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Originally Posted by Mike Stamper
I've tried both names in Google images and some look the same as my kit - others don't, so now I'm really confused ;-)))
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Mike, apparently there are no less than five temples in Taiwan called "Longshan Temple"! The subject of your model is the most famous one, "Mengjia Longshan Temple". I found
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All five of Taiwan's Longshan temples (the others are in Danshui, Lugang, Tainan and Kaohsiung's Fengshan District) are named for and considered descendants of the Longshan Temple in Anhai, Jinjiang City, Fujian, which itself was founded in 618AD.
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Another possible source of photographic confusion is that in China, the word "temple" (寺) can refer to a whole complex of structures, which may be surrounded by a wall with elaborate "gates" or entrance halls, which appears to be the case for the Mengjia Longshan Temple.