廟頂遠眺獅頭山

[英文]Lion$s Head Mountain, or Shitoushan 獅頭山, Nanzhuang township, Xinzhu prefecture. In 1904 local gentry named Huang Kailang 黄開郎 and Chen Xiulan 陳秀蘭 donated funds to construct the Zhuanhuatang or @Hall for Exhorting Conversion@ 勧化堂 to secure the peace of this valley (roof tiles in foreground). Turbulent weather destroyed this first effort; the temple was rebuilt in 1915. The Pagoda in the background is a Guanyin/Kannon temple (Nihon chiri taikei 1930, p. 64). This photo appears to have been taken from the slope of Shitoushan looking down into the valley. With a peak of 492 meters, Lion$s Head Mountain contains many caves and grottoes and is dotted with temples and pagodas. @In 1927 it was selected as one of the twelve most beautiful scenic spots in Taiwan@ (Liu 1996, p. 67).