【英文之坑】行天宮（Hsing-Tian Temple） - Medium

Today (2017/07/07), Philip, my language exchange friend, and I visited Hsing-Tian Temple (行天宮, Hsing-Tian Kong) together to did our ... Publishedin【生命中的543】【英文之坑】行天宮（Hsing-TianTemple）https://round-taiwan-round.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/2324/Hsing_Tian_Kong______-002.jpgToday(2017/07/07),Philip,mylanguageexchangefriend,andIvisitedHsing-TianTemple(行天宮,Hsing-TianKong)togethertodidourlanguageexchangeprogram.Thereare2reasonsforwhyIrecommendHsing-Tiantemple.Firstitisveryconvenienttoarrivethisscenesinceit’sneartoMRTHsing-Tiantemplestation.Thenitalsoisthemust-visitsceneinTaipeiforforeignfriends.IdidpreparesomebriefintroductionaboutHsing-Tiantempleforhim.AlthoughmyEnglishistoopoortoexplainmoreinformation,Ididsurveysomematerialfromwebandlearnhowtore-phrasethemasmywords.IhavesomeinterestingexperiencesinHsing-TiantempletosharewithPhilipasmoreaspossible.ItriedtoteachhimhowtousePoedivination（擲筊）,Philiplearnedandgotthe“上上籤”.Also,Ibriefintroducethestoryof“ThreeKingdoms“(三國演義)andleadinggeneralKuanYu(關羽,關公).InTaipei,mostofpeoplecalledhimas“恩主公”.Hsing-TiantempleisoneofthemostpopularTaoists(道教)templeinTaipeiandadvocatesinbuildingaharmonicsocietyfromthephilosophiesofConfucianandBuddhist.InTaipei,therearesomefamousandeldertempleswhichbuildedhundredsofyearsago,ex:DalongdongBaoanTemple(大龍峒保安宮,commencedin1804),LungshanTempleofManka(艋岬龍山寺,constructedin1738).However,Hsing-Tiantempleisconstructedin1967,therelativelyyoungesttempleinTaiwan.Hsing-TianTemplelocatesinthecenterofTaipeicity,thecornerofintersectionbetweenMinquan-Eastroad(民權東路)andSongJiangroad(松江路),ZhongshanDistrict.AnotherbenefitisthetransportationisveryconvenientforpeopletovisitHsing-TiantemplesinceitclosestoMRTHsing-TianTemplestation.Amazingrecordisthatover20,000peoplevisitthistempleeveryday.Also,itbecomesthemust-visittouristdestinationandremarkabletempleinTaipeicity.Bytheway,thereisaHsing-TianTempleunderpassavenue,thefamous“FortunetellingStreet”inTaipei.TouristalsovisitnumerousfortunetellingstandswhensightseeingHsing-TianTemple,andthefortunetellerswouldofferanswerstopeoplewhohastroubles.In2014,thetemplecommitteeannouncedtoremovingofferingtablesandnolongerofferingincensetovisitors,averygreatmoveonpartofthetempleinTaiwan.AlsoburningghostmoneyinHsing-TianTempleisalsoforbidden.Thischangenotonlyprotecttheenvironmenttoreduceairpollution,butalsobethepioneermodeltoestablishperfectmoderntemple.Morefrom【生命中的543】TheWonderfulThingsThatInspireMeEverydayReadmorefrom【生命中的543】AboutHelpTermsPrivacyGettheMediumappVinceHuang1.4KFollowersAProductOwnerinsoftwarecompany,interestsincludeagile/scrum,machinelearningandmobiledesign.https://www.linkedin.com/in/kuoyuhuang/FollowHelpStatusWritersBlogCareersPrivacyTermsAboutKnowable