A small temple in the Gangkou (港口) area of Anding enshrining seven Japanese airmen as the Seven Marshals (七元帥), killed when their plane crashed and burned at Xinwen Farm (新塭農場) in 1938. Villagers held that the Crown Prince deity (太子爺) of nearby Ci’an Temple (慈安宮) had steered the aircraft away from the village before it fell, and buried the dead together on the spot. Years later farm labourers were said to be possessed by the spirits, speaking fluent Japanese and singing Japanese songs, until the village deity negotiated with them and directed the building of a shrine at the crash site.
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Links
- Yang Ming Lecture Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (國立陽明交通大學陽明人文社會講座)
- A Collection of Articles on Faith and Culture (信仰與文化文章選輯)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- World War 2 History in Taiwan (台灣第二次世界大戰歷史)
- Deified Outsiders in Taiwan (台灣成神的外來者)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.