One of the most popular tourist spots in Cebu City aside from Magellan’s Cross is the Taoist Temple located in the posh Beverly Hills Subdivision way up on the hills of the Queen City of the South. This Taoist place of worship (I’ve featured one in Baguio City before) was constructed in 1972 by Cebu’s prominent Chinoy community. This is supposedly the biggest Taoist temple in the Philippines.
Aside from being picturesque and for sporting magnificent views of the city and Mactan Island (being located 300 meters above sea level), there’s pretty not much to do here unless you’re a Taoist devotee. Unlike in the Baguio temple, it doesn’t appear that non-Taoists can have their fortunes told or that they can light candles here. Anyway, if ever you find yourself here, you can spot the Great Wall of China replica along the entrance to the temple compound and take pictures of the giant dragon statue (pictured above). I’m quite sure a lot of people have nicknamed this dragon Mushu. Hehehe. 
As I’ve said, the place is quite picturesque and there’s tons of pictures in Flickr should you want to see more.
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Hi! I just recently came from our vacation at Bohol & Cebu and one of the itineraries of our vacation is visiting the Taoist Temple of Cebu and I want to share my unforgettable moment in Taoist Temple of Cebu because I would say it is NOT GOOD, it is very FRUSTRATING.
It is all started when I let my son sit on a small fence made of rock to take picture, when suddenly a lady in a uniform shouted and yelling at me saying” KATKAT PA MO DIHA KAY MAKAGAWAS MONG TANAN KARON. I was stunned at the voice and the reprimand she gave me. Instead of feeling excited of seeing the Temple, I feel different at then, I feel embarrassed why on earth this Lady shouted at me.
I learned that she is the Manager of the Taoist Temple, her name is DINA DY. I’m really frustrated of her because of the way she reprimand me and my family. Yes, it is true that it is my fault why I let my son sit on that fence wherein it is prohibited but she has NO RIGHT to shout at me in that way. Yes she is in authority to reprimand us but it should not to the extent of yelling and shouting at us especially if it is the first offense.
What I did when she shouted at me is I said SORRY. I said Sorry even she shouted at me because I accepted that it is my fault and next time I have to read some rules upon entering the Temple. What is worst is when I said sorry to her she talks back and said” SIGE LANG MO UG SORRY BASI GUSTO NINYO MAKAGAWAS NGA MAY BULAK ANG ILONG”.
I did not like the way she talk-back to me even I already ask for Sorry. So I decided to confront her because I don’t like to get back home in Davao with this kind of experience. I told her “ Yes you are in authority to reprimand us but pls. next time don’t shout, makasabot man pud mi ug isa lang ka sulti, we are all professionals here”, its getting worst when she replied “ HINDI NAMIN KAYO KAILAN DITO, UMALIS KAYO”.
So we just decided to get out of the place. I thought that I could have a better view of the Temple and remember it for Good but that is not the way it happened. When we are already outside the temple we meet a group of local tourist from Ilo-Ilo and a foreigner with a Filipino wife has the same resentment with us which we experienced with the same lady DINA DY.
To DINA DY of TAOIST TEMPLE, I want to say this to you. 1. You have NO RIGHT to YELL us. 2. IF you need to reprimand, talk it in a NICE WAY. (it really shows na ang pangit mong ugali lalabas sa iyong pangit na mukha.) To Taoist Temple Management, Thank you for giving us the opportunity to appreciate your , religion culture & heritage. But sad to say I did not appreciate the way Ms. Dina Dy treat us. KUNG HINDI NYO KAILANGAN ANG MGA TOURISTA GAYA NAMIN that came from different places just to see your Temple, then I suggest that you don’t need to open your temple to the Public para wala nang gulo.Although we didn’t experience the same as Vera has but the atmosphere there is like tourists are not welcomed there. Like when I asked one of the staff there as to where the monks stay he answered me in an irritating way. When we asked how to pray in their shrine the answer was to read the instructions in the front entrance. They are really very unaccommodating. I hope in the future they will learn to at least smile or be approachable because if this continues to happen then I guess its not worth going there anymore.
wat time po open temple?pls reply to docsollie@yahoo.com.ty
how do we get in taoist temple by a public vehicle?
what day and time it will be available to visit? please reply to dicks_ter@yahoo.com. a million thanks.
The temple is open from 7AM- 5PM. They are open even on Sundays. Be warned though, they are very strict with regards to picture taking so better be wary of the notices around. Also, a lot of people visit the temple so going there early allows you to take pictures without a lot of people in it. =)
pakauwaw lang na si miss dy… sayang taoist temple is one of cebu’s oldest place or temple to vivsit with… field trip for kids kasagarn mo anha…. sayang lang kaau.. coz temple is a house of god… pero naa man demonita nakasulod… her attitude should be in the market… not in a temple…. F@#K your self miss DY… or should i say go to hell mother F@#ker…. biatch!!!!