Lentau Island Buddha Pictures

During the time of our visit, the people of Tai-O were celebrating the birthday of their god of war named Lord Guangzhou or something of that sort, and the village was preparing for a big celebration that night. Again, we'd felt slightly intrusive but that was the nature of things and we'd kept moving on at a slightly leaded pace.

After getting to the section of the island that held the buddhist quarter along with the statue, we were treated to a fully vegetarian meal that was prepared and served by the monks that worked and studied at the monastery. I'm not quite sure of exactly what I ate, but there were a few exotic pieces that perhaps I wouldn't normally try if it weren't for the chance of insulting the poor monks who provided it. One dish tasted like freshly dug dirt though, and it was the only thing left on the table after we were all finished. At the buddhist monastery, no pictures or video of any kind was to be taken inside because of it's classification as sacred ground, but inside you find statues and models of some of the gods that have come to represent buddhism and it's meaning. Everywhere you would find little mock models of the gigantic buddha that you could see simply by turning around wherever you were in the quarter and looking up. There were a few steps to climb to get to see the buddha, but there was also the cheat way, which was a drive up the other side of the mountain and simply walking in. Many people were found to be climbing the stairs though, I think simply for the metaphorical practise of 'climbing to buddha' for those who were followers of the religion. However, it doesn't matter what denomination of faith you are... this place definately exhudes spiritualism (aided in part by the burning incense which fogs the square) and you will leave the mountain with a very exhausted inner-self.