From certain vantage points in Taipei, Taiwan's capital, the tails of intricately carved dragons appear in the skyline amid skyscrapers, modern shopping centers and Japanese-influenced structures.

The sweet fragrance of a thousand sticks of burning incense curls into reverent smoke clouds on this lucky night of the new moon. We are inside Taipei’s oldest temple, Mengjia Longshan Temple, deeply ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The incense-filled air of Taipei's Longshan Temple is a thing of the past after Friday (March 13), when the temple officially banned burning incense sticks. All worshipers who ...

One of the most stunning features of Taiwan's Lukang Longshan Temple is its extravagant wood caisson ceiling. Wei-Te Wong (Flickr/Creative Commons) Asia’s Ring of Fire is famous for its volcanoes, ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taipei's popular religious landmark Longshan Temple announced Friday (Feb. 27) that the use of incense will no longer be permitted at the site starting March 13. In an official ...

Longshan Temple, one of Taipei’s most popular places of worship, has decided to limit the number of incense sticks worshipers can burn to one stick starting on May 5 in an effort to curb PM2.5 ...

One morning last week, Luo Tsai-yan (羅彩燕) took a break from her busy schedule to perform one of her Lunar New Year rituals: registering to light good-fortune luminaries at Longshan Temple (龍山寺). She ...

Taipei, Taiwan – Preparing for the Lunar New Year is a busy time for people like Ms Lin, a 58-year-old who works near Taipei’s historic Longshan Temple. Many Taiwanese – and people of Chinese descent ...