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	Search results: 10 item(s) for: "346 Religious and Educational Structures"        Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. [wa0008] [Beigang Chaotian Gong] 780 Religious Practices; 340 Structures; 341 Architecture; 346 Religious and Educational Structures The Beigang Chaotian Gong 北港朝天宮 is one of 100s of Taiwanese temples dedicated to the goddess Mazu 媽祖, a protector of sailors and fishermen, and therefore very popular in coastal Fujian province, the ancestral home of most Taiwanese. According to legend, Mazu was born in Fujian Province, Weizhou 渭州 in the early 1000s AD. At the age of nine she began to read books, burn incense, and worship the Buddha. At the age of 13 she mastered the esoteric Daodian [lun], and began to rescue men lost at sea. The temple in Beigang was first built in 1694. The Chaotian Gong is one of the island's oldest Mazu temples, and was considered the paramount Mazu temple in Japanese colonial times. In the 1920s, the Chaotian Gong attracted between 400 to 700 thousand worshippers annually (Nihon chiri taikei 1930 p. 123; Yamaguchi 1991, p. 131). The maj 2. [wa0012] [Aerial view of Chaotian Gong] 780 Religious Practices; 340 Structures; 341 Architecture; 346 Religious and Educational Structures See description for image [wa0008]. 3. [wa0031] [Burning incense at Baoan Gong] 340 Structures; 300 Adornment; 302 Toilet; 346 Religious and Educational Structures; 780 Religious Practices; 788 Ritual A woman stands just outside of Baoan Gong 保安宮 temple in Taipei, behind a large tripod-shaped incense burner. The burner was made in 1918. The Baoan Gong was built in 1765, and is reportedly one of Taiwan's oldest temples (Storey 2001, p. 124). The woman in the photo is wearing a ""moga"" (modern girl) hairstyle, a symbol of youthful rebellion, cosmopolitanism, and fashion-sense in urban 1920s East Asia. 4. [wa0036] [Lion's Head Mountain Temple Complex] 340 Structures; 130 Geography; 346 Religious and Educational Structures; 133 Topography and Geology; 341 Architecture Lion's Head Mountain, or Shitoushan 獅頭山, Nanzhuang township, Xinzhu prefecture. In 1904 local gentry named Huang Kailang 黄開郎 and Chen Xiulan 陳秀蘭 donated funds to construct the Zhuanhuatang or ""Hall for Exhorting Conversion"" 勧化堂 to secure the peace of this valley (roof tiles in foreground). Turbulent weather destroyed this first effort; the temple was rebuilt in 1915. The Pagoda in the background is a Guanyin/Kannon temple (Nihon chiri taikei 1930, p. 64). This photo appears to have been taken from the slope of Shitoushan looking down into the valley. With a peak of 492 meters, Lion's Head Mountain contains many caves and grottoes and is dotted with temples and pagodas. ""In 1927 it was selected as one of the twelve most beautiful scenic spots in Taiwan"" (Liu 1996, p. 67). 5. [wa0090] [Monastery on Mt. Guanyin] 340 Structures; 130 Geography; 346 Religious and Educational Structures; 133 Topography and Geology A Japanese caption from different photo of the same monastery, translated: ""Scenery resembling the weathered Mt. Myogi 妙義山 is presented by this andesite volcano located on the mouth of the Danshui River"" (Nihon chiri taikei 1930, p. 224). Myogi-san is a mountain chain in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, famous for its striking shape. 6. [wa0155] View of Tainan Shrine, Tainan 210 Records; 211 Mnemonic Devices; 340 Structures; 346 Religious and Educational Structures Translated Japanese caption: ""the famous, solemn, and magnificent Taiwan Shrine."" 7. [wa0192] 32 Distant view of the Taiwan Shrine, Taihoku 210 Records; 211 Mnemonic Devices; 340 Structures; 346 Religious and Educational Structures; 491 Highways and Bridges; 480 Travel and Transportation; 130 Geography; 133 Topography and Geology Translated Caption: ""To the deities who pacify and protect the nation. It is a peaceful venue, cut off from the urban populace, to revere the spirit of Prince Kitashirokawa."" 8. [wa0200] 27 Kenko Jinja, Taihoku　 210 Records; 211 Mnemonic Devices; 340 Structures; 346 Religious and Educational Structures Plans for Kenko Shrine in Taipei 建功神社 were initiated on the 30th anniversary of Japanese rule in Taiwan, in 1925. The Shrine was dedicated in July 1928, to the souls who sacrificed their lives to military and public service in Taiwan since 1895. In 1928 there were 15,492 grave markers 柱 in the shrine. Of these, 12,056 were Japanese and 3,436 were ""Taiwanese and Aborigines 台湾人蕃人""(Nihon chiri taikei 1930, p. 19). 9. [wa0202] 64 Ryuzan [Longshan]Temple, Taihoku 780 Religious Practices; 340 Structures; 341 Architecture; 346 Religious and Educational Structures The Longshan temple is located in the center of Wanhua's 萬華 Longshan district, Taipei. Built in Qianlong 3 (1738), it is Taipei's oldest temple. The wealthy merchant clans of Huang, Lin and Wu funded its construction. These families hailed from Jinjiang, Nanan, and Hui'an of Zhuanzhou, and this temple brought immigrants from the 'Triple Cities' together. During the Jiaqing period (1796-1820) earthquakes destroyed everything but the Buddha's platform; it was subsequently restored. Over a seven-year period, with a large 300,000-yen expenditure, the current structure was completed in 1928. From the stone pillars to the roof, the carvings are showpieces of Taiwanese temple architecture. These days Taiwanese sculptor Huang Dushui's 黄土水 statue of the Buddha is ensconced in the temple (Nihon chiri taikei 1930, p. 25);(Taiwan sotokufu 1932, 73);(Lai 1997, p. 21 10. [wa0280] [Mazu Temple] 780 Religious Practices; 340 Structures; 341 Architecture; 346 Religious and Educational Structures
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