Place of worship
Zhinan Temple
No. 115號, Wanshou Rd, Zhinan Village, Wenshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan 116
Mountainside Taoist sanctuary reached by a legendary thousand-step stone stairway above tea fields.
This guide to Zhinan Temple in Taipei opens with a local rule taxi drivers pass along: never bring a partner up this mountain. It traces the legend behind that warning, about the Taoist immortal Lu Dongbin's rejection by fellow immortal He Xiangu, and why couples still avoid this particular hillside. Gold miners funded the temple's oldest hall, the Chunyang Chapel, back in 1890.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.