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Dienstag, Juni 20, 2006

Temple, Taiwan, Taipei (Longshan temple)




A large dragon temple in Taipei, to where my wife always drags me ....




yeah OK, every temple is a dragon temple here...




All generations jointly praying and gambling with the gods, by throwing special dices to see, if the old gods (and the newer ones) are on their side. No chance for Christian missonaries here!




Join the crowd after you have bought the ghost money and paper ships. Ghosts need them to cross water, that is clear, eh?

Note: This is a dragon statue in Taoyuan county, unrelated to the one in Taipei.


I was really scared when I came across this one in a park. It was getting dark and ....... jeeeeeeez. Dragons are a positive symbol in Chinese culture unlike in Christanity. But he, women are also bad bad in Christianity, so that must count for dragons as well....