My friend Gill took me to her hometown Daxi, which is some 30min by bus from Taipei. Daxi produces most of Taiwan’s tofu and is famous for spinning tops. The tops are thrown onto small platforms using a string that initiates the spin. It’s quite difficult and requires a lot of practice.
She picked me up with her scooter (she is a very good driver, so my initial worries disappeared soon). We went through town, ate a lot of tofu and a brown egg, did some sightseeing and finally went to see a Buddhist temple. The temple is home of some god or gods that are particularly good children’s future, which is why people bring their kids.
Gill picked me up
Daxi old bridge
Spinning top artist at the Daxi park
Balloons…
… much liked by the kids
A guy playing songs on a leaf (very funny)
The same guy explaining the kids how the leaf music works
Kids around a giant top
Beware!
Chiang Kai-Shek’s residence in Daxi
A Japanese Wude temple
A christian church
A Buddhist temple
Daxi old street, with interesting baroque-style buildings from the Japanese era
Close-up on one of the building’s facade
Gill’s favourite tofu place. Also, the best herbal eggs (eggs boiled in some herbs liquid).
Sweet, cold tofu soup with beans and other things, delicious!
Entrance to a temple near Daxi
A god
People praying…
… and burning incense
Gifts for the gods
Oven to burn fake money
View from the temple
A happy god
A happy dog
A happy baby
Another temple in Daxi
Daxi old bridge at night
