TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The New Taipei City Government will light up the cherry blossoms at the Wuji Tianyuan Temple (天元宮) in New Taipei City's Tamsui District in the evenings from Feb. 5 to 18. Wuji ...

Honoring Confucius, China's most revered ancient educator, the Taipei Confucius Temple held a special prayer ceremony for candidates of the General Scholastic Ability Test, a major college entrance ...

Hsing Tian Kong welcomes around 6 million faithful per year. Some studies show that, in the place of worship, the partical levels are too high and threaten the health of residents. Many believe that ...

The 508-metre-tall Taipei 101 tower was the world’s tallest building between 2004 and 2009, when Dubai’s Burj Khalifa bagged the coveted title. You’ll find observation decks on 88, 89 and 91, although ...

An air raid by the Allies during World War II destroyed much of the nearly 300-year-old Lungshan Temple in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan. The attack on June 8, 1945, burned down the temple’s main hall ...

A Spanish artist in Taiwan is in the soup after he attempted to scrub the doors of a centuries-old temple, in a supposed act of civic-mindedness, but ended up defacing the entrance to the religious ...