A small spirit-medium temple in Dacheng, Changhua, enshrining a deified Japanese soldier titled Loyal Army Lord (忠軍府) whose statue bears a katana. The altar recounts that the figure first reached its mediums in dreams and trance, in time naming his origin near the former Shoroku Shinto Shrine opposite the Chulu Ranch (初鹿牧場) in Beinan, Taitung. After years of doubt the congregation chartered a tour bus to investigate the medium’s dreams and found the same Japanese marshal at Chulu Xietian Temple (初鹿協天宮), where Lord Wu (吳府千歲) had taken him in as a subordinate martial deity.
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Links
- Facebook: Dacheng Baoyi Altar (大城義天壇)
- Taiwan Visual Dictionary (台湾ビジュアル辞典)
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Contested Heritage in Taiwan (爭議文化遺產)
- Deified Outsiders in Taiwan (台灣成神的外來者)
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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.