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Shilin Cixian Temple
Shilin Cixian Temple is a temple in Taipei, Taiwan. It is located inside the Shilin Night Market. The temple, which is dedicated to the sea goddess Mazu, was established in 1796 and moved to its current location in 1864. Its doors feature artwork painted by the Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and commonly called the "Taiwan Prefecture, ...-born artist Chen Yu-feng in 1960. See also * List of tourist attractions in Taipei References External links * Temples in Taipei {{Taiwan-stub ...
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Taipei
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Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet is a travel guide book publisher. Founded in Australia in 1973, the company has printed over 150 million books. History 20th century Lonely Planet was founded by married couple Maureen Wheeler, Maureen and Tony Wheeler. In 1972, they embarked on an overland trip through Europe and Asia to Australia following the route of the Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition. The company name originates from the Mondegreen, misheard "lovely planet" in a song written by Matthew Moore. Lonely Planet's first book, ''Across Asia on the Cheap'', had 94 pages; it was written by the couple in their home. The original 1973 print run consisted of stapled booklets with pale blue cardboard covers. Wheeler returned to Asia to write ''Across Asia on the Cheap: A Complete Guide to Making the Overland Trip'', published in 1975. The Lonely Planet guide book series initially expanded to cover other countries in Asia, with the India guide book in 1981, and expanded to the rest of th ...
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Shilin Night Market
Shilin Night Market () is a night market in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan, often considered to be the largest and most famous night market in Taiwan. Overview The night market encompasses two distinct sections sharing a symbiotic relationship: a section formerly housed in the old Shilin Market building, containing mostly food vendors and small restaurants; and the surrounding businesses and shops selling other nonfood items. The food court holds 539 stalls, and the second floor serves as a parking lot for 400 cars. In addition to the food court, side streets and alleys are lined with storefronts and roadside stands. Cinemas, video arcades, and karaoke bars are also prevalent in the area. Like most night markets in Taiwan, the local businesses and vendors begin opening around 16:00. As students begin returning home from school, crowds reach their peak between 20:00 and 23:00. Businesses continue operating well past midnight, closing around 01:00 or 02:00. Tourist traffic ha ...
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Mazu
Mazu or Matsu is a sea goddess in Chinese folk religion, Chinese Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. She is also known by several other names and titles. Mazu is the deified form of Lin Moniang (), a shamaness from Fujian who is said to have lived in the late 10th century. After her death, she became revered as a tutelary deity of Chinese seafarers, including fishermen and sailors. Her worship spread throughout China's coastal regions and overseas Chinese communities throughout Southeast Asia, where some Mazuist temples are affiliated with famous Taiwanese temples. Mazu was traditionally thought to roam the seas, protecting her believers through miraculous interventions. She is now generally regarded by her believers as a powerful and benevolent Queen of Heaven. Mazu worship is popular in Taiwan because many early Chinese settlers in Taiwan were Hoklo people from Fujian. Her temple festival is a major event in Taiwan, with the largest celebrations occurring in and ...
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Tainan
Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and commonly called the "Taiwan Prefecture, prefectural capital" for its over 260-year history as the capital of Taiwan under Dutch Formosa, Dutch rule, the Kingdom of Tungning and later Taiwan under Qing rule, Qing dynasty rule until 1887. Tainan's complex history of comebacks, redefinitions and renewals inspired its popular nickname "the Phoenix City". Tainan is classified as a "Sufficiency"-level global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. As Taiwan's oldest urban area with over 400 years history, Tainan was initially established by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as a ruling and trading base called Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan), Fort Zeelandia during Dutch Formosa, the Dutch colonial rule on the island. After Koxinga Siege of Fort Zeelandia, seized the Dutch ...
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List Of Tourist Attractions In Taipei
This is the list of tourist attractions in Taipei, capital city of Taiwan. Notable buildings before 1945 * Bopiliao Historic Block (Wanhua) * Chih Shan Yen Hui Chi Temple (Shilin) * Ciyou Temple (Songshan) * Dalongdong Baoan Temple (Datong) * Guo Ziyi Memorial Hall * Guandu Temple (Beitou) * Lin An Tai Historical House and Museum (Zhongshan) * Linji Huguo Chan Temple (Zhongshan) * Lungshan Temple (Wanhua) * National Taiwan Normal University: Lecture and Recital Hall (Daan/Guting) * National Taiwan University: Library (Gongguan) * National Taiwan University: Original Hospital (Zhongzheng) * Shandao Temple (Zhongzheng) * North Gate (Zhongzheng) * Presidential Office Building (Zhongzheng) * Qingshui Temple (Wanhua) * Shennong Temple (Shilin) * Taipei Confucius Temple (Datong) * Xiahai City God Temple (Datong) * Ximen Redhouse (Wanhua) * Yangmingshan Historical Structures * Zhinan Temple (Wenshan) Notable buildings since 1945 * Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall ...
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