Lukang Wen Wu Temple / 鹿港文武廟 (Lukang / 鹿港)
The Lukang Wen Wu Temple / 鹿港文武廟 consists of three separate halls: Wenkai Academy on the left, Shrine of Literature in the middle (Wenchang Shrine), and Martial Temple on the right, where the God of Literature and the God of War are both venerated in the same temple complex. Together with Longshan Temple and Mazu Temple, the traditional Wenkai Academy here is named one of the three major historic sites in Lukang. This is a temple with great aesthetic values, sheer elegance and visual appeal — a not-to-be-missed spot for cultural and historical buffs out there.
The Shrine of Literature and the Martial Temple both have two halls with an enclosed courtyard. It is fronted by a half-moon-shaped pond. Before taking the civil service examination, every candidate followed the ancient rites and picked a parsley leaf from the pond to put it on his hat. If he ever passed the examination, he must return to the Shrine of Literature and visit the pond to express his gratitude. An ancient well sits between the Shrine of Literature and the Martial Temple, where the best water is believed to be bubbling out of the ground and makes the best tea ever. The academy was a cradle of culture in Lukang, and its sizeable architecture allows you to have a glimpse into the thriving past when literary community was at its height.
Lukang Old street & Mazu Temple changhua Taiwan ????????
Lukang old street and mazu temple ay isang tourist spot dito sa taiwan isa ito sa pinaka matandang temple dito. Sunday nung pumunta aqo gabi may ceremony sakto parang parade isa siguro sa mga tradition nila un.
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Taiwan-Lugang Temple
With Jack Liu travel via public bus from Taichung to Lugang.
25 February 2017
Famous Matsu Temple, Goddess of The Sea Lukang, Taiwan
Matsu, also known as Mazu, is dedicated to the Chinese goddess of the sea who is said to protect fishermen and sailors. This flamboyantly decorated Taoist temple is divided into three halls and two courtyards. Filled at all hours with people burning incense and joss sticks to the gods and trying to divine the future, the Lukang temple is one of the most important in Taiwan.
There is even a Matsu pilgrimage yearly during which a statue of Matsu is carried 350 kilometers/217 miles around the island over an eight-day period! Can you just imagine that sight?
Lukang Tour (Taiwan)
Lukang or Lugang / 鹿港 is an urban township in northwestern Changhua County, Taiwan. The township is on the west coast of Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait. The township's name came from the port's trade of deerskins during the Dutch period. Lukang was an important sea port in the 18th century and 19th century. It was the most populous city in central Taiwan until the early 20th century. In March 2012, it was named one of the Top 10 Small Tourist Towns by the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan.
The township's name came from the port's trade of deerskins during the Dutch period. Its old Taiwanese name was Lok-a-kang (鹿仔港) and its shortened version is seen in English texts and maps as variants such as Lok-kang, Lokang and Lo-kiang. In 2011, the Ministry of Interior decided to keep the historical Wade-Giles spelling Lukang and abandon the change to the Pinyin spelling Lugang that had been gradually taking place since Taiwan switched to Pinyin in 2009.
During the Qing Dynasty, the depth of Lukang's harbour and its proximity to Fujian province on mainland China made Lukang an important trading port. During Lukang's heyday from 1785 to 1845, Lukang's population reached 20,000. Lukang was Taiwan's second largest city after current Tainan and was larger than Bangka (now a district of Taipei), then the island's third-largest city.
The subsequent silting of the harbour and the city's refusal to allow railroads to pass through the city led to losses in trade in commerce, which, in turn led to Lukang's decline relative to other cities, which were experiencing considerable urbanization and population growth. This same decline, however, averted the modernization processes that demolished historical buildings in Tainan and Taipei, leaving Lukang preserved as it was in its heyday.
During the period of Japanese rule, the city was Taiwan's fifth most populous city, with a population of 19,805 according to the December 1904 census. The Hoklo people in the area were predominantly of Xiamen and Quanzhou origin, thereby speaking the Quanzhou dialect of Hokkien. Nanguan music is highly popular in Lukang and originates from Quanzhou.
In 1920, Lukang was governed as Rokkō Town (鹿港街) under Shōka District of Taichū Prefecture.
There are still many old temples in Lukang, such as Longshan Temple and Matzu Temple. The city boasts over 200 temples dedicated to a wide variety of folk deities. The town is also the origin of the terms ē-káng (下港) and téng-káng (頂港) used respectively to refer to southern Taiwan and northern Taiwan; the literal meanings of the terms are below the harbor and above the harbor.
The Yuzhenzhai (玉珍齋) cakes are famous local specialties, as well as Lukang's Ox Tongue Cakes (牛舌餅) and oyster pancakes.
Procession from the Matsu Temple in Lukang, Taiwan
The music in this procession is amazing, and the tall figures with swinging arms are a sight. We love the bored looking troop of kids at the tail end. Taken outside the Matsu Temple in Lukang, Taiwan.
[roundTAIWANround] Eng & Soo ♥ Taichung + Cingjing + Sun Moon Lake + Alishan + Lukang
Taichung
Rainbow Military Dependents' Village:
Explore a traditional Taiwan village and see the beautiful graffiti on the old building wall. Uncommon but interesting to locals.
Banana New Paradise
It is more like a museum than a teahouse. The whole teahouse contains an entire, authentic-looking recreation of a Taiwan street from 1920 to 1940, complete with Ching Dynasty and colonial-era store fronts and hundreds of real antiques and items collected.
