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Ganhua Eighteen Lords Temple

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Ganhua Eighteen Lords Temple
Ganhua Eighteen Lords Temple. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Temple of the Eighteen Lords (Chinese: 乾華十八王公廟; pinyin: Gānhuá Shíbāwáng Gōngmiào) is a yin miao (temple for deceased people) located in Ganhua Village, Shimen District, New Taipei, Taiwan. Located on Provincial Highway 2 beside Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant, the temple is dedicated to seventeen deceased sailors and one dog.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.