Pei Chi Pavilion
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Pei Chi Pavilion (Chinese: 北極亭; pinyin: běijí tíng) is a Pavilion located on Lotus Lake in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Pei Chi Pavilion worships ‘North-pole Hsuen-tien Sharn-ti(Chinese: 北極玄天上帝; pinyin: Běijí xuán tiān shàngdì)’, set up by Lotus Lake. It belongs to Zuoying Yuan Di Temple and Feng Gu Palace together. The pavilion began construction in 1991 and completed in 1995. It became another landscape in Lotus Lake parkland.
Description
According to the legend, 'North-pole Hsuen-tien Sharn-ti' (the Xuantian God), followed the proposal of a psychic to build the pavilion.
The statue of Xuantian God claimed to be the highest water statues in Southeast Asia. The statue is 72 meters high and made from grout. The Seven Star sword in his hand is 38.5 meters long. It is also known as the First Sword in the world. It is constructed of peaks with gullies and a fountain as background and it used arch bridge connected statues. The place of worship and office of temple are under the statue.
Entering into the gate of the mountain from the wide arch bridge, there are four kings, wind, tune, rain, smooth, standing on each side, guarding the gate of sky and monitoring midgard. They praise good and punish evil.[1]
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