Temples

For religious people in Taiwan that are not Christian, I think they pick and choose from three different beliefs: Buddhism, Taoism and Confuciusism.  I think they just pick the pieces that make sense for them. There isn't the dogmatism that Western religions insist on.

The Buddhists are everywhere on the streets of Taipei, that there are so many must be because Taipeinians are very generous. I doubt there are many Buddhist beggars in mainland China. This is the Buddhist symbol, notice that it turns in the opposite direction of the Nazi cross.

I'm not sure what Buddhist believe but it has something to do with be reincarnated after death. But the good news is that it doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg.

There are at least two famous Taoist temples in Taipei. The Long Shan temple

and the Bao An temple.

Both temples look about the same to me but the Long Shan temple is much more busy than the Bao An temple. I think that is because the Long Shan temple is 1 block away from the MRT station and the Bao An temple is about a half mile from the nearest MRT station.

Another good thing about the Bao An temple is that it is next to the Confucius temple, similar to the Confucius temple in Tainan .

http://tainanchineseclass.blogspot.com/2009/11/confucius-temple.html