Taiwan Art & Civilisation by Hsiu-Huei Wang

Author:Hsiu-Huei Wang [Wang, Hsiu-Huei]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781783107629
Publisher: Parkstone International

A carved “double-carp, four-bat, qihu” window in the form of the Eight Diagrams at Lungshan Temple, Lukang, Changhua County (1798).

An octagonal plafond ceiling about the stage at Lungshan Temple in Lukang. The original function of this type of plafond ceiling was to support a skylight window (first built in 1798).

Fort Providencia in Tainan was a fortress built during the Dutch period (1653).

A ceremonial gateway honoring the virtue of Chiu Liang-kung’s mother in Kinmen (one of Taiwan’s offshore islands). In bygone times a son, after receiving the emperor’s approval, could build this type of gateway to honor his mother’s virtue and filial piety (1812).

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