When think about Pagoda, what I remember is a movie called "Kera Sakti" or "Magic Monkey". An old Chinese movie which aired on Indonesian TV when I was in elementary school. It has a story when the monkey is naughty, the monk will put him inside the 7 floor of Pagoda. hahaha
The pagoda in here is most likely similar with the one in the movie. But the difference lays in the height. Most of the pagodas only have 5 floors. In front of the pagodas, there are statue of budhism gods, dragon, and tiger.
How to get there?
If you don't have your personal transportation like car or scooter, you can go there by MRT. The place is near Zuoying MRT Station and need to walk for 20 minutes to go there. If you don't want to walk, you can go by bus ç´…35 from bus stop in front Zuoying HSR Station.
The lake is huge. I said it's lake, not pond because it's huge. Even you can ind many lotus flowers on this area. You have to walk a little bit far from one pagoda to another and if you come her in summer, bring your hat or umbrella. Very hot outside especially when you go near the pagodas, no trees around. There are several stores and a market near the lake, so if you thirsty you can find something to drink. The vending machine is not working, just wanna remind you that. hahaha
What's in there?
Basically I'm not really sure why there are so many statues of tiger and dragon, also with pagodas and statue of budhism gods there. However, I think it's the center of people who follow Budhism as religion pray there and the lake is one of the scared place for them.
Because the place is in the beautiful lake, no wonder many tourists come here only for relaxation, travel around, or just take a picture. The statues are huge and somewhat beautiful, even at the same time strange. Maybe that's another reason why many people come here.
There are several pagodas which separated into several places.
The first one is the one with a very huge statue of budhism god. I don't know the name of it by the way. In here we parked our scooter because in other places no place for parking.
The second one is the one with big dragon which you can go inside and see the wall sculptures about the story behind the pagodas (if you understand haha). On the top of the dragon, there are three god and goddess of Budhism. In front of it there is a pond that actually make the hot weather seems calm a while.
The third one is the one with dragon and tiger statues in front of the biggest pagoda there. Because too many people there, I couldn't take a great picture of it in front of the statues. Moreover, the weather is very hot and I want to go to our next destination.
So, where is the lotus? You see the green plants in the picture above which seems like a field? It's actually a water and there are many lotus plants. Unfortunately, the lotus is not blossom yet, might because it's summer time. I bet it will be more beautiful in the spring time.
From our experience, you only need to be here for 2 hours. Especially when you come here only for travel and experience something new. So, better have plan to go after this place. Just like us, to Cijing Island. ^^
The pagoda in here is most likely similar with the one in the movie. But the difference lays in the height. Most of the pagodas only have 5 floors. In front of the pagodas, there are statue of budhism gods, dragon, and tiger.
How to get there?
If you don't have your personal transportation like car or scooter, you can go there by MRT. The place is near Zuoying MRT Station and need to walk for 20 minutes to go there. If you don't want to walk, you can go by bus ç´…35 from bus stop in front Zuoying HSR Station.
The lake is huge. I said it's lake, not pond because it's huge. Even you can ind many lotus flowers on this area. You have to walk a little bit far from one pagoda to another and if you come her in summer, bring your hat or umbrella. Very hot outside especially when you go near the pagodas, no trees around. There are several stores and a market near the lake, so if you thirsty you can find something to drink. The vending machine is not working, just wanna remind you that. hahaha
What's in there?
Basically I'm not really sure why there are so many statues of tiger and dragon, also with pagodas and statue of budhism gods there. However, I think it's the center of people who follow Budhism as religion pray there and the lake is one of the scared place for them.
Because the place is in the beautiful lake, no wonder many tourists come here only for relaxation, travel around, or just take a picture. The statues are huge and somewhat beautiful, even at the same time strange. Maybe that's another reason why many people come here.
There are several pagodas which separated into several places.
The first one is the one with a very huge statue of budhism god. I don't know the name of it by the way. In here we parked our scooter because in other places no place for parking.
The second one is the one with big dragon which you can go inside and see the wall sculptures about the story behind the pagodas (if you understand haha). On the top of the dragon, there are three god and goddess of Budhism. In front of it there is a pond that actually make the hot weather seems calm a while.
The third one is the one with dragon and tiger statues in front of the biggest pagoda there. Because too many people there, I couldn't take a great picture of it in front of the statues. Moreover, the weather is very hot and I want to go to our next destination.
So, where is the lotus? You see the green plants in the picture above which seems like a field? It's actually a water and there are many lotus plants. Unfortunately, the lotus is not blossom yet, might because it's summer time. I bet it will be more beautiful in the spring time.
From our experience, you only need to be here for 2 hours. Especially when you come here only for travel and experience something new. So, better have plan to go after this place. Just like us, to Cijing Island. ^^
Halo, salam kenal :) saya mahasiswa indonesia yg lgi belajar di kaohsiung. Saya berencana ke taipei, apakah ada rekomendasi penginapan murah di taipei? Terimakasih banyak :)
ReplyDeleteHalo juga.
DeleteDi Taipei minimal haga hotel nya sekitar 1500an. Itupun hotel yang kurang ramah.
Jadi, saran saya coba cek di booking.com atau AirBnB.
Teman saya pernah dapet murah dan bagus dari kedua website tersebut.
Semoga trip Anda menyenangkan! :)