By MOOK Scenic Spots Editorial Team
A five-star hotel-style toilet has been constructed next to a temple, and when night falls, its entire rooftop lights up brilliantly. Located in Yunlin County, the Beigang Wude Temple, the ancestral temple of the God of Wealth, is one of the local community's key places of worship with a thriving flow of worshippers. To address the overwhelming demand due to the existing facilities being unable to accommodate the large number of visitors, the temple invested $5 million to construct a new, stylish and luxurious toilet. Designed with the imagery of an endless knot, the exterior combines architectural aesthetics with lighting design. Especially at night, the lighting effects outline a pair of auspicious endless knot totems on the rooftop against the night sky, transforming the entire structure into a light installation. This fashionable toilet has even been hailed by netizens as another main lantern of the Beigang Lantern Area. Visitors admiring the lantern displays might want to stop by for photos.
The five-star toilet built by Beigang Wude Temple with a $5 million investment features a rooftop made of thousands of intricately folded aluminum panels shaped into an endless knot that glows when illuminated, resembling a grand lantern (Image source / Beigang Wude Temple – Ancestral Temple of the God of Wealth)
Beigang Wude Temple covers over 200 pyeong and was jointly designed by renowned architects (Image source / Beigang Wude Temple – Ancestral Temple of the God of Wealth)
The architecture of Beigang Wude Temple allows for excellent ventilation, eliminating the need for air conditioning or fans all year round, and requires no daytime lighting, making it an energy-saving green building (Image source / Beigang Wude Temple – Ancestral Temple of the God of Wealth)
The resplendent Beigang Wude Temple (Image source / Beigang Wude Temple – Ancestral Temple of the God of Wealth)
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Beigang Wude Temple – Ancestral Temple of the God of Wealth
Address: No. 330, Huasheng Road, Beigang Township, Yunlin County
Phone: (05) 782 - 1445
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