Lukang
Lukang Longshan Temple
Longshan Temple is the largest scale of temple in Lukang, and it's also the most well-preserved Fujianese style building of the Qing Dynasty in Taiwan. Due to its architecture and historical value, Lukang Longshan Temple is ranked as first class historical site in Taiwan.
Lukang Mazu Temple
Beautiful stone carving from Qing Dynasty can be seen in the back hall. What you see was renovated around 1920s in Japanese Colonial Era, and the original one was built in 1725.
Sun Moon Lake
Guangxing Paper Mill
Papermaking, briefly is a process of fabric re-combination. Different paper is made of different fabric. The fabric comes from many kinds of raw material, such as mulberry trees, straw, bamboo, jute, rattan, and soon. After learning the this technique, you can also make your own paper here in Guang Xing Paper Mill (廣興紙寮).
Sun Moon Lake Antique Assam Tea Farm
In 1925, Japanese imported Assam tea from India to Taiwan. They tried many places and found the best environment for cultivation of Assam tea is in Nantou around Sun Moon Lake. Due to the weather, humidity and elevation above sea level, Sun Moon Lake Assam Tea got popular.
Puli Shaohsing Winery
Wenwu Temple:
There are many temples around Sun Moon Lake. If you just want visit one, please don't miss this one.
Cien Pagoda:
It's the highest architecture in Sun Moon Lake. You can have a great view to see the whole Sun Moon Lake on the top of pagoda.
Xiangshan Visitor Center
Located in the other side of the Lalu (涵碧樓, one of the most luxury hotels) of Sun Moon Lake, Xiangshan Visitor Center was finished in 2010 and designed by Dan Norihiko, who is also in charge of rebuild of Taoyuan International Airport.It is surrounded by water, lawn, and concrete.
Checheng
Most of old streets in Taiwan are too commercialized.However, Checheng still preserves the original appearance. Color-faded walls, short houses lived by locals, water tanks on house roofs, and abandoned houses, all of these make this small village.
Cingjing Farm
Green Green Grasslands:
Cingjing Farm is a pretty popular tourist attraction in central of Taiwan. Above 1,750 meters sea level, the herds of sheep are grazing on the grassy hill.
Nantou
Xitou Monster Village
A Japanese style village built in 2011 is located near to Xitou Nature Education Area. Cute Japanese monster statues are all over this small village and red lanterns hang on the eaves. Restaurants and souvenir shops are named after different kind of Japanese monsters.
A Year of Steps at Wenwu Temple Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan
Marine and I visited, perhaps, 20 different temples in Taiwan and each had something different to recommend it; architecture, deifying a different god, only one of its kind, etc.
Wenwu Temple has what is referred to as Year of Steps or Stairway to Heaven. There are 366 steps symbolizing 366 days in a year which includes an extra Leap Year day. A date is carved on each stone step along with names of famous people born on that date and visitors buy a wind chime and hang alongside their birthday step for blessings. Got to admit that's different...
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Longshan Temple
Founded in 1738, Longshan Temple is one of the premier temples of northern Taiwan, and a must-visit site if you are in Taipei. It's dedicated to the bodhisattva Guanyin, whose statue is enshrined in the central sanctuary. Many other deities are represented here, including Mazu (goddess of the sea), Wenchang Dijun (god of scholars and exams), Guan Gong (god of war and brotherhood), and the Old Man Under the Moon (god of love and matchmaking); they each have their own niche in parts of the temple. Mazu occupies the central position in the rear sanctuary.
In this temple, like in many temples in Taiwan, people consult the gods on matters of importance in their lives by casting red wooden divining blocks. If they fall in the right configuration, the worshipper then draws lots, and the resulting number tells them which drawer to open in a cabinet; the drawer contains a slip of paper that tells them what the god has to say to them.
Cheng-Huang temple., Lu-Kang, Taiwan
Cheng-Huang God handle the Ghost. This temple quick famous in Taiwan. If no this God, no today Acer. by jessie July 28, 2012
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Temple tussle for lucky New Year money in Nantou
A line about two kilometers long formed in front of the Zi Nan Temple in central Taiwan’s Nantou County. The people were there to get lucky money -- gold and silver coins with the Chinese zodiac sign of the pig for the upcoming Year of the Pig.
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[HD]2012 Taiwan Lantern Festival Main Lantern@LuKang,Taiwan
Timeless Lukang-時間裡的鹿港
Central Taiwan’s Lukang is a living testament to the value of days gone by. Built in the 17th century, traditional architecture, foods, and arts still flourish here, revealing wonders found nowhere else on the isalnd. The city’s sense of tradition, mixed with a dash of modernism create an ambience not to be missed. One must visit Lukang themself to fully appreciate all that it has to offer.
Goddess Matsu's Glass Temple
The Goddess Matsu's Glass Boat was made using fiberglass from a decommissioned boat. Equipped with LED lights, this marvel of Red Cypress and glass is a combination of Taiwan's high-tech glass industry and traditional culture.
Taiwan Trip16-22 Aug 2011 * Part Two
The film recorded the places we travel on the 4th till 6th day at Taiwan - Taitung Hot Spring, Kaohsiung, E-Da Theme Park, Lugang Street, Sun Moon Lake, Wenwu Temple, Take High Speed Rail from Taoyuan to Taipei, Taipei 101 & Sihling Night Market.
本片記載著我們到台灣的第四天至第六天所旅遊的地方- 台東溫泉，高雄，義大娛樂城，鹿港老街，日月潭，文武廟，逢甲夜市，桃園乘搭高鐵到台北，台北101 & 士林夜市。