Mountain Shrine: Simplicity in Harmony with Topography

Render a small mountain temple in Taiwan, modest and built with what was at hand. Show a single hall on a levelled stone terrace cut into a steep forested slope, reached by a flight of worn stone steps rising through the trees. Build it in local stone and lime plaster with a simple tiled roof and a plain horseback gable, its only decoration a modest plaster ridge ornament and a small painted plaque. Show a narrow covered porch on two timber posts, a stone threshold, and a single doorway with faded painted doors. Detail the setting: mossy retaining walls, ferns growing from the stonework, a stone basin fed by a bamboo spout, a few potted plants, and dense mist among the trees behind. Include a small furnace beside the terrace and a bench where a walker rests. Show the mountain dropping away below the terrace edge with a valley view partly hidden by cloud. Light with soft diffuse mountain light and visible humidity. Photorealistic, quiet, mossy and remote, eye-level view from the steps.