Sunday, September 10, 2006

Koxinga

Koxinga died in 1662 (only a few months after expelling the Dutch!), and a temple has been built to commemorate his rule.


Unfortunately, the orginal (Fukien style) building has been demolished recently, and rebuilt in Northern style. The adjacent Koxinga museum houses a lot of interesting paintings, costumes, etc.


In the afternoon I visited the Confucian temple. Built in 1665, it is the oldest Confucian temple in Taiwan.