longshan temple

Traditional Taiwan

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December 12th 2013
I spent one day / one night in the little town of Lukang. It is actually very nice. It's a lot of small lanes with traditional houses. I would have never guess that the traditional building material here was red brick. It has a home feel to it. Obviously, there is a thousand temples. I have find my favorite Taiwanese temple here! It is Longshan temple. It's located in the middle of rather ugly ... read more

Asia » Taiwan » Lugang

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In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using th... ... read more