龍山寺 Longshan Temple

艋舺龍山寺，為臺灣的市定古蹟，亦稱萬華龍山寺或簡稱龍山寺，與臺北101、國立故宮博物院、中正紀念堂並列為外國觀光客至臺北旅遊之4大勝地。

龍山寺主祀的神明是觀世音菩薩，在建築上為獨具特色的中國古典3進4合院傳統宮殿式建築，由前殿、正殿、後殿及左右護龍構成，在正面牆堵精雕細琢，圖像生動，故事多出自三國演義和封神榜，並加以中國吉祥圖案裝飾，美不勝收，寺內有各式石雕雕琢的藝術作品，屋頂也相當具特色，採用歇山重簷式，而在裡面屋簷的交界之處，不用一釘一鐵，全寺屋頂脊帶和飛簷由龍、鳳、麒麟等吉祥動物做造型，裝飾以彩色玻璃瓷片剪粘和交趾陶，色彩瑰麗，堪稱臺灣特有剪粘藝術之精華。

除此之外，龍山寺是參拜包括佛、道、儒三教重要神祇，主要可分為前殿、大殿、後殿3個殿，此外可細分為許多廳，共有神祇百餘尊，7個香爐，讓你可以選擇你所信仰的神祇，自由進行參拜。

Longshan Temple, a National Historical Relic of the Second Rank, is a place always busy and always filled with incense smoke. The temple's Old Man under the Moon, enshrined in the rear hall, is one of the city's more powerful, and all year round the sacrificial table before him is piled with bridal cakes from those who found love thanks to the Old Man.

When making an entreaty, hold up incense sticks and state your full name, birthday, address, and the type of person you are looking for, and request the present of a red thread from him (the threads are piled in front of him). Now cast divining blocks and if you come up with the“sacred combination” three times in a row, (one flat side upwards, the other with the convex side up), you can take a thread with you and keep it on your person, thus“binding”your fate.

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