EP53 Chiayi City | The Pregnant Pilgrims

Episode 53 takes us to Chiayi City — the gateway to Taiwan's mountain country and the undisputed capital of turkey rice. We explore Aimu Village, a wood culture museum built inside an old timber warehouse where the scent of hinoki cypress still lingers, and visit Jiuhuashan Dizang Temple, one of the most important Dizang (Ksitigarbha) temples in Taiwan, where incense has been burning since the Japanese colonial era. Over the legendary Fenqihu railway bento and cups of high-mountain oolong, we follow Chapter 53 of Journey to the West — a chapter that is both hilarious and surprisingly tender: Tang Monk and Pigsy, having accidentally drunk from the Mother-and-Child River, are now pregnant. Sun Wukong has to find the one spring that can cure them — but it's guarded by a demon who doesn't want to cooperate.Location: Chiayi CityFood: Fenqihu Bento | Alishan Tea