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The sweet fragrance of a thousand sticks of burning incense curls into reverent smoke clouds on this lucky night of the new moon. We are inside Taipei’s oldest temple, Mengjia Longshan Temple ...
Worshippers gathered at the centuries-old Longshan Temple to pray in Taiwan. Footage shows the locals and tourists inside the Chinese folk religious building in Taipei. Most visitors come to the ...
While the temple has been renovated and rebuilt multiple times, architect Wang Yi-shun, who oversaw the 1919-24 reconstruction, had a lasting impact on the structure of Longshan.
Longshan Temple is open year-round, but praying to the tai sui – a ritual known as “an tai sui” – is particularly important ahead of the Lunar New Year.
Ma, who spent his childhood in Wanhua District, said Longshan Temple has been the center of religious worship since he was little. The temple has become one of the city's world-renowned landmarks, ...
Longshan Temple, one of Taipei’s most popular places of worship, has decided to limit the number of incense sticks worshipers can burn to one stick starting on May 5 in an effort to curb PM2.5 ...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taipei's popular religious landmark Longshan Temple announced Friday (Feb. 27) that the use of incense will no longer be permitted at the site starting March 13. In an official ...
One of the most stunning features of Taiwan's Lukang Longshan Temple is its extravagant wood caisson ceiling. Wei-Te Wong (Flickr/Creative Commons). Asia’s Ring of Fire is famous for its ...
Longshan Temple. Updated : 2015-05-29. Situated near Xingcuo village in Anhai town, Longshan Temple boasts nearly 1,400 years of history and enjoys a global reputation for its grand scale, ...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taipei's popular religious landmark Longshan Temple announced Friday (Feb. 27) that the use of incense will no longer be permitted at the site starting March 13. In an official ...