A historic temple dedicated to Kaizhang Shengwang (開漳聖王), a deified Tang dynasty official and mythical founder of Zhangzhou in Fujian Province. It was originally built around 1761 in the vicinity of the western gate to the walled city of Changhua. It is also known simple as Shengwang Temple (聖王廟).
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Heritage Status
- National Monument (國定古蹟)
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
- Center For GIS, Academia Sinica (文化資源地理資訊系統)
- Taiwan Religious Cultural Map (臺灣宗教文化地圖)
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
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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.