Boa-an Temple at rainy night

Bao-an Temple is one of the oldest temples in Taiwan. It was originally a wooden joss house from 1742, and then rebuilt in 1805 into a temple. The name Bao-an was given to "bao"-yu (meaning blessing, Deo gratias) Tung-"an" (a Chinese place where the founder of the temple was from). The temple shrines a Chinese doctor, Wu Tao, who was also born in Tung-an a thousand years ago (979 AC).

The temple went through seven major renovations during its 200-year history, the latest starting 1995 until 2002 for six million US dollars. And because of its effort of successful restoration, UNESCO gave a special award to this historical place.

Here is the temple's official web-site: http://www.baoan.org.tw/

The pictures were shot at a rainy night using Xpan II and 45mm lens (as usual) and Ilford XP2 Super. I did not bring a tripod so all the pictures were hand-held shots using shutter speeds of 1/6 to 1/10, with a couple of 1/15s. I am very surprised there doesn't seem to be much vibration in the pictures. Nonetheless, quality of the photos is generally poor, as contrast was too high under that light condition. But a special aura did exist...

































Here are some pictures I took the other night using Leica M.