The port that lost the sea
Lukang was Taiwan’s second-largest city in 1800. Its harbour silted up, and its old lanes remain.
Lukang
Lukang is a township on the Changhua coast. Its old harbour once handled rice, cloth and other goods. The harbour gradually silted up in the nineteenth century, and the later main railway passed elsewhere. Today the compact lanes, temples and craft workshops retain the form of the former port town.
Lukang
The goddess who kept the harbour
Lukang Tianhou Temple is among Taiwan's oldest Mazu temples. Its halls, carvings and statues record three centuries of a seafaring town.
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The courtyard of Lukang Longshan Temple, with its bronze incense burner.Zairon / CC BY-SA 4.0 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗
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The approach to a Lukang temple, across the wide square in front of it.Allervous / CC BY-SA 4.0 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗
