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Tainan - 2
It was a great weekend! After so much rainy and cloudy days I finally got a sunny, bright and blue sky to enjoy until the last drop and I really did!
I feel so blessed and protected after coming back from Tainan!
There, I was exposed to a whirl of emotions that spun and shook both my heart and my head in a great way! And besides all that something I thought would never happened to me did happen and I'm still confusing about it! I will share it in the next post! It really deserves an especial one!
Anyway, I dedicated my Sunday to visit temples with calm and care taking time to explore every single detail, every single shape of it, of them I mean!
Tainan is famous for the amount of the temple the city has. I didn't visit all of them of course, because I really like details and they took a lot of time of be fully seen! So, I visited the downtown ones and they took my breath away!
A peculiarity about Taiwan: I was told that every single village or town has their own gods, and when people move to one city to another they go to those small temples, usually built on a corner, asking permission to move and protection in the other town! That's lovely!
In catholicism there is something similar, at least in Brasil! Each town or almost each, has a protector saint that is called "patron" and usually there is a holiday to celebrate it!
So, the day was beautiful and I couldn't wish any better! It was sunny and warm as I don't get tired of saying it and the people were out to pay their homages to their gods what makes the day even colorful! All temples I visited were very well flourished and a lot of oblations were offered to the Gods as well! The smell of incense was everywhere, turning a simple walk into a dive to the culture!
It was one of the richest experience of my life! As I really didn't know anything about it, I could taste it with "virgin" eyes what makes a great difference!
Before driving home, I stopped at the sea, the China Sea! I couldn't believe I'd put my feet on the sand, in the water! Listening to sea, seeing the waves coming to be broken on its end was an amazing feeling...they, the waves, they never get tired of starting over and over and it was all I needed to hear...all I needed to feel!
Walking on the beach with my hair flying with the wind was sensational! I really felt as I were the Goddess of the Sea!
And guess what? Here was raining when I arrived and it didn't bother me a bit! What a heart recharged of good feeling and strong energy can do for us!
Wen Chang, The God of Literature at Chinkua!
Students come to him to ask for better grades!
After a long fasting, I finally wet my feet on the sea!
This garden is lovely!
People were offering orchid's flowers to their Gods
and this garden was all decorated with them!
Really beautiful an very well done!
Prayer tags at God of War Temple
Carpe Garden of Chikam Tower temple
Chikam Tower's Temple
Tianhou Temple Mazu, the Goddess of the Sea!
Art Street of Tainan
March of a God to its temple!
At Chikam Tower
I feel so blessed and protected after coming back from Tainan!
There, I was exposed to a whirl of emotions that spun and shook both my heart and my head in a great way! And besides all that something I thought would never happened to me did happen and I'm still confusing about it! I will share it in the next post! It really deserves an especial one!
Anyway, I dedicated my Sunday to visit temples with calm and care taking time to explore every single detail, every single shape of it, of them I mean!
Tainan is famous for the amount of the temple the city has. I didn't visit all of them of course, because I really like details and they took a lot of time of be fully seen! So, I visited the downtown ones and they took my breath away!
A peculiarity about Taiwan: I was told that every single village or town has their own gods, and when people move to one city to another they go to those small temples, usually built on a corner, asking permission to move and protection in the other town! That's lovely!
In catholicism there is something similar, at least in Brasil! Each town or almost each, has a protector saint that is called "patron" and usually there is a holiday to celebrate it!
So, the day was beautiful and I couldn't wish any better! It was sunny and warm as I don't get tired of saying it and the people were out to pay their homages to their gods what makes the day even colorful! All temples I visited were very well flourished and a lot of oblations were offered to the Gods as well! The smell of incense was everywhere, turning a simple walk into a dive to the culture!
It was one of the richest experience of my life! As I really didn't know anything about it, I could taste it with "virgin" eyes what makes a great difference!
Before driving home, I stopped at the sea, the China Sea! I couldn't believe I'd put my feet on the sand, in the water! Listening to sea, seeing the waves coming to be broken on its end was an amazing feeling...they, the waves, they never get tired of starting over and over and it was all I needed to hear...all I needed to feel!
Walking on the beach with my hair flying with the wind was sensational! I really felt as I were the Goddess of the Sea!
And guess what? Here was raining when I arrived and it didn't bother me a bit! What a heart recharged of good feeling and strong energy can do for us!
Wen Chang, The God of Literature at Chinkua!Students come to him to ask for better grades!
After a long fasting, I finally wet my feet on the sea!
This garden is lovely! People were offering orchid's flowers to their Gods
and this garden was all decorated with them!
Really beautiful an very well done!
