The Palace of the Golden Orbs, sticks out like a sore thumb in the surrounding Texas landscape. The sanctuary of elegance and oddity features a 40-foot orb and two wide staircases ascending to the roof, mimicking those of Mexico’s Chich’en Itza Temple. The story all starts with a spiritual leader of Tien Tao, which has its roots in Buddhism.
The palace was the life’s work of Kwai Fun Wong, the leader of a Chinese Taoist organization who envisioned a grand Taoist complex of multiple building to include worship, daycare, retail, and residential living. In 1996, the Tien Tao Association purchased an 11-acre property to use as the grounds for their new temple. The structure, a five-story white temple covering nearly 40,000 square feet of space, was priced at over $6 million for the construction costs alone. The main attraction, a giant golden orb intended to be the main holy area, was placed in the very center of the palace, standing nearly three stories high.
Unfortunately, Kwai Fun Wong’s work was abruptly interrupted in 2001, when she was deported. Since the project was abandoned 20 some years ago, no one has bothered to teat the temple down.
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