Did you read my post last week about the Sun Moon Lake… Now
we are the Wenwu Temple!! The temple area is the home of two temples. One is
the ‘Benefit Temple’ of Jihyueh Village and another is the ‘Dragon Phoenix’ Temple
of Shuishe Village. The Gods of these two temples protect territory and people
and are worshiped by the local people.
Here you will see loads of petitions written on golden
lamps… and some on paper too.. I wrote a petition too.. Mine I guess was the only
one in English!! *smiles*…
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In early days, the only way to enter the temple from the
lake, was through steep steps. There are 365 steps leading to the Wenwu Temple.
These are called… ‘365 steps to heaven’… Each step has an inscription that I
couldn’t read, with a date on it…
The construction style of this temple follows the Northern
Dynasty with three halls ~ the front hall, the middle hall and the back hall.
The temple has a spectacular main entrance and a grand temple courtyard.
After spending a few hours at the Wenwu Temple, we ventured
into the Wenwu Temple Hiking Trail to the Bamboo Rock Garden. From here a bus
ride back to the Shuishe Dam and Shuishe Peir. We stopped for coffee as the sun
was setting, and I clicked nearly a million pictures of the stunning sun set.
Sorry… my lovelies… we don’t really get to see such gorgeous
skies in Dubai.. so my heart felt like an 8 year old child again… and I simply
couldn’t stop clicking… *smiles*
I sure hope you enjoyed this tour with me to the ‘Sun Moon
Lake’… By far a refreshing and rejuvenating day! *smiles*
wowww enjoyed the picture tour 365 steps to heaven are reallyy heavennnnn,no words to speak about the sunset clicks :)Glad finally got a chance to comment first of all in this splendid blog atleast for once...
ReplyDeleteI loved the sky snaps too much very nice..:)
ReplyDeleteawesome click
ReplyDeleteAarthi
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The clicks are awesome patricia.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful clicks, Patty ! Oh ! I love those colorful dragons everywhere.. !!
ReplyDeleteLove the moody skies, Patty. Looks like you've had loads of fun this year! :) Hope the rest of it is as full with smiles.
ReplyDeleteWhat gorgeous pictures! I guess you bought lots of treasures and will be showing them off on Monday....(Chinese new year?)
ReplyDeleteNice pics. Any idea why it is called the sun moon lake?
ReplyDeleteThaiwan is wonderful.temple is very colorful.
ReplyDeleteI just go through the picture. It's really awesome place. I think people should visit once. Thank you.
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Great pictures Patricia!
ReplyDeleteHugs from Spain
Amazing pictures and I have loved the vibrant colors that have been used on the temples :)
ReplyDeleteSunset pics are good. I like Thaiwan pics too. I too like to explore places and their cultures. Interesting post.
ReplyDeleteGod that sky is gorgeous! This only confirms my wish to travel to Taiwan some day.
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