Prayer tags at God of War Temple
Carpe Garden of Chikam Tower temple
Chikam Tower's Temple
Tianhou Temple Mazu, the Goddess of the Sea!
Art Street of Tainan
March of a God to its temple!
At Chikam TowerFebruary 17, 2008
Tainan - 1
Sihua Buddhist Temple!
It was built in the 15th year, 1750,
on Cianlong reign period of the Cing Dynasty!
It was built in the 15th year, 1750,on Cianlong reign period of the Cing Dynasty!
A very lovely and nice monk that invited meto step inside the altar's room!
How can I live without dragons?Impossible!
December 31, 2007
Some very random pics
Internal patio of Confucius temple
Belvedere of Taoyuan
Meditation square - Belvedere of Taoyuan
Entrance of Confucius temple
Internal area of the temple
Public Park of Taoyuan
Main gate of the temple
Temple of the park of Taoyuan
One of the 3 huge malls.This one has 12 floors!
The busy visual of downtownSurprises of a nothing day...
It looks like that my blog has a very effective power on me. As soon as I blog about how lazy I was, I just got the power! I took my pajama off, cleaned up my apartment and I went out driving away and without much directions to get to know the town I'm living in for while, Taoyuan!!
I went to downtown and I got impressed by the high number of stores and malls just in one street. I counted 3 huge ones!! Downtown is far way of being charming, pleasant or lovely!! It's very crowed with a huge visual pollution! What I found very interesting is that is possible to find Taoist/Buddhist temples in the corners of VERY busy streets. I still don't know how to recognize the temples, but I'll soon!! The temples are squeezed between huge buildings struggling to survive after this cement jungle!
I kept driving around and I stopped by at a public park where the Taoyuanese people go to enjoy nature, since there is no trees in the city! The was a small flee market, a temple with many incenses burning and inside the temple an old Chinese man with the most agreeable face I ever saw greeting everyone that passed by!
I climbed its stairs and promenaded all around the place and then I was driving to the top of the hill where there is a very nice belvedere and I saw a huge portal that was the entrance to Confucius's temple! Wow!! I made a U-turn and what a surprise! Even though it is in process of restoration, it was wonderful experience! It's so beautiful, so colorful and so peaceful!! I loved the place!
It was a very nice Sunday afternoon!
Today was the coolest day so far since I arrived here, around 15C however it was is very very nice if I compare to Switzerland weather!! Oh boy, it's very cool over there!
Tomorrow is New Year's Eve and I'll go to Taipei to enjoy the fireworks and the great party they prepare every year since the famous 101 tower, the tallest building in the world, got ready! I'll stay in a hotel near by, so I can stay out all night!! Yeahhhh
I already know that here we don't hug unknowing people greeting them "happy new year" as we do in Brasil!
Well that's a very nice tip since I use to hug and kiss everybody, knowing or unknowing!!!!
What a lovely day I had! It was very nice to take myself out to get to know the culture I chose to be in for while!
I went to downtown and I got impressed by the high number of stores and malls just in one street. I counted 3 huge ones!! Downtown is far way of being charming, pleasant or lovely!! It's very crowed with a huge visual pollution! What I found very interesting is that is possible to find Taoist/Buddhist temples in the corners of VERY busy streets. I still don't know how to recognize the temples, but I'll soon!! The temples are squeezed between huge buildings struggling to survive after this cement jungle!
I kept driving around and I stopped by at a public park where the Taoyuanese people go to enjoy nature, since there is no trees in the city! The was a small flee market, a temple with many incenses burning and inside the temple an old Chinese man with the most agreeable face I ever saw greeting everyone that passed by!
I climbed its stairs and promenaded all around the place and then I was driving to the top of the hill where there is a very nice belvedere and I saw a huge portal that was the entrance to Confucius's temple! Wow!! I made a U-turn and what a surprise! Even though it is in process of restoration, it was wonderful experience! It's so beautiful, so colorful and so peaceful!! I loved the place!
It was a very nice Sunday afternoon!
Today was the coolest day so far since I arrived here, around 15C however it was is very very nice if I compare to Switzerland weather!! Oh boy, it's very cool over there!
Tomorrow is New Year's Eve and I'll go to Taipei to enjoy the fireworks and the great party they prepare every year since the famous 101 tower, the tallest building in the world, got ready! I'll stay in a hotel near by, so I can stay out all night!! Yeahhhh
I already know that here we don't hug unknowing people greeting them "happy new year" as we do in Brasil!
Well that's a very nice tip since I use to hug and kiss everybody, knowing or unknowing!!!!
What a lovely day I had! It was very nice to take myself out to get to know the culture I chose to be in for while!
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