Monday, June 29, 2009

Taiwan VI: 吉安慶修院

After napping enough for the morning, we visited 吉安慶修院, a Buddhist temple built by the Japanese during their occupation of Taiwan. Unlike Chinese-built temples which are painted in bright auspicious colours and decorated with gold and bronze, this temple gave a very zen feel with its wooden earthly colours..

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Statue of a bodhisattva

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Wishes are written on wooden tags and put in front of the appropriate bodhisattva

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Another statue...

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The same statue from a different angle

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An un-bloomed water lily in the pond at the temple

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