Shrines in Taiwan

You can hear Buddhist prayers in this elevated sea cave once used by monks.

A Japanese-era Shinto shrine next to Taipei's most famous night market.

A temple featuring a giant Tudigong statue, quirky roadside dinosaurs, and stunning Taipei panoramas.

At a museum dedicated to the millenia-old rites and art of Buddhism, the Buddha's reputed tooth is held as an object of worship.

On the roof of the oldest department store in Tainan stands a Shinto shrine dating back to the 1930s.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.