Gaoshi
Gaoshi is a village in Gaoshi Village, Mudan Township, Taiwan. Gaoshi is situated nearby to the hamlet Xiabuluo, as well as near Zhongbuluo.Places of Interest
Highlights include KuskusShrine.
KuskusShrine
Shinto shrine
Photo: Koika, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gaoshi Shrine, formerly known as Kuskus Shrine, is a Shinto shrine located in Gaoshi, a Paiwan village in Mudan, Pingtung, Taiwan. With the original shrine destroyed by typhoon in 1946, a new shrine was rebuilt in 2015, making it the first Shinto shrine constructed in Taiwan in the post–World War II era, following the end of the island's Japanese rule.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mudan.
Mudan
Town
Photo: Eric850130, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mudan Township is a mountain indigenous township in Pingtung County, Taiwan. The main population is the Paiwan people of the Taiwanese aborigines. Mudan is situated 8 km west of Gaoshi.
Gaoshi
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Gaoshih”, “KaKao-shih-ts’un”, “Kao-shih”, and “高士 Kus kus”
- Category: locality
- Location: Gaoshi Village, Mudan Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan, Southern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.12129° or 22° 7′ 17″ northLongitude
120.8476° or 120° 50′ 51″ eastElevation
125 metres (410 feet)Open location code
7QJ24RCX+G2OpenStreetMap ID
node 4252466485OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
1673784
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Korean—“Gaoshi” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “高士”
- Korean: “가오스”
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