Tainan City Sights

Dongyue Temple

#15 of 31 things to do in Tainan City

#3256 of 21668 things to do in Asia

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    • 110 Mincyuan Rd, City Centre Central Tainan

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Lonely Planet review for Dongyue Temple

People often come to the Dongyue Temple to communicate with the dead through spiritual mediums. It's a fascinating place to catch a glimpse of Taiwanese folk culture. In addition, the grim murals on the walls of the second chamber are as graphic as the depictions of hell by Hieronymus Bosch: there are disembowelments, eye gougings, stabbings, boilings and so much more.

The first chamber of the temple holds the city god, Chenghuang; the second, Zizang Wang, the Buddhist king of the underworld; the last, a number of demon gods who rule the underworld.

 

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