The Impressive Dai Temple Arch 岱庙坊
By entering through the south gate of the Dai Temple 岱庙, one would be following the traditional route taken by pilgrims on their way up the sacred Mount Tai 泰山. It does make sense to say prayers to the god of Mount Tai before you climb up. Normally, visitors would be coming the north gate but since the south gate was the one closest to my hostel, so I entered from there. I was supposed to meet my friend at the entrance of the Dai Temple, but I wasn’t aware there was a north entrance. She called me up and found out I was at the south entrance and went to look for me there.
My Friend with the Dai Miao Arch 岱庙坊
As it turns out, the south entrance I was at, wasn’t THE south entrance, apparently, it was still inside, I still didn’t understand it then. However, along the way, I was already happily snapping away. One structure that caught my eye was the Dai Temle Arch 岱庙坊. This arch had “old” written all over it. The color on the arch has long since faded and the design itself is nice. The style is a bit un-Chinese like since most of the old structures I have seen in China so far all pretty much look alike, you can credit the Ming and Qing for that.
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