TW-320331 - Chenghuang Temple

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TW-320331 sent by "Richi"

"Located on the corner of Zhongshan Rd and Dongmen St, Hsinchu City God (Cheng Huang) Temple is known as the highest-ranking of all Taiwan City God temples. Completed in 1748, Hsinchu Cheng Huang Temple is renowned as Tier-Two historical site with flourishing incense and many Taiwanese snacks in front forming a vivid scene. It is a Taoist temple where hundreds of colorful wall-paintings can be seen with a distinctive arched entrance structure.

Cheng Huang, the city god of justice is responsible for the final judges of each soul who die within his jurisdiction. Cheng Huang was honored “Wei-Ling Kung” by Emperor Guangxu of Ching Dynasty and appointed Cheng Huang Temple as one of the royal temples.

Each year on November 29th of the Lunar Calendar is the birthday of Cheng-Huang, which a birthday ceremony is being held on the eve of the big day through the 29th. There will be traditional parades and firecrackers. Also, on the 2nd of July of the Lunar Calendar, worshippers will gather around Hsinchu City God Temple to see some believers wearing paper-made triangular shackles on their necks for bliss and wellness." In: Sinotour

Small waterfall in the Alps - Switzerland

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This small waterfall somewhere in the Alps was sent by "Carolisha", from the Alien RR.

Museum of Medical History - Finland

Published by Varisuomi OY

From the Alien RR, "aj-person" sent this health related postcard from the Museum of Medical History at University of Helsinki, showing Elias Lönnrot's book, cupping horns and a cupping axe.

Beach - Belgium

© Photo by Christophe Potigny, published by Coleur Locale

A souvenir from Isa and her family during their short vacations at the Belgian coast.

Eiffel Tower - France

© Photo by Peet Simard, Published by Editions A. Leconte

"SusanaPortugal" a postcrosser from Portugal, was in vacations in Paris, and from there I've got this panoramic view of Champ de Mars and the Eiffel Tower.

Common Bottlenose Dolphin - Portugal

© Sofoto

From the Alien RR from the Postcrossing Forum, "geminiscp" sent this lovely postcard with the commom bottlenose dolphin that also lives in Portugal  at Sado River (Setúbal)

"Tursiops truncatus, commonly known as the Common Bottlenose Dolphin, is the most well-known species from the family Delphinidae. Common bottlenose dolphins are the most familiar dolphins due to the wide exposure they receive in captivity in marine parks, dolphinarias, in movies, and television programs (for example Flipper). T. truncatus are the largest species of the beaked dolphins. They inhabit temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world, and are absent only from polar waters. The bottlenose dolphins previously known as T. truncatus, but recently the genus has been split into two, T. truncatus and T. aduncus. Although this species has been traditionally called the Bottlenose Dolphin, many authors have used the name Common Bottlenose Dolphin for this species since a second bottlenose dolphins species, the Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, was described. The Common Bottlenose Dolphins inhabit warm and temperate seas worldwide. Considerable genetic variation has been described among members of this species, even between neighboring populations, and so many experts believe that there may be multiple species included within Tursiops truncatus." In: Wikipedia

Do you suffer from the WK feaver? - Netherlands

Published by Drukker.nl

Dutch: "Ook zo'n last van de WK koorts?"

English: "Do you suffer from the WK feaver?"

WK is a website that sells products related to de colors the represents the Dutch nation.

African Penguin - USA

Published by Charles Productions Inc

From a swap with "ilove2smile" I got this cool postcard from the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey.

"African penguin (Spheniscus demersus)
Size: 26-27" tall and weighing 4.4 to 11 lbs
Habitat: Found on the south-western coast of Africa on islands between Namibia and South Africa
Fun Fact: They can swim at an average speed of 7km per hour and stay submerged for up 2 minutes"

Donkey - Greece

Published by Sotiris Toumbis

Sent by Nectaria

Zurich - Switzerland

A few weeks ago I've got two views of Zurich with a moonlight!

Published by Advision AG

Sent by "Paula B"

Published by Advision AG

Sent by "Alexie"