Best places: Taoist temples in Taipei, Taiwan

Modern temple devoted to the patron saint of businessmen, with big red doors & dragon sculptures.

Expansive temple with ornate architectural details, Taoist & Buddhist deities & a library.

Historic temple dedicated to the sea goddess, Mazu, with an ornate interior & a colorful exterior.

Elaborate, ornamental folk temple with colorful pillars, stone carvings & a sloped, tiled roof.

Striking temple with an elaborate front gate, multiple golden deities & rows of red paper lanterns.

A frequent prayer site for young couples, this temple honors The City God & many Buddhist deities.

Large 1800s mountainside Taoist temple with an imposing stairway, statues & religious artifacts.

👍👍 Great place for couple and family site seeing. This is a finely managed temple where there is voluteer that would clean the mountain. We went there when it's abit raining but it gave the mountain another sense of peace and quiet. As usual if the place is raining I don't recommend bring elderly frien...

Ornate, rebuilt 19th-century temple, popular for brunch among the vendors & banyan trees outside.

1787 Buddhist temple, honoring Qingshui Zushi, whose nose is said to droop in times of danger.

Temple built in the 1800s, with fine stone carvings, colorful ceramic figures & intricate woodwork.

👍👍 Wikipedia says so! Menga Jinde Palace, also known as "Monga Zhushun General Temple", is located in Wanhua District, Taipei City, Taiwan. It is now a municipal historic site. It was built in 1862 (the first year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty) by Mr. Zheng Bian, a famous building materials merchant...