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Miao ci gong (妙慈宮) Lin, Peiying; Buckelew, Kevin; Seymour, Kelsey; Wu, Jinhui

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The temple was first mentioned in 2007. List of the birthdays of all the deities in this shrine [1]. The altar beneath the main altar, almost at ground level, features a tiger (Hu Ye 虎爺) [2]. Various deities appear, with Guanyin as the main image and Jiutian Xuannü 九天玄女 in front of Guanyin [3]. A photograph of the statue of the bodhisattva Guanyin, the main icon of this temple, is shown on the front sign [4].

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Title
Miao ci gong (妙慈宮)
Creator
Lin, Peiying; Buckelew, Kevin; Seymour, Kelsey; Wu, Jinhui
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2017-06-08
Description
The temple was first mentioned in 2007. List of the birthdays of all the deities in this shrine [1]. The altar beneath the main altar, almost at ground level, features a tiger (Hu Ye 虎爺) [2]. Various deities appear, with Guanyin as the main image and Jiutian Xuannü 九天玄女 in front of Guanyin [3]. A photograph of the statue of the bodhisattva Guanyin, the main icon of this temple, is shown on the front sign [4].
Geographic Location
New Taipei City (Taiwan); 25.29769; 121.57619
Type
Still 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
2017-07-13
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0348852
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/62253
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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