Good Blessings From The Sky Temple

After drinking tons and tons of tea, we went to a temple. It is a Taoist temple called Shoutian Temple, which means “good blessing from the sky”. The temple was so beautiful and colorful.

Shoutian Temple

The temple name in Chinese

The ceiling, created to keep in good luck

Beautiful carved stone pillar

Dragon

While we were there, I witnessed something that I am still not really sure what it was. One minute everything was calm, and the next firecrackers were exploding, a drum was being hit, and there was a crew of people dressed in red in the parking lot. They started stretching, and then became this intense walking/kicking/yelling mob heading to the temple. I don’t know what it’s called, but I know that it is something they do to honor the gods of the temple. Here is a video of it:

The temple is at Songboling. It is very high up on this mountain and had an incredible view. Since it was super foggy, it gave it a really creepy vibe but it was so cool still. Usually, you can see more but the fog was really thick.

Overall, it was a long, absolutely amazing day. It was so much fun experiencing these parts of Taiwanese culture. I definitely want to plan more trips outside my city soon!