Taiwan: Pingtung and Jiadong

[March 2026]

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Pingtung:

Village-style streets near the Ahou City Gate.

 

 

Ahou City gate (阿猴城東門).

 

Cifeng temple (屏東慈鳳宮).

 

 

 

 

 

               

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pingtung Confucius Temple (屏東孔廟(書院園區).

 

 

 

Wenchang Pen. It serves as a symbol for intellectual excellence and academic success. It is linked to Wenchang Dijun, the Taoist God of Culture and Education, whose worship is often integrated in Confucian temples.

 

 

Dongshan temple (東山寺-釋迦牟尼佛-千手觀音).

 

- 紫雲山, Ziyun Mountain?

 

 

 

Guanyin Buddhist temple (祈安佛堂-觀音佛祖-阿彌陀佛).

 

 

Jade Emperor Temple (屏東 玉皇宮 (天公廟)).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zongsheng Ancestral Hall (宗聖公祠).

Scale model.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The top plaque reads 義地經天, which translates to ″Righteousness Pervades the Heaven″.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wanfu temple (屏東市一心里-萬福宮).

 

 

 

Pingtung Martyrs' Shrine (屏東縣忠烈祠).

 

 

 

Pingtung City God temple (屏東都城隍廟).

 

 

 

 

 

Jiadong:

Old house near the Yang Clan Ancestral Hall.

 

- Yang Clan Ancestral Hall (楊氏宗祠).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- West gate (西隘門).

 

- Chang's Family Merchant House (張家商樓).

 

- Xiao Family Ancestral house (佳冬蕭屋伙房).

home of wealthy merchants who originated from Guangdong, China. Hakka.

 

 

 

 

 

- Xiao Family Reverence-for-Script Pavilion (屏東佳冬蕭屋聖亭).

 

- Moon-Walking Gate (步月樓).

 

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