A small Buddhist temple in central Chiayi occupying a wooden residence built for the Rinzai Myōshinji sect (臨濟宗妙心寺派). The building was completed in 1927, with the mission itself formally established two years later. The compound was leased and renamed Cijue Temple (慈覺寺) in 1945 by Tang Qixi (唐啟西), with the land formally transferred in 1961. The main hall retains its tatami flooring and houses an unusual triad of Guanyin, Kṣitigarbha (地藏王菩薩), and Zhusheng Niangniang (註生娘娘), the Goddess of Childbirth.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Center For GIS, Academia Sinica (文化資源地理資訊系統)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
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