On September 10th CRC students experienced their first religious site, exploring the popular Mengjia Longshan Temple in Taiwan. This temple was extremely unique because of the combination of three popular religions which synthesized; Daoist, Buddhist and Confucius elements. This was exemplified through devotional worship such as lighting incense and praying to multiple deities.
“The Longshan temple was the first place of worship that we visited once arriving in Taiwan. The intimacy of each spiritual interaction was made clear, and everyone participated in the rituals putting aside awkward inhibitions upon entering a new culture. It was a great way to start off the year in CRC and get used to all the new experiences that we will continue to have throughout this long year program!”
-Hannah Simon
Here is a picture of the group at the front of this temple.
