Spirit Medium 陰陽眼
A crew of Canadian cinematographers have recently arrived in Taiwan to shoot a full-length feature documentary; Spirit Medium. Spirit Medium will explore how Taiwan integrates a rich spiritual heritage with its modern high-tech society. I had the good fortune to get out and watch them filming in Tainan today. Sheldon eats dinner while filming a […]
Tear Sheet: Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival in Action Asia
Tear Sheet: Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival in Action Asia by photographer Rich J Matheson I was hoping to get a feature but I didn’t get enough photographs this year. My camera was badly damaged and the lens was shattered by a direct hit. Story below. Action Asia tear sheet, Photographer Rich J Matheson. Last Blast […]
Creative Song-Jiang Jhen Battle Array in Neimen — 2012高雄內門宋江陣
Zhong Hua Medical College Creative Song-Jiang Jhen Contest Performer The 2012 Creative Song-Jiang Jhen Battle Array Contest is going on now (March 3,4 and 10) at the Zi Zhu Si (Black Bamboo Monastery) in Neimen, Kaohsiung, Taiwan — 2012高雄內門宋江陣在紫竹寺
Guide to using Divining Blocks in a Taiwan Temple — “Bwa bwei”(擲筊)
Divination Block in Temple, Tainan City, Taiwan Getting married and want to know if you are marrying the right person? Looking for a high school friend you haven’t heard from in thirty years? Wondering where your wallet is? Should you sell your house? and when? Health, wealth, career and love. These are all plausible […]
New Taiwan Travel App — Taiwan for Culture Vultures
I wrote about Steven Crook’s new Taiwan Travel App from Gecko on my old blog but I didn’t mention that I contributed a lot of the photos, including the cover, for the app. The above photo was chosen, I think it is a fine photo, but certainly not stunning. The difficult thing about the brief […]
Cishan Confucius Temple
This is the Confucius Temple in Cishan District, Kaohsiung City. I took this photo in the early morning before the Confucius Ceremony that I wrote about for culture.tw here. For more info about this Confucius Temple check out my old blog post.
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