Day 5 : 9th Oct 2006
This is a day of temple visitations. We left for our first destination of the day, 佛光山 (Fo Kuan Shan Monastery - 
Buddhist temple). This is a holy place for faithful Buddhists and has become an attraction venue due 
to the beautiful landscape carved out and the majestic temples built on this mountain. This place attracts thousands of pilgrimages in a year and is also a well respected area as the monastery also houses a free university for the poorer folks. There is also this great Amitabha Buddha statue that stands at 120ft
tall and and is surrounded by 480 smaller statues. A word of warning though, the top of this monastery requires a pair of trained legs to reach as there are countless flights of stairs to 
climb. You have been warned (8-)). The next place of visit in the afternoon is the 日月潭 (Sun Moon Lake) in 台中 (Tai Chung). The bus ferrying us have to go about winding mountain roads to reach this place. The name is called as such because there indeed exists 2 lakes, which is shaped like a sun and a crescent moon. There is this famous Taoist temple situated in this region, called the 文武庙 (Wen Wu Temple), which also attracts a bountiful of holiday makers and pious believers. It was told by our guide that all Taoist temples, if built according to the blueprint guideline stated by the ancestors, should provide an emergency water catchment tank
hidden in the ceiling, which can be easily released in case of fire emergency. 
This temple has such mechanism built in. So engineers, marvel at the safety technology put in place by our fore fathers. On the right is a picture of 9 dragons chasing after the celestial pearl (I am the first to get it here on this day!). On the left is a view of the foggy lake. Our last destination for the day is 逢甲(Feng Jia ) night market. This night 
market is also crowded with people, mostly younsters as the market sits right in front of their university, Feng Jia University. Difference between this night market from the one before is that it sells more young and trendy necessities, and 
last but not least, FOOD! We had 大肠包小肠 (Translates as Big Intestines wrapping Small Intestines - Glutinous rice wrapped around Taiwan Sausages with Si Chuan vegetables as fillings). Not too bad, taste a bit like 
dumplings. There is also this duck meat wrapped in poh-piah skin, which is also quite tasty but I have no chance of taking pictures of (I've got my hands full of food and bags). Btw, trendy bags and shoes range around SGD$5.00 to $20.00 around this area, so ladies, prepare to offload some NT$ in this vicinity.
Buddhist temple). This is a holy place for faithful Buddhists and has become an attraction venue due 
to the beautiful landscape carved out and the majestic temples built on this mountain. This place attracts thousands of pilgrimages in a year and is also a well respected area as the monastery also houses a free university for the poorer folks. There is also this great Amitabha Buddha statue that stands at 120ft
tall and and is surrounded by 480 smaller statues. A word of warning though, the top of this monastery requires a pair of trained legs to reach as there are countless flights of stairs to 
climb. You have been warned (8-)). The next place of visit in the afternoon is the 日月潭 (Sun Moon Lake) in 台中 (Tai Chung). The bus ferrying us have to go about winding mountain roads to reach this place. The name is called as such because there indeed exists 2 lakes, which is shaped like a sun and a crescent moon. There is this famous Taoist temple situated in this region, called the 文武庙 (Wen Wu Temple), which also attracts a bountiful of holiday makers and pious believers. It was told by our guide that all Taoist temples, if built according to the blueprint guideline stated by the ancestors, should provide an emergency water catchment tank
hidden in the ceiling, which can be easily released in case of fire emergency. 
This temple has such mechanism built in. So engineers, marvel at the safety technology put in place by our fore fathers. On the right is a picture of 9 dragons chasing after the celestial pearl (I am the first to get it here on this day!). On the left is a view of the foggy lake. Our last destination for the day is 逢甲(Feng Jia ) night market. This night 
market is also crowded with people, mostly younsters as the market sits right in front of their university, Feng Jia University. Difference between this night market from the one before is that it sells more young and trendy necessities, and 
last but not least, FOOD! We had 大肠包小肠 (Translates as Big Intestines wrapping Small Intestines - Glutinous rice wrapped around Taiwan Sausages with Si Chuan vegetables as fillings). Not too bad, taste a bit like 
dumplings. There is also this duck meat wrapped in poh-piah skin, which is also quite tasty but I have no chance of taking pictures of (I've got my hands full of food and bags). Btw, trendy bags and shoes range around SGD$5.00 to $20.00 around this area, so ladies, prepare to offload some NT$ in this vicinity.
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