There is nothing unusual about an old temple having a make-over, it's just that not only has Paoankung paid for its repairs itself by using the money left in its contribution boxes, but it has also invited "foreign monks" to hold an international symposium on restoration and to return the temple's murals to their former glory. And in Taiwan, these are firsts.
老廟翻新不稀奇，問題是保安宮不但自出香火錢辦「修復」，還請來「外國和尚」辦起古蹟維修國際研討會，重還壁畫昔日光彩；這在國內還是頭一遭。