A zhaitang (齋堂), or fasting hall, of the Longhua (龍華) branch of Zhaijiao (齋教), first established in 1765 at the residence of Li Puding (李普定) in Anping’s Haitou neighbourhood and relocated to the current site in 1799. It was the earliest Longhua hall in Taiwan and for a time the primary center of the faith’s propagation until its eventual decline saw that role pass to Dehua Hall. The hall has since been fully absorbed into mainstream Buddhism with Shakyamuni Buddha installed as its principal deity, and its present appearance dates from a 2009 rebuild.
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Links
- Center For GIS, Academia Sinica (文化資源地理資訊系統)
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Zhaijiao in Taiwan (台灣齋教)
Connections
- Tainan Dehua Hall (臺南德化堂)
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