Established in 1761, this temple venerates the Dipankara Buddha (定光佛). It also served as the Tingzhou Guildhall (汀州會館) during the Qing dynasty. Much of the temple was demolished in 1906 during an urban renewal project, resulting in the current configuration, in which much of the temple is obscured behind shophouses.
Map
Heritage Status
- City Monument (縣(市)定古蹟)
Recorded On
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
- Taiwan Religious Cultural Map (臺灣宗教文化地圖)
- 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)
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Author
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Alexander Synaptic
Curator, Spectral Codex
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.