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Some companies in Taiwan spend months building temples with bricks and cement, but Lin Fu-Chun's firm simply pours concrete into a giant mould and waits for it to dry. The 78-year-old Lin said his temple factory, Chuanso, needed just over six weeks to finish a building that normally took six months with conventional methods – and moulding was 40 percent cheaper. Lin oversees up to 20 builds at a single time at his vast indoor facility in Taiwan's southern county of Pingtung, employing around 100 people to fill the demand for prefabricated temples of different sizes, as well as statues of deities. Here: Employees paint a ready-made Chinese traditional temple at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

Some companies in Taiwan spend months building temples with bricks and cement, but Lin Fu-Chun's firm simply pours concrete into a giant mould and waits for it to dry. The 78-year-old Lin said his temple factory, Chuanso, needed just over six weeks to finish a building that normally took six months with conventional methods – and moulding was 40 percent cheaper. Lin oversees up to 20 builds at a single time at his vast indoor facility in Taiwan's southern county of Pingtung, employing around 100 people to fill the demand for prefabricated temples of different sizes, as well as statues of deities. Here: Employees paint a ready-made Chinese traditional temple at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)



Employees paint a statue at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

Employees paint a statue at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)



A dragon decoration is seen with a ready-made Chinese traditional temple at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

A dragon decoration is seen with a ready-made Chinese traditional temple at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)



Employees work on a ready-made Chinese traditional temple at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

Employees work on a ready-made Chinese traditional temple at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)



A ready-made Chinese traditional temple is seen being lifted for delivery at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

A ready-made Chinese traditional temple is seen being lifted for delivery at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)



An employee moves a ready-made Chinese traditional temple during delivery in Taichung, Taiwan July 6, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

An employee moves a ready-made Chinese traditional temple during delivery in Taichung, Taiwan July 6, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)



Employees paint a ready-made Chinese traditional temple at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

Employees paint a ready-made Chinese traditional temple at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)



A ready-made Chinese traditional temple is seen on a lorry in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

A ready-made Chinese traditional temple is seen on a lorry in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)



Lin Fu-chun, CEO of Chuanso factory, that manufactures temples and other religious objects, burns Chinese paper offerings used to pay respects to the deceased and gods, in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

Lin Fu-chun, CEO of Chuanso factory, that manufactures temples and other religious objects, burns Chinese paper offerings used to pay respects to the deceased and gods, in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)



A ready-made Chinese traditional temple is seen on a lorry during delivery to a customer in Taichung, Taiwan July 6, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

A ready-made Chinese traditional temple is seen on a lorry during delivery to a customer in Taichung, Taiwan July 6, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)



A ready-made Chinese traditional temple is seen before delivery at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

A ready-made Chinese traditional temple is seen before delivery at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)



Ready-made Chinese traditional temples are seen at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

Ready-made Chinese traditional temples are seen at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)



A Taoist priest burns incense inside a newly built ready-made Chinese traditional temple in Taichung, Taiwan July 6, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

A Taoist priest burns incense inside a newly built ready-made Chinese traditional temple in Taichung, Taiwan July 6, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)



A statue of a god is seen at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

A statue of a god is seen at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)



An employee paints a ready-made Chinese traditional temple at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

An employee paints a ready-made Chinese traditional temple at the Chuanso factory that manufactures religious objects in Pingtung, Taiwan July 5, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)
29 Jul 2016 12:57:00