Opening hours, prices and tickets for places worth your time.
Xingtian Temple on Minquan East Road, completed in 1967, is dedicated to Guan Yu, the deified general venerated as a patron of merchants. It has no offering boxes, sells no incense and burns no paper money, and volunteers in blue robes perform blessing rituals for the many worshippers who come each day.
The Taipei Confucius Temple in Datong district was built between 1927 and 1939 in the southern Fujian style by the master craftsman Wang Yi-shun, replacing an earlier temple demolished under Japanese rule. Its Dacheng Hall has no statue of Confucius, only a memorial tablet, and an annual ceremony on 28 September marks his birthday.
Dalongdong Baoan Temple in Datong district was founded in the 18th century by immigrants from Tong'an in Fujian and is dedicated to Baosheng Dadi, a deified physician. Restored in the 1990s, work that earned a UNESCO Asia-Pacific heritage award in 2003, it is known for its wood carvings, wall paintings and the Baosheng Cultural Festival each spring.
Bangka Lungshan Temple in Wanhua was founded in 1738 by settlers from Fujian and rebuilt several times, most recently after bombing in 1945. Its halls, with carved stone dragon pillars and roofs crowded with ceramic figures, are dedicated to the Buddhist goddess Guanyin and to Taoist and folk deities, and worshippers come throughout the day.
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