Another early day but we were greeted by beautiful sun rays. We went first to the Pangu temple in Hualian. In taoist legends, Pangu is the creator of the Earth.
Following that, we went to a 134 year old Guan Yu temple in Feng Lin. And the temple also housed giant statues of the guardians of hell! Scary... They serve as deterrence to those who want to do evil and the Ghosts of Impermanence reminds us of how feeble the human life is.
Talking about Hell, hmmz... reminds me of my OCS days - Hell Wing. Lolz. From eastern Taiwan, we took a long bus ride to Pingdong, the southern most part of Taiwan, to stay at the Da Bo Gong Temple. And guess what... for night activities, we went down to Hengchun and Kenting to walk. Sounds familiar? Those who've been through OCS will remember. Really nostalgic walking through Kenting again. Seeing the starbucks we sat in, and the McDonalds! They're all still there!
During dinner, I was invited to visit the Taoist temple in Thailand by my fellow vegetarian friend. Guess that is another place to add to my to do list... Lolz...
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