Shi ba wang gong miao shan shang (十八王公廟山上)

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Shi ba wang gong miao shan shang (十八王公廟山上) Lin, Peiying; Buckelew, Kevin; Seymour, Kelsey; Wu, Jinhui

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The earliest mention of this temple dates from 1987. Second floor altar [1]. Primary altar. These are the seventeen men who died in a shipwreck. When they were buried, their loyal dog jumped into the grave. The dog is worshiped as the central figure in this group, and considered the eighteenth lord [2]. Main Hall. This temple is considered a ghost temple (yinmiao 陰廟) [3]. Exterior. To the right of the main temple structure is a giant dog statue which commemorates the loyal dog at the center of this cult [4]. Side altar. This altar is dedicated specifically to the dog [5]. 360 video [6].

Item Metadata

Title	Shi ba wang gong miao shan shang (十八王公廟山上)
Creator	Lin, Peiying; Buckelew, Kevin; Seymour, Kelsey; Wu, Jinhui
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2017-06-05
Description	The earliest mention of this temple dates from 1987. Second floor altar [1]. Primary altar. These are the seventeen men who died in a shipwreck. When they were buried, their loyal dog jumped into the grave. The dog is worshiped as the central figure in this group, and considered the eighteenth lord [2]. Main Hall. This temple is considered a ghost temple (yinmiao 陰廟) [3]. Exterior. To the right of the main temple structure is a giant dog statue which commemorates the loyal dog at the center of this cult [4]. Side altar. This altar is dedicated specifically to the dog [5]. 360 video [6].
Geographic Location	New Taipei City (Taiwan); 25.2720167; 121.59465
Type	Still Image; Moving Image
Language	zxx
Notes	Author Affiliations: Fu Jen Catholic University 輔仁大學, Colombia University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Arizona
Series	Cluster 1.2: Religion and Technology
Date Available	2017-07-12
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0348815
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/62219
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty; Graduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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t2.s042.01.Shi_Ba_Wang_Gong_Miao_Shan_Shang_Second_Floor_Altar.jpg -- 292.16kB

t2.s042.02.Shi_Ba_Wang_Gong_Miao_Shan_Shang_Primary_Altar.jpg -- 4.05MB

t2.s042.03.Shi_Ba_Wang_Gong_Miao_Shan_Shang_Main_Hall.jpg -- 3.73MB

t2.s042.04.Shi_Ba_Wang_Gong_Miao_Shan_Shang_Outside.jpg -- 137.27kB

t2.s042.05.Shi_Ba_Wang_Gong_Miao_Shan_Shang_Side_Altar.jpg -- 3.99MB

t2.s042.m06.Shi_Ba_Wang_Gong_Miao_Shan_Shang_360_Video.m4v -- 35.3MB

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