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保安宮 Pao-an Temple

November 7, 2009 by Rochelle Sy Chua  
Filed under Taiwan

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保安宮 Pao-an Temple
台北市大同區哈密街61號
886 (02) 2595-1676
admission: free

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保安宮 Pao-an Temple is by far the best temple I have visited in Taipei.  It had such beautiful design, painting & carvings in the building.  People do go there for a certain purpose & is one of the leading religious places.

Upon entering, you will be able to see a guide on how to go around 保安宮 Pao-an Temple.  It will tell you where to visit first and which spirit to worship.

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Construction of the taoist temple started in 1805 and took 25 long years to be built.  Emperor Pao-Shen is the focus of worship at 保安宮 Pao-an Temple.  He was a popular & highly skilled doctor when he was still alive.  People go to 保安宮 Pao-an Temple to seek for good health.

Other notables are the ff.:

Open-mouthed lions as a sign of good governance & rule of law.  There were 2 of them by the way, a male & a female.

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The goddess of birth that reside in the bell tower has 12 female aides that help assist childbirth during a given month.  This is very popular for pregnant women.

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More pictures here.

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  1. cocoy says:

    interesting. have never been inside a chinese temple before. maybe one day.

  2. Roch says:

    be sure to include this in your itinerary

  3. benison says:

    shobs, anu yung bitbit mo sa left hand mo? Chef Tony's popcorn?! :)

  4. Roch says:

    I don't have a picture in this post, I don't understand what you're talking about :)

  5. benison says:

    yes you have picture, nasa may tiam hiu ka na stone made burner. :)

  6. Roch says:

    ai yeah! that's popcorn! :)

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