Zhinan Temple
Zhinan Temple is a Taoist temple on the slopes of Houshan in Wenshan District of Taipei, Taiwan. It was founded in 1882. The temple's main deity is Lü Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Place of worship
- Description: taoist temple in Taipei, Taiwan
- Also known as: “Chi Nan Temple”, “Chih Nan Temple”, “Chih-nan Kung”, “Jhihnan Gong”, “Tsí-lâm Temple”, and “Zhinan Gong”
- Address: 萬壽路 115, 18, 指南里, 臺北市, 文山區, 116
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Zhinan Temple gondola station and Taipei Zoo.
Zhinan Temple gondola station
Photo: Jiahwang, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Zhinan Temple Station is a station on the Maokong Gondola of the Taipei Rapid Transit System, located in Wenshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is named for the nearby Zhinan Temple. Zhinan Temple gondola station is situated 160 metres east of Zhinan Temple.
Taipei Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Yu tptw, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Taipei Zoo, sometimes referred to as the Muzha Zoo, is a public zoological garden in Wenshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is the most famous zoological garden in Taiwan and a leader in conservation, research and education, and recreation. Taipei Zoo is situated 2 km north of Zhinan Temple.
Dah Hsian Seetoo Library
Library
Photo: Yu tptw, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dah Hsian Seetoo Library is situated 1½ km northwest of Zhinan Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shenkeng and Xindian.
Shenkeng
Photo: lienyuan lee, CC BY 3.0.
Shenkeng District is a rural district in central New Taipei City in northern Taiwan. Formerly an agricultural and mining town, it is now famous for its numerous tofu restaurants and vendors.
Xindian
Photo: Yuriy kosygin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Xindian, also known by its historical spelling Hsintien and alternative spelling Sindian, is a district in New Taipei where the apartment complexes of the Taipei metropolitan area meet the northern end of the Central Mountain Range.
Jingmei District
Suburb
Jingmei is a neighborhood in Taipei City. Formerly an administrative district, in 1990 it merged with Muzha District, becoming the western part of the newly created Wenshan District. Jingmei District is situated 5 km west of Zhinan Temple.
Zhinan Temple
- Categories: Chinese temple and religion
- Location: Zhinan Village, Wenshan, Taipei City, Taiwan Province, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
24.97939° or 24° 58′ 46″ northLongitude
121.58821° or 121° 35′ 18″ eastElevation
252 metres (827 feet)Open location code
7QP3XHHQ+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
way 1354556207OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Polish—“Zhinan Temple” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “指南宫”
- Chinese: “指南宮”
- Chinese: “木柵仙公廟”
- Chinese: “木柵指南宮”
- Japanese: “指福宮”
- Korean: “즈난 궁”
- Korean: “즈난궁”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ba̍k-sa Sian-kong-biō”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tsí-lâm-kiong”
- Polish: “Świątynia Zhinan”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Zhinan Temple”. Photo: KasugaHuang, CC BY 2.5.