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An unranked shrine (無格社) established in 1928 on a hillside west of Lilong (里壠), as Guanshan was known until 1937. Funded by local donations, it enshrined Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa (北白川宮能久親王) and the Three Pioneering Kami (開拓三神). The shrine was dismantled after the war, possibly following the 1974 edict on the removal of Japanese imperial relics. Little survives beyond a broken stone lantern pedestal near Guanshan Cihuitang (關山慈惠堂); a stone washbasin across the road may also have belonged to the shrine, though it bears no inscription to confirm it. Known as Riran-sha in Japanese.
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Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- National Digital Library: Taiwan Old Photo Archive (國立臺灣大學圖書館：臺灣舊照片資料庫)
- Facebook: Lin Qiantong (林千桐)
Sources
- Kaneko Nobuya, Japanese Deities Overseas, Yeren Publishing House, 2020 金子展也，《遠渡來台的日本諸神：日治時期的台灣神社田野踏查》，野人，2020
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
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