on saturday we all drove out to some big temple in tainan county. it was pretty interesting. in one of the back passages they were constructing a giant centipede. not sure what the meaning of that is, but it was almost like walking into a burroughs novel. only a lot less strange. there also was this sort of temple game. where you throw a coin to try to hit a bell. if you hit the bell the wheel lights up and below the wheel a lotus opens. i took a really crappy phonecam video of it: