After having breakfast at Sun Moon Lake Youth Activity Center, we left for Xuanzang Buddhist Temple (玄奘寺), from where we enjoyed one of the best views of the lake.
Bishop Fitzpatrick seemed to have studied quite a lot about Buddhism before arrival in Taiwan. [This is his first time to be in Asia!] Unlike many other Christians, he is willing to learn (understand) more about different cultures such as Buddhism and Taoism.
After seeing Xuanzang Temple, he and his wife Beatrice as well as Rev. Peter Wu and Ms. Mimi followed us to Wen-Wu Miao (文武廟), which is also located near the shore of the lake. While Xuanzang Temple is a Buddhist temple, Wen-Wu Miao is a Taoist one, with quite a number of "deities" in it for people to see -- or worship!
Those deities in Taoism can be classified into two categories: One is military characters such as Guan Yu, Yue Fei, etc., and the other is non-military characters such as Confucius, Mencius, etc. The latter group is called Wen-ren or Wen-guan (文人/文官) and the former group is Wu jiang or Wu shi (武將/武士). That is why this temple was named Wen-Wu Temple (文武廟). Amazingly, our visitors from Hawaii (especially Bishop Fitzpatrick) did not refuse to look at this temple either.
We had lunch at Fleur de Chine (雲品酒店) before we returned from Sun Moon Lake. It was obvious that all of us had a very good time on the trip. -- Aloha! Aloha! . . . Best wishes to you, our dear friends!
以下照片拍攝於 玄奘寺
以下照片拍攝於 文武廟
以下照片拍攝於 日月潭雲品酒店
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