Kuan Kung – The Popular Red-faced God is having a Birthday

We were standing in front of the popular Xingtian Temple in Taipei, whose principle god is the red-faced, ferocious-looking Kuan-Kung, when my friend turned to me and asked “How can a god of war be worshipped within a religious context?”

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This Article was published in the Magazine “Centered on Taipei” Issue of June and July 2018 (Vol.18 | 09)
Pages 20 and 21, Text : Sue Babcock, Images : Web

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