travel asia taiwan taipei longshan temple worship
Worship at Longshan Temple takes many forms and is directed at many different dieties.
By going to the Map page, you can see the location and names of these dieties.
LINK TO WIKIPEDIA'S WEB PAGE ON THE LONGSHAN TEMPLE
TRAVEL: 2020
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This overview of the interior courtyard shows many of the items used in worship, Longshan Temple, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020.
In the foreground, tables are set up where worshippers place food for blessing.
In the middle courtyard is a large brass Guanyin Incense burner (censer) used for the worship of Guanyin Bodhisattva.
In the background is the Yuantong Hall with shrines for Guanyin Bodhisattva, Manjusri, Samantabhadra, Skanda, Samgharama, and Eighteen Arhats.
On the sides of the courtyard are shrines for Yuelao Shenjun and Huatuo Xianshi.
Beyond the Yuantong Hall are the Guan Sheng Di Jun Hall, the Tianshang Shengmu Hall, and the Wenchang Dijun Hall with shrines for seventeen other dieties.
The main Yuantong Hall shrines are protected behind these metal fences, Longshan Temple, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020.
This portion of Yuantong Hall is dedicated to Samantabhadra, Longshan Temple, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020.
Samantabhadra (bronze figure, back left) is regarded as one of the four major bodhisatvas in Mahayana and symoblizes virtue.
"Altar" area in the center of the Yuantong Hall, Longshan Temple, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020.
The bronze figures of the three dieties Samantabhadra, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and Manjusri, are located behind.
This portion of Yuantong Hall is dedicated to Manjusri, Longshan Temple, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020.
Manjusri (bronze figure, back right) is regarded as one of the four major bodhisatvas in Mahayana and symoblizes wisdom.
Detail of the "altar" in the Yuantong Hall, Longshan Temple, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020.
In the background can be seen the bronze figures of Samantabhadra, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and Manjusri.
Moon Blocks, divination tools, are available for use by worshippers, Longshan Temple, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020.
Moon Blocks, are also known as Jiaobei, pinyin, jyutping, or poe.
They are cast in pairs to answer yes (one flat, one round) or no (both blocks round) questions along with a few other variations.
LINK TO WIKIPEDIA'S PAGE ON JIAOBEI
Worshippers casting jiaobei in front of one of the Yuantong Hall, Longshan Temple, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020.
A young worshipper learns the formalities from his mother, Longshan Temple, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020.
Guan Sheng Di Jun Hall, Tianshang Shengmu Hall, and Wenchang Dijun Hall, Longshan Temple, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020.
These three halls make up the back of the interior courtyard and house 17 different deities.
Detail of Tianshang Shengmu Hall just to the right of center of the three halls, Longshan Temple, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020.
This "gate" would front the shrines of Shuixian Zunwang, Long Ye, and Chenghuang Ye among others.
Another of the smaller shrines, Longshan Temple, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020.
Shrine to Chenghuang Ye, Longshan Temple, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020.
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page last revised january 2020