Visiting Sofuku-ji Zen temple, Nagasaki

In the evening we went to Nagasaki Chinatown. As usual, we bought some "Dog" Chinese New year goods at Min-min boutique shop there. 

Before that we went to Sofuku-ji (崇福寺) Zen temple. It's my favorite Chinese temple in Nagasaki. 

Welcome to the temple of dragon palace. 

I looked back on the sanmon gate from the top of stone stairways.

When we went up the stairs, we met the colorful temple gate.

Main Hall. It seems quite different from the Japanese temples such as the structure of the building.

Maso-domon (媽祖堂門) or the gate of Chinese sea goddess. By the way, the characteristic of Chinese temples in Nagasaki have mazu hall of ancestors. 

I went through the mazu gate, there is the mazu goddess headpiece. It was made by Chinese traders prayed for voyage safety and worshiped them.