Reputedly the first Han Chinese temple built in what is now known as Chiayi City, founded in 1689 according to the Zhuluo County Gazetteer (諸羅縣志). Enshrines the Shuangzhong Yuanshuai (雙忠元帥), the Tang dynasty loyalists Zhang Xun (張巡) and Xu Yuan (許遠). Destroyed during the Kōminka movement (皇民化運動) in 1939 and rebuilt from 1947 to 1949, the temple features polished terrazzo (磨石子) dragon columns by craftsman Luo Lei (羅雷), a rarity among Taiwanese temples where stone-carved columns are the norm.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
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- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Qing Dynasty Era Taiwan (清治時期台灣)
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