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Taipei/Taiwan: „Not your Baby“

Back in the streets of Taipei i was welcomed nicely by the team of a noodle restaurant. With this culinary and emotional uplift i went out for another stroll in a unknown street of this huge city.

Of course i came across a temple. Always impressing how people including a short visit to their place of faith while their out for shopping or eating. On the streets there’s always enough food to taste, street musicians to listen to and also historical buildings to set back in the old times.

One of the greater pleasure, i have to admit, is to sit on a street cafe and watching people. Some are in a hurry, whilst others enjoying a chat on the street, or just communicate non-verbal with their fashion „Not your baby“

April 14, 2024April 14, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: Asia, culture, Fashion, gastronomy, humansofplanetearth, portrait, reportage, travel, urbanlifeTags: Asia, food, market, notyourbaby, people, portraits, religion, renebauerphotography, reportage, sightseeing, streetphotography, taipei, taiwan, taoism, temple, Travel, worshipper, worshipping Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Taiwan: Street Procession

There are still ongoing events for the Chinese New Year. So i bumped into a street procession and followed it for awhile. Gods and Goddesses were carried in ornate sedan chairs or pulled in decorative carriages. The people were in festive mood, played drums and instruments and cheered up the spectator and i think the gods and goddesses too.

April 5, 2024April 3, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: Asia, culture, portrait, reportage, tradition, travel, urbanlifeTags: Asia, event, fareast, god, goddess, people, portrait, procession, religion, renebauerphotography, reportage, streetphotography, streetprocession, tainan, taiwan, taoism, Travel Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Taiwan: Burning Money In The Temple

Maybe you noticed these stacks of yellow papers in my prior posts. Well, these are ‚paper money‘ what get burned for the ancestors and family members who passed away, to ensure they have the financial fundings for a comfortable afterlife.

While i visited the City Temple in Tainan, i found myself in the backyard in a nice garden. I noticed a huge chimney. Getting closer to inspect it, i became a witness how people enlightened stacks of these paper money and let it burn in big flames, providing a comfortable time for their people in afterlife.

März 31, 2024März 30, 2024 by Rene Bauer Categories: Asia, culture, history, reportage, tradition, travel, urbanlifeTags: Asia, ceremony, citytemple, culture, gods, papermoney, people, religion, renebauerphotography, reportage, tainan, taiwan, taoism, temple, Travel, worshipping Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Taiwan: Tainan Puji Temple Impressions

There was a Puji Temple just around the block. It wasn’t the biggest and most important, but beautiful set in the neighborhood and colorful decorated with many lanterns.

When i found it, it was pretty busy with worshipper and priests. The smell of incenses and the atmosphere with the dimmed lantern lights gave me quite an impression…