From Taipei's Xingtian Temple and Miaoli's Lion's Head Mountain, past Dajia Matsu and Chung Tai Chan Monastery, into Alishan's Tsou indigenous village and Tainan's oldest Matsu temples.
Overview
Route: Taipei → Miaoli → Taichung → Chiayi → Kaohsiung → Tainan. Day 1: Xingtian Temple, Longshan Temple and the temple cluster of Lion's Head Mountain. Day 2: Matsu culture at Dajia Jenn Lann Temple, Chung Tai Chan Monastery, and Sun Moon Lake's Wenwu and Xuanguang temples. Day 3: nature worship in the Tsou village of Dabang in Alishan and the mountain town of Fenqihu, then Fo Guang Shan in the afternoon. Day 4 in Tainan: Kaiji Tianhou Temple, the Grand Matsu Temple, Beiji Temple, the Confucius Temple and the ancient Fahua Temple.
Folk religion, Buddhist sanctuaries and indigenous nature worship in one journey, with vegetarian lunch recommendations throughout and 10 hours of charter per day.
Highlights
Day by Day
Price
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Attractions
A mountain town on the Alishan railway — Zen forest calm alongside old-street bento culture.
Taiwan's oldest Matsu temple — 330 years of history at the wellspring of Tainan's faith.
A lakeside temple to the gods of war and literature — worship and lake views in one stop.
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