Linji Huguo Temple — Attraction in Zhongshan District

It is a Zen Buddhist Temple, which was built by the Japanese during Japanese Occupation in Taiwan. The Temple has elegant wood frame structure, accompanied by stone bases, columns, pillars, and posts, and and other inscription purpose pillars.

The Temple still has numerous visitors daily, and most of them are the seniors who are also the Temple's volunteers for maintenance, cleaning, while the Temple has its own Buddhist clergy group members who live at the higher ground of the Temple site.

The Temple is in short walking distance from Yuanshan Taipei Metro Rail Station. and is free for access. In general, the Temple's volunteers are friendly, polite and try to be helpful, although they do not know the detailed history and development...

It is a an important historical temple in Taiwan (and Taipei) as it used to be the headquarters/main temple of the Japanese Rinzai (in Chinese Linji) school during Japanese colonial times. Now it belongs to one of the four great Buddhist organizations in Taiwan, the Kaishung headquartered grandious Fo Guang Shan Temple. This temple is different from the touristic temples as dozens of monks reside here who are in charge of various weekly programs offered for the benefit of Buddhist believers. The architecture of the main hall is just like the world famous zen temples in Kyoto, beautifully restored with the generous support of the...

This is an amazing temple. This temple has many parts and you must visit all of them. First of all on ground level there is a traditional wooden temple. Then on your right you will find staircases and you must follow them. On top there is a temple and a room something like dead people s souls are there. Something like a bank (if you know what I mean). The view is breathtaking from there and stay a little bit and enjoy it. You will find all this information in my videos I...