A large temple in the Shoushan Scenic Area, Longquan evokes a set from a period movie. It's said that when a cement company was extracting limestone from Shoushan mountain in 1971, workers found a slab of galactite resembling the Goddess of the Sea (Guanyin) in form, and presented it to the temple.
Longquan Temple
Kaohsiung
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