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Keelung Fairy Cave

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Keelung Fairy Cave
Keelung Fairy Cave. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Xian Dong Yan (仙洞巖), literally Immortal cave, is a natural sea cave in Zhongshan District, Keelung, Taiwan. It is a designated Cultural Landscape by the Bureau of Cultural Heritage in Taiwan. The cave was a shrine and resting place for fishermen during Qing dynasty period and was converted into a Buddhist Temple during the Japanese colonial period.

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