I don't really have that much writing to add to this post, because it's just a visual sort of an experience. Taiwan was just sprinkled with these beautiful temples. They were tucked around corners and down the end of alleys, as well as featured prominently in parks and squares. Each one was unique, but they had this dizzying level of detail in common. The colors are not painted, but rather tiny ceramic tiles laid over each other to form three dimensional creatures and wall mosaics.
The details were so intense: miniscule leaves carved into dozens of tiny columns; a thousand tiny buddhas backlit in a closed-off room; dragons with bits of flesh painted into their teeth, dancing with other dragons on one of a countless number of lanterns. It was sort of hard to wrap my mind around the fact that it was actually real.
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