Xingtian Temple
Good to know
- Best time to go
- Year-round
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
One of Taipei's busiest temples, dedicated to Guan Gong, the deified general revered as a patron of commerce and honour. Completed in 1967, it is known for a policy that forbids the burning of joss paper and the offering of meat, marking it as unusually restrained among Taiwanese temples. Crowds gather daily for the blue-robed volunteers who perform shou-jing rituals believed to calm the spirit. The temple sits above a pedestrian underpass long associated with fortune-tellers reading faces and palms.
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