City God of the Palace of Felicitous Tranquillity 城隍境主

City God of the Palace of Felicitous Tranquillity 城隍境主

Posted by on Jan 23, 2018 in blog, Photography, Taiwan, Temple Culture | No Comments

City God of the Palace of Felicitous Tranquillity or 慶安宮城隍境主 (Qingan Gong Cheng Huang Yeh) in Xigang, Tainan The City God of the Palace of Felicitous Tranquillity in resides in the Cheng Huang Hall (城隍殿) which is to the left of the Main Hall Dai Tian Fu entrance and is commonly called the tiger entrance. […]

A Podcast – Taiwan Temples presents “Taipu’s Portrait of the Gods”

A Podcast – Taiwan Temples presents “Taipu’s Portrait of the Gods”

Posted by on Dec 30, 2015 in blog, podcast, Taiwan, Temple Culture | No Comments

Taiwan Temples presents our first episode of a god photographer in a podcast series about Taiwan temple culture Taiwan Temples Or listen to the Taiwan Temples’ podcast by clicking here!  Hosted and meticulously crafted by writer and podcaster Robert Kelly and interviewed by me Wu Taipu is a wedding photographer with an unusual side job: […]

Silkroad Magazine — Taiwan Old Brands

Silkroad Magazine — Taiwan Old Brands

A recent assignment for Silkroad taking photos of four generational shops around Taiwan turned out to be a lot of fun as all the traditional shops and subjects were interesting and photogenic. The third shop I went to was Hsiang Ren He’s traditional drum making shop now run by Wang Hsi-kun. Wang Hsi-kun is the […]

Jiali Zhen Xing Temple God Statues and Temple Art

Jiali Zhen Xing Temple God Statues and Temple Art

Posted by on Nov 19, 2014 in blog, Photography, Taiwan, Temple Culture | 2 Comments

Zhen Xing Temple in Tainan’s Jiali District, originally called Qing Shui Temple, was founded in 1723 and dedicated to Lord Qingshui. Early settlers to Taiwan brought with them ‘Lord Qingshui,’ — a deified monk — from their homeland, Anxi, in China’s Fujian Province. The idols were believed to have protected them in their dangerous crossing […]

Traditional Marionette Performance Art

Traditional Marionette Performance Art

Posted by on Aug 21, 2014 in Photography, Taiwan, Temple Culture | One Comment

Jia Li Xi (嘉禮戲) is a traditional string-puppet performance art popular in Southern Taiwan. Chin Fei Feng Marionette Theatre Troupe (錦飛鳳傀儡戲劇團) from A-lian (阿蓮鄉) is

Taiwan Bradt Guidebook written by Steven Crook

Taiwan Bradt Guidebook written by Steven Crook

I just received Steven Crook’s new Taiwan Guidebook in the mail. Packed with well written interesting information, everyone living or traveling in Taiwan should have one on their bookshelves.Will be available in Page One in Taiwan.

A bit about Zhentou — Taiwan’s traditional performance troupes.

A bit about Zhentou — Taiwan’s traditional performance troupes.

Posted by on Jun 24, 2014 in blog, Photography, Taiwan, Temple Culture | No Comments

I have been involved with Soulangh Cultural Park’s renovation of their Yizhen exhibit and we recently attended a seminar presented by 林茂賢 (professor of 台灣語文學系at Taichung’s  國立台中教育大學) to bring us all up to speed on Taiwan’s traditional arts.

Mazu Pilgrimage — Renaissance

Mazu Pilgrimage — Renaissance

Mazu Pilgrimage for Transasia inflight magazine, Renaissance. Massive celebrations marking the beginning of annual Mazu pilgrimage are held at Jenn Lann Temple in Dajia, Taichung , both the starting and ending point of Taiwan’s largest annual pilgrimage. Preceding Mazu’s birthday, the huge procession departs Jenn Lan Temple late at night to begin their nine-day tour. More […]

Bombing Master Handan Photos

Bombing Master Handan Photos

Posted by on Nov 1, 2013 in blog, Published, Taiwan, Temple Culture | 3 Comments

A couple of my Bombing Master Handan Festival photos were used for flightnetwork’s article ‘The 13 Creepiest Festivals You’d Never Heard of‘. The article written by Matt Gibson, who lived in Taiwan for several years, covers some crazy festivals from around the world. Of bombing Handan he writes: “Taitung, Taiwan – Forget tickets. We’ve got […]

South China Morning Post

South China Morning Post

A first for me, published in the South China Morning Post newspaper with Steven Crook‘s article on religious tourism in Taiwan.   http://www.scmp.com/article/1339622/tourists-continue-search-enlightenment