Established in 1752 in Lucao, this temple venerates Wangsun Dashi (王孫大使), a child deity also known as Xiefu Yuanshuai (謝府元帥). Settlers from Tong’an in Fujian who arrived in 1708 brought the deity as their patron, and the temple is regarded as the founding seat of this devotion in Taiwan. A camphor wood image of