A mother was fiddling with her phone on a bench in Dongyue Dian

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A mother was sitting on a bench placed by the entrance next to the altar room. On her lap, her young daughter rested limply. The girl was completely deflated and seemed to be fast asleep in her mother's lap. Meanwhile, the mother was quietly fiddling with her phone.

This temple, like the others, has an uninterrupted flow of worshippers. It is said that some of the visitors even do fortune telling here. The culture of old-fashioned fortune-telling is firmly rooted in the space of this temple.

But most visitors will have their phones in their hands. Traditional, unscientific fortune-telling and the latest electronic devices share the same space here without any contradiction. It was strangely strange, but at the same time it seemed quite natural.

The silence in the temple and the faint sound of tapping on a phone. They were from different eras, yet somehow seemed to coexist harmoniously.

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May 2017 PEOPLE TAIWAN

PHOTO DATA

No

10136

Shooting Date

Sep 2016

Posted On

May 9, 2017

Modified On

December 6, 2024

Place

Tainan, Taiwan

Genre

Street Photography

Camera

SONY ALPHA 7R II

Lens

SONNAR T* FE 55MM F1.8 ZA

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