed at Villa Fontaine during our 2 nights stay in Hualien.
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Must See in Taiwan! Lion's Head Mountain is a Must Visit near Taipei Taiwan. Beautiful Places 台湾 獅頭山
Lion's Head Mountain is a MUST SEE, and by far our favorite destination during the Taipei trip!! This temple filled mountain was surreal; and what made it even better is the fact that we were practically the only ones there!! Lion's Head Mountain is attraction you must visit in Taiwan.
私達が最も美しいと思った場所の一つ、台湾の獅頭山。是非機会があれば足を運んでみて下さい。
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Our third day in Taiwan was an adventurous one. Travelling from Taipei Main Station, all the way to the sacred Buddhist site of Lion's Head Mountain in Miaoli. The dreamy ambiance, paired with the breathtaking views, momentarily made me contemplate becoming a monk. This was an unforgettable experience!
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Anita Rosenberg 7 Star Ceremony in Taiwan
Anita Rosenberg almost burns her tush on the flaming cauldrons during the sacred 7 Star Ceremony at the 7 Star Temple in a remote village in Taiwan. Organized by Joey Yap, this ceremony is about sending wishes to heaven.
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醉酒的和尚- Demi gods at Hualien Temple. Taoism - spirit medium.
END Taiwan's PIG OF GODS CONTEST
“ Humanity’s true moral test, its fundamental test…consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect humankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.”—Milan Kundera
Taiwan’s Pig of Gods Contest (POG)
This is about a competition, not between chefs or baseball teams or martial artists, but, rather, between farmers raising the heaviest pig. The purpose behind the punishing confinement and force-feeding in unspeakably grim conditions until the pigs are obscenely massive is that the winning pig’s “owner” is honored with a gold medal or gold pig statue and certificates from the temples, farmers associations, and politicians.
The Pig of Gods contests are both specific to an area and specific to the Hakka ethnic community (associated with the Yi Min temple), which are held at local temples throughout the year, when worshippers make offerings to various gods.
Because of the appalling suffering of the pigs and the ever-growing unseemly commercialization of these festivals, many temples have distanced themselves from the POG and even replaced the pigs with rice cakes, flowers, rice pigs and rice cake pigs, making the POG unnecessary and indefensible. More and more Taiwanese are choosing to worship their gods without the POG.
The POG came about when Japan ruled Taiwan, and the colonial government urged pig production to help offset a shortage of meat and thus the Pig of Gods weighing contest was born. These contests then became part of a long history of festivals worshipping various gods.
Arukah Animal International (AAI), a new animal-protection organization, in collaboration with Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan (EAST), stands with all the Taiwanese people who oppose the POG and to put an end to the unendurable pain and anguish of these pigs, who are living, breathing beings who deserve a better fate. Aside from the fact that pigs love, dream, play, and snuggle with their families, they are also as smart as every study says they are and possess vast cognitive visual skills and are a simply breathtakingly impressive species, pigs do not belong in POG contests.
Please watch the film and then politely request that the POG contests finally come to an end and to use only alternatives for pigs during the worshipping of gods.
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” Elie Wiesel
Please write to the following:
1. Yi Min Temple – the FB page for the POG event this year. The temple itself has no Web site nor FB, nor e-mail:
2. The Hakka Affairs Council: Most Hakka people in Taiwan worship at the Yi Min Temple
E-mail: src@mail.hakka.gov.tw
3. The Ministry of Culture, which announced Yi Min Temple as Taiwan’s National Culture Heritage
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Pigs of God
For years now, Taiwanese activists have been campaigning to end the 'Pigs of God' festival, which sees pigs reared to extraordinary weights and sacrificed as part of annual temple festivities.
The festival is celebrated at a small minority of Taiwan's thousands of temples belonging to Taoist, Buddhist, and folk religious traditions. This year, activists protested at one of the biggest festivals at Hsinchu's Yimin Temple.
The latest campaign, being led by EAST (台灣動物社會研究會), is quickly gaining traction and has reignited debate across Taiwan. Take action today and help bring an end to the 'Pigs of God' festival once and for all : #StopPigsOfGod
Photography by Jo-Anne McArthur
Video by Kelly Guerin
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Popping in a Buddhist temple in Taiwan
Tron is roboting in a Buddhist temple while the nuns are chanting. This is a spiritual trip for him and with the significant meaning of healing.
A Week Around Taiwan | Spring 2017
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TRIP SCHEDULE (included in video):
Day 1: Arrive in Taipei
Day 2: Taipei to Sun and Moon Lake; Stops: Chiang Kei-shek Memorial Hall, National Museum, Presidential Office Building, Baoan Temple, Sun and Moon Lake, Wen Wu Temple, Holy Monk Shrine
Day 3: Sun Moon Lake to Alishan to Chia Yi; Stops: Alishan Mountain/Forest, Famous Cypress Trees, Chiayi City/Nightmarket
Day 4: Chia Yi to Tainan to Taitung; Stops: Chihkan Tower (Fort Provintia), Anping Castle (Fort Zeelandia), Anping Treehouse
Day 5: Taitung to Hualien; Stops: East Coast Sightseeing, Baxian Cave, Sanxiantai Island.
Day 6: Hualien to Taipei; Stops: Taroko Gorge, Swallow Grotto, Eternal and Spring Shrine, Tienshange, Taipei 101 and observatory
Day 7: Flight home: Taipei to Tokyo to San Francisco to Chicago to Pittsburgh; Stops: Tokyo Airport Sushi
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Taoist Temple, Taiwan
Taking a look at an atypical Taoist temple in Houli, central Taiwan. I have no idea what the loud noise is - it was fairly quiet at the temple when I was filming.
SST 2012 @Hualien - Hymn: Lord, how long
1. Lord, how long, dear Bridegroom,
'Til You come, Lord, how soon?
Don't delay for that coming day, coming day.
Grant me, Lord, to be filled
With You, Lord, every day.
Dearest Lord, take me all the way.
Come, Lord Jesus,
Please come, dear Bridegroom;
Precious One, come soon, come soon.
Lord, consume me!
Oh Lord, don't let me stray,
Faithful to You all the way.
2. Lord, make home in all my heart
In my secret, deepest parts,
Hidden, Lord, and reserved for You, for You.
You would be preeminent
In all things and all events,
Possessed by Thee to this extent.
3. In my prayer and deepest plea
In my spirit always be
Saturated and soaked with Thee, with Thee.
This would be my life daily.
Every hour expecting Thee,
This I pray, Lord, desperately!
4. The universe, in it we see,
In the sweetest touch of Thee,
You're my choice and my destiny, destiny.
Lord, whate'er the price may be,
Lord, Amen, let it be!
Oh, my Love, please come back quickly!
5. In Your love I am constrained.
What's within, I can't contain.
Lord, I can't any more restrain, restrain.
In Your love, I'll pour on Thee.
And the church, Your Bride to be,
This my choice voluntarily.
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aerial images videos on Emei mountain scene in Sichuan travel tourism 航拍峨眉山壯美風光 恍如仙境
The slopes of Emei Shan have been inhabited since as early as 10,000 years ago. It was originally a Taoist retreat.
Pugong, a medicinal plant farmer, built the Puguang Hall on the Golden Summit in the 1st century AD. In the 3rd century, the Puxian form of Buddhism (which centers on devotion to the Bodhisattva Puxian, or Samantabhadra) became dominant on Emei and the Chinese monk Huichi built the Puxian Temple (now the Wannian Temple) at the foot of the Guanxinpo Terrace.
In the mid-9th century, the Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin sent a Buddhist mission headed by Master Jiye to India. On his return he was authorized to build temples on Mount Emei, where he preached and translated the
Indian Buddhist texts. He was also authorized to cast a Puxian bronze statue, 62 tonnes in weight and 7.85 m high, now in the Wannian Temple.
Ever since, Mount Emei has been one of the most holy places of Buddhism. Extensive rebuilding during the Ming dynasty finally converted most of Emei's Taoist temples to Buddhism.
The natural beauty and sacred significance of Emei Shan has been drawing pilgrims and tourists for 2,000 years. It was designated a World Heritage Site in 1996.
What to See at Emei Shan
Emei Shan literally means Delicate Eyebrow Mountain — it derives its name from two peaks which face each other and look like the delicate eyebrows of a Chinese classic beauty.
Emei Shan is a UNESCO World Heritage Site featuring many temples, natural wonders and breathtaking scenery. The slopes incorporate several different climates and much wildlife, especially birds and trees. Some of the trees are more than 1,000 years old.
There are also monkeys, who are accustomed to tourists and assertive; they aren't dangerious but will beg for food and grab at bags as hikers walk along the trails. Many hikers carry walking sticks to shoo them away.
There are over 30 Buddhist temples on Emei Shan, 10 of which are large and very old. They are considered masterpieces of creative ingenuity in the way they adapt to the natural enviroment and beauty of the holy mountain.
At the mountain base is Baoguo Monastery, built in the 16th century. The monastery has serene gardens with rare plants, a library of sutras and a huge porcelain Buddha. In the stone staircase of the rear hall are figures of the Eight Immortals, betraying the temple's Taoist origins.
Further up the mountain lies the Crouching Tiger Monastery (Fuhu Si), Emei's largest temple. Once associated with the Taoist martial-arts master Zhang Sanfeng, today it is a Guanyin nunnery. Notable features include the 16th-century, 7m-high bronze Huayan Pagoda, which is engraved with 4700 Buddha images.
The Qingyin Pavilion, built against the mountainside at the foot of the Niuxin Ridge, is an ensemble of pavilions, towers, and platforms, the earliest dating from the early 6th century. Its location and the streams that run through it have earned it the name “The Mountain Garden.”
A few hours' walk or a cable car ride leads to the Golden Summit(Jinding), at 3077m. There are two temples here (the friendly Woyun Nunnery and the large Huazang Si) and thousands of padlocks inscribed with couples' names to symbolize eternal love.
Huazang Si on Jinding was founded as early as the 1st century as the Puguang Hall, later becoming the Guangxiang Temple and receiving its present royal name in 1614. It was extensively rebuilt and refurnished in the 1970s, but every effort was made to preserve its original appearance.
Jinding is the best place to experience the Four Wonders of Mt. Emei: the Buddha's Halo (rainbow-like rings that surround and move with your shadow), the Sea of Clouds, the Holy Lamp (or Divine Lights) and the Golden Summit Sunrise.
From the Golden Summit you can ride a monorail along the ridge to Wanfoding (Ten Thousand Buddha Summit), the true summit of Emei Shan.
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Holy Pig festival | Visiting Taipei Taiwan
I know this one is long, but I just didn't want to cut anything out of this crazy afternoon! Our last afternoon in Taiwan started with an impromptu stop to a nearby event - it turned out to be Taiwan's Holy Pig Festival at the Zushi Temple in New Taipei. WOW what event! At the street stands around the festival, we tried sugarcane juice, and saw real wasabi root (we only find fake wasabi in the US!) and lots of games and activities.
After the Holy Pig Festival, we went out to an insane sushi lunch, and then drove up to the Wulai area to view the gorgeous waterfalls. What a perfect last day in Taiwan with our friends!
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Honeymoon 7
A Journey to an Ancient Village in Taiwan: Oucuo
Oucuo is a traditoinal village on Kinmen Island, Taiwan.
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