A combined zhaitang (齋堂) and luantang (鸞堂) affiliated with the Xiantiandao (先天道) branch of Zhaijiao (齋教) in the Wujia (五甲) neighbourhood of Fengshan, Kaohsiung. The institution traces its origins to a 1917 spirit-writing session held at the home of one of three founding adherents; instructions delivered through fuluan (扶鸞) in 1922 led to the raising of a shrine on the present site, named Xieshan Hall (協善堂) and dedicated to Guangong, with Xinde Hall (心德堂) added in 1925 as a quiet space for Xiantiandao practitioners. Though the rear hall has accumulated Buddhist imagery over successive expansions, the site is among the few surviving temples in Taiwan that still observe Xiantiandao liturgy, a syncretic salvationist religion outside of orthodox Buddhism.
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- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Zhaijiao in Taiwan (台灣齋教)
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