Nankunshen Temple

 

Main Door Couplet

The Yu-Chi Stele

Statues of the Five Lords

Inspection Orders of the Five Lords

Stone Censer of the Five Lords

The Kaishan Tablet

Wood Carved Couplets, Ching Shan Temple

The‘Spirits Watch Over the Eastern Seas’Marquee Board

The‘Light Embraces All Four Directions’ Marquee

The ‘Spider Making its Web’ Pavilion

Octagonal Dragon Pillars

‘Pray for Joy and Happiness’

Scenes of Bamboo by Cheng Hsieh

Twin Dragons Gaze Upon the‘Three Stars’– Cut Tile Mosaic

‘Abandoned Lions’ Cut Tile Mosaic

Traditional ‘Palanquin-Style’ Roof Eaves

The Money Wall

Painted Door Gods

Long Hou (Dragon Throat) Well

Bronze Drums

 

 

‘Abandoned Lions’ Cut Tile Mosaic ‘Abandoned Lions’ Cut Tile Mosaic

‘Abandoned Lions’ Cut Tile Mosaic


The ‘yindou’ section of traditional swallowtail eaves is typically decorated with lions, which bring these structures to an aesthetic stop. They are sometimes called the ‘abandoned’ lions due to their isolation. The ‘abandoned’ pair of complementary lions here evokes energy and power – masterful artistic representations.


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