This is not only blasphemous, but unsanitary.”Dragon dancers perform at the 2006 Baosheng Cultural Festival at Taipei’s Baoan Temple. Founded by settlers from Quanzhou, China, Dalongdong Baoan Temple is one of more than 200 shrines in Taiwan dedicated to Baoshengdadi (保生大帝), the Taoist god of medicine. According to the Dalongdong Baoan Temple, he was said to be a child genius with a photographic memory who was well-versed in traditional Chinese medicine as a teenager. LEGENDS ACROSS TAIWANThe earliest Baoshengdadi temple in Taiwan appeared in the Tainan area during the Dutch occupation. The Japanese limited Taiwanese religious activity after its arrival, and between 1896 and 1904, the Dalongdong Baoan Temple was used as an elementary school.

Source: Taipei Times April 17, 2021 15:56 UTC