Dongshi Zhumo Niangniang Temple

Twin folk shrines on the outskirts of Gangkou Village (港口村) in coastal Dongshi. The larger Wushenye Temple (武聖爺廟) sits beside the smaller Zhuniangniang Temple (豬母娘娘廟), which venerates a deified sow known as Lady Blackskin (黑皮夫人). According to local legend, during the Qing dynasty a pregnant sow escaped her pen to forage in a nearby sweet potato field; the farmer killed her with a hoe, and her owner, a talisman writer, retaliated by cursing the farmer with the sow’s severed head. Both men died, and the sow’s ghost obtained a black banner (烏令旗) from the King of Hell permitting her to haunt the village. Only after Mazu intervened did the sow agree to cease her haunting in exchange for a shrine, and Yuhuang Dadi (玉皇大帝), the Jade Emperor, bestowed upon her the title Lady Blackskin. Her spirit is still venerated at this location today.