劍潭古寺

Small quiet temple

worth to visit

Short 5 min walk from MRT station, well maintained historical template good for a 20 minute side tour.

The Buddhist temple, English translation at Taipei MRT Station- JianTan Temple, is relatively serene, and near DaZhi- Neihu bordered residential area. The temple was built in 1634, although it was damaged and rebuilt a few times and the current temple was rebuilt around 1955. The temple seems to have about 300 years of history, but, unfortunately, the current gold-color paint does not bring historical harmony of the wood temple structure when red color seems to be basic color. Rounds of gold-color coating covers up the beauty of the wood structure. Temple has Buddha and Bodhisattva and other deities, although they were overly painted. The Temple is a temple of the Pure Land Buddhist Sect and is under management by Buddha's Light Mountain or Fo Guang Shan (佛光山). Because of the Covid-19 pandemics fear, it is generally very quiet and there are not many visitors in weekdays or in non-religious worship days. On my day of visit, 01/19/2021, I was the only visitor at the Temple, although I still wore my 3M face mask for safety. Its 2021 Religious Ceremony and Special Worship Dates are provided in the photo uploaded at Google Map. Volunteers and Nuns at the temple are generally friendly, and temple offers free incense, tea, and candy or cookies for the visitors.

One of the oldest temples in Taipei with 300+ years history. Close to Miramar shopping mall, good place to visit when around the area

had ever visit there after walking and hiking with my professor, introduced one of oldest buddhist temple in taipei the sculpture and details are gorgeous. its atmospheres are calm and quiet. Also it really close to MRT station.

Have a visit whenever you are in Taipei. Beautiful place. A place of calm and serenity. There a good sitting area in front of the temple & few trees. Just go there & spend some time to rejuvenate yourself. A small children park is situated adjacent to temple. The roads are clean & you can see some good sculptures beside the road..

Founded 1634, it is one of the old temple in Taipei. Mix of Tao and Buddhism. This is one of the few temple that mix these 2 religion beautifully. Architecture envelop is more Tao, but the atmosphere and environment is Buddhism. Very few places in Taiwan that plays calm and soothing music. The garden is worth of visit. Perfect place to sit and meditate.