A Taivoan (大武壠族) kuva (公廨) dedicated to Taizu (太祖), for a Plains Indigenous group who migrated into the mountains due to settlement pressure as Taiwan was colonized. It was rebuilt in 1994 after the developer of a nearby residential complex made brisk sales, but seemingly without much input from the local Indigenous community. Presently it resembles a Han Taiwanese land god shrine, although there is a sacred jar under the altar as one would find in a Plains Indigenous kuva. Nowadays it is formally known as Zushi Shrine (祖師祠).
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- Rizhao Jiaxianpu by You Yongfu (日照甲仙埔 游永福)
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- Indigenous People of Taiwan (台灣原住民)
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