Linji Huguo Temple
The construction of the Linji Huguo Temple (臨濟護國禪寺) started in 1900 and was completed in 1911. Zen Master Dean Xuanxiu, a Japanese monk in the early years of the Japanese occupation, initiated its building. The fourth governor of Taiwan, Kodama Gentaro, had invited him to teach and preach in Taiwan the ways of the Rinzai, a Buddhist sect different from the Zen master’s Cao Dongzong sect.
The Linji Huguo Temple is surrounded by mountains and rivers and the nearby Keelung River winds through the land it occupies. The temple is large and has a magnificent layout that includes the mountain gate, the hall, the Daxiong Hall (大雄寶殿) and the abbot hall.
The Daxiong Hall is still well-preserved; its wooden roof has a Xieshan double eaves style, a traditional Chinese architecture. The architectural design of the mountain gate is of the Japanese style during the Edo period. A big stone in front of the temple and another one in the back represent ancestral tombs. The temple’s stone sculptures of Buddha also have great historical and cultural value.
The Linji Huguo Temple is surrounded by mountains and rivers and the nearby Keelung River winds through the land it occupies. The temple is large and has a magnificent layout that includes the mountain gate, the hall, the Daxiong Hall (大雄寶殿) and the abbot hall.
The Daxiong Hall is still well-preserved; its wooden roof has a Xieshan double eaves style, a traditional Chinese architecture. The architectural design of the mountain gate is of the Japanese style during the Edo period. A big stone in front of the temple and another one in the back represent ancestral tombs. The temple’s stone sculptures of Buddha also have great historical and cultural value.
Zhongshan Girls’ High School
Founded in Shilin in 1898, Zhongshan Girls’ High School (中山女中) was Taiwan’s first girls' high school. It was later renamed the Third Affiliated Mandarin Language School (國語學校第三附屬學校). It has regular senior high school subjects as well as technical school courses. Outstanding students from middle schools seek enrolment here.
In 1911, the school moved to Mengjia, on the present site of the National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences. In 1922, it was renamed Taipei No. 3 Girls’ High School. After the Second World War, it was renamed Second North Girls’ High School. This eventually changed to its present name.
When the modern design movement started in the 1930s, its schools buildings were rebuilt with reinforced concrete. Its doors and windows and vertical and horizontal lines reflect the architectural spirit of that era. The present school has lockers in the corridors, its floors well built.
Countless outstanding Taiwan women have studied in its classrooms. The school’s present batch of students would hopefully become the backbone of Taiwan society in the future.
In 1911, the school moved to Mengjia, on the present site of the National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences. In 1922, it was renamed Taipei No. 3 Girls’ High School. After the Second World War, it was renamed Second North Girls’ High School. This eventually changed to its present name.
When the modern design movement started in the 1930s, its schools buildings were rebuilt with reinforced concrete. Its doors and windows and vertical and horizontal lines reflect the architectural spirit of that era. The present school has lockers in the corridors, its floors well built.
Countless outstanding Taiwan women have studied in its classrooms. The school’s present batch of students would hopefully become the backbone of Taiwan society in the future.
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