保安宮 Pao-an Temple
November 7, 2009 by Rochelle Sy Chua
Filed under Taiwan
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.
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.
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.
More pictures here.
interesting. have never been inside a chinese temple before. maybe one day.
be sure to include this in your itinerary
shobs, anu yung bitbit mo sa left hand mo? Chef Tony's popcorn?!
I don't have a picture in this post, I don't understand what you're talking about
yes you have picture, nasa may tiam hiu ka na stone made burner.
ai yeah! that's popcorn!