One of two major ritual facilities for the Keelung Ghost Festival (雞籠中元祭), one of Taiwan’s most important folk festivals. On the 15th day of the 7th lunar month the altar hosts the main pudu (普渡) ceremony, a banquet feast for wandering spirits. The original 1929 structure in Takasago Park was damaged by Allied bombing in World War 2 and was later demolished. The current building on Shitoushan (獅頭山) in Zhongzheng Park was completed in 1974. The first floor houses the Keelung Zhongyuan Culture Museum (鷄籠中元文化館).
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Taiwan Religious Cultural Map (臺灣宗教文化地圖)
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- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
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