DAILY PHOTO: Good Wish Garden, Wong Tai Sin Temple
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“The Taoist Temple Revisited” [再游玄都观] by Liu Yuxi [刘禹锡]
In half of the wide courtyard only mosses grow;
Peach blossoms all fallen, only rape flowers blow.
Where is the Taoist planting peach trees in this place?
Only I come again after my new disgrace.
Note: This is the joint translation of Xu Yuanchong and Xu Ming found in the edition of <em>Golden Treasury of Quatrains and Octaves</em> on which they collaborated (i.e. China Publishing Group: Beijing (2008.))
The “new disgrace” referenced was Liu Yuxi’s second exile.
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DAILY PHOTO: Wong Tai Sin Temple
DAILY PHOTO: Gangtian Temple, Hualien
DAILY PHOTO: Warrior Figures Inside a Taoist Temple, Kaohsiung
Vanishing Tracks [Tanka]
incense tracks
meander skyward --
erratically;
as they rise, they diffuse
to become nothingness.
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DAILY PHOTO: Wanxing Temple, Kaohsiung
DAILY PHOTO: Gangtiangong, Hualien
DAILY PHOTO: Temple of Heaven Grounds in Beijing
The pointy-topped building is the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests
The Temple of Heaven is a complex of buildings used for Heaven worship. It was built in the 15th century, and is a Taoist temple (Heaven worship predates Taoism–though the Temple doesn’t.) The most distinctive building, the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests–shown only partially in the picture–was built without any nails or spikes.
It’s located in a beautiful park south of central Beijing. The park has a rose garden and is a popular hangout for people doing tai chi, playing instruments, and dancing.
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