I went on a picnic to Daija last weekend. It's a medium sized city north of Wuci. I went with six other families and a few tag-alongs. We drove up into the hills nearby and walked around a large park. This is a mural at the beginning of our journey. It tells the story about a general who dug a well with a sword.
This is the well that the general dug. That's a small part of our group around the well. As you can see. It's getting cold in Taiwan. It was cloudy and 14 degrees Celsius (57 degrees Fahrenheit). With high humidity and strong winds 57 degrees is bone chilling. I was wearing a down coat that I bought in Taichung but expected to wear in Colorado.
This is a pillar at a temple just above our parking area. I really like these detailed relief carvings. A small oven next to a very big oven. These are for burning ghost money. Ghost money is fake money that you burn for your relatives that have passed on. It's like sending a care package to the other side. I've never seen a ghost oven as big as this one. The brick ovens usually have pictures of stories and fables on the outside. A nicely trimmed tree that also makes a nice archway. The Buddha looks over the well manicured gardens below. A nice mosaic that surrounds the base of the Buddha. After our walk in the park we went to a nearby high school to cook food. This high school was very large and had several buildings. It was like a small community college. The student activity center was opened for our use. It was nice to get some shelter from the cold and wind. Some of the kids are playing dodge ball. We had four different stoves going on the side of the student activity center. This is blood rice. It's rice that's 'glued' together into blocks with, yes, blood. It's good to eat. The flavor is not strong.
This is the well that the general dug. That's a small part of our group around the well. As you can see. It's getting cold in Taiwan. It was cloudy and 14 degrees Celsius (57 degrees Fahrenheit). With high humidity and strong winds 57 degrees is bone chilling. I was wearing a down coat that I bought in Taichung but expected to wear in Colorado.
This is a pillar at a temple just above our parking area. I really like these detailed relief carvings.
A small oven next to a very big oven. These are for burning ghost money. Ghost money is fake money that you burn for your relatives that have passed on. It's like sending a care package to the other side. I've never seen a ghost oven as big as this one. The brick ovens usually have pictures of stories and fables on the outside.
A nicely trimmed tree that also makes a nice archway.
The Buddha looks over the well manicured gardens below.
A nice mosaic that surrounds the base of the Buddha.
After our walk in the park we went to a nearby high school to cook food. This high school was very large and had several buildings. It was like a small community college.
The student activity center was opened for our use. It was nice to get some shelter from the cold and wind. Some of the kids are playing dodge ball.
We had four different stoves going on the side of the student activity center. 
This is blood rice. It's rice that's 'glued' together into blocks with, yes, blood. It's good to eat. The flavor is not strong.
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