Scenes of the Eighteen Levels of Hell – Not for the Faint of Heart！ A 38-meter-long giant dragon offers views of the street scene

By / ScenicSpot.com Reporting
 
Not for the faint of heart！ The incredibly lifelike Eighteen Levels of Hell scenes are super scary. Walk into the mouth of the 38-meter-tall giant dragon and gaze at the beautiful distant street scenery.

Madou Taishe Temple has become a very popular tourist attraction in Tainan in recent years. In addition to the temple itself, it also features hyper-realistic Eighteen Levels of Hell and Heaven scenes, as well as a 38-meter-tall dragon lookout platform, and the latest highlight is a roller-style slide – it’s all super fun.

The Madou Taishe Temple primarily worships the Five Lords of Heaven. It was established in 1956 and brought together renowned craftsmen from across the country for its construction. It took 10 years to complete. The temple architecture is grand in scale, featuring the nation’s first three-dimensional door gods carved from camphor wood, exquisitely crafted Jiaozi ceramics and paper-cut appliqués, as well as paintings by masters awarded the Heritage Crafts Award – every piece is a fine work by renowned artists, worthy of careful appreciation.

What attracts travelers most to the temple is the exquisitely crafted Eighteen Levels of Hell and Yama’s Court, built at great expense. It presents lifelike scenes of the eighteen levels of hell, encouraging people to do good, and leaves each visitor with different insights.

Above the Crystal Palace inside the temple stands the largest dragon in all of Southeast Asia. It is 38 meters tall, 54 meters long, and reaches a maximum diameter of 5 meters at its thickest point. The interior of the dragon’s body features a heavenly scene, where visitors can climb up for a bird’s-eye view of the Madou streetscape.