W/NW Religion

[mike rosenlof]

Very intriguing, but what is it?

It's a list of donors to the shrine or temple.

 

[Taipei-metro]

Jenn Lann Temple


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they are reading Buddha Sutra, i don't think goddess Mazu left any writing behind...

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Dajia Section, Taichung, Taiwan

Taipei-metro images

Canon DSLR, 18-55, 24-70
media by Taiwan Transcend

Shinto 神道, means the Way of god, Taoism 道教, means 'the Way', each temple worship different 'god' and there are as many as ten thousand gods in Shinto temple...
Jenn Lann Temple worships Mazu, 媽祖; goddess of the sea from Fujian Province China...a Tao temple, sometimes called Shen (again same as Shin in Japan) Temple 神教

 

[nickthetasmaniac]

These little shrines are found outside most ethnic Chinese houses in Malaysia.

Kuala Lumpur

Pentax MX, SMC-M 28/f2 and Tmax100

 

[Out to Lunch]

Out to Lunch, on Flickr. A scribe in the Emperor Jade Pagoda. Saigon, April 2017. Fuji X-T1 - XF 1.2/56 R.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Out to Lunch, on Flickr. Buddha statue of Cambodian origin. Vietnam History Museum. Saigon, January 2009. Canon PowerShot 10.

 

[Damaso]

Pentecostal Church service, Barcelona, Spain