Baoan Temple

Baoan Temple is dedicated to Pashen Tati, the god of medicine in Taipei’s local folk religion.

Do you see the window with the five bamboo columns in it? You will always see windows with an odd number of such columns because according to tradition, even numbers are for the dead.

Our guide, Alex, showed us how visitors can use a pair of crescent shaped blocks to ask a yes/no question of the gods. You simply ask your question then toss the blocks on the ground. The way they land gives you your answer.

The temple is a colorful place with ornate carvings everywhere you look.
As for those golden columns, each nice holds a prayer for a visitor’s loved one.Read more