An earth god shrine in Beinan Village (北湳里), Fengyuan, perched on the median where the upper Hulundun Canal (葫蘆墩圳上埤) splits into its east and west branches. It is reputedly the only Tudigong (土地公) temple in Taiwan built on an irrigation channel median. According to local legend an earth god statue was found in the water while building the canal; it was enshrined following the successful completion of the canal. It is also featured in the book Parasitic Temples as the Water Temple (水上廟).
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Links
- Center For GIS, Academia Sinica (文化資源地理資訊系統)
- Pixnet: Yongxin Corner Store (用心柑仔店)
Sources
- Lai Po-Wei, Parasitic Temples, Yeren Publishing House, 2017 賴伯威，《寄生之廟：台灣都市夾縫中的街廟觀察，適應社會變遷的常民空間圖鑑》，野人，2017
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
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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.