Of the Four Great Ancestral Daochang, the Chaofeng Temple is the only one in the southern half of Taiwan; it sits on the slopes of Dagang Mountain in the Alian Rural District of Kaohsiung County.

On opening the mildewed door, he flashed a tunnel of light down the passage, uncarpeted and dreary, which ended in a broad, straight, wooden staircase leading to the upper floor.

Taking a gamble the decision was made to leave the caravan in the lay bye and use the one car to venture into town to sample some of the local hospitality.

Nearby, Marikosan picked the rising and curling forestems for later cooking.