神州's Taoist temple locations were very particular.
Built atop famous mountains or deep within great rivers, where people were scarce, usually meant a focus on studying the Dao, far away from the worldly dust...
Built halfway up the mountain signified being halfway in the mundane world, halfway in immortality...
And built at the mountain's base meant practicing in the world, making wide connections of goodwill...
If built in the city, there was undoubtedly no shortage of incense, emphasizing personal popularity.
Therefore, the commerce around city temples was usually prosperous, bustling with people.
In the west city, the old street near the Lady's Temple.
Here, the streets were also lined with shops on both sides, but unlike the City God Temple where incense and red and white wedding shops gathered, this place was mostly filled with various artisan shops.
