‘It’s good for the gods’: Inside Taiwan’s booming temple rave scene
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February 18, 2026
The Nangang district of Taipei, Taiwan’s capital city, is fringed by green, peaceful mountains. As the sun set last month, a quiet temple in the hills began to throb with the bass of a DIY rave soundsystem.
The surreal scene was the latest party by Temple Meltdown, a rave collective started by Andrew Dawson (陳宣宇 or Chen Xuan Yu) in 2023. read more raquo;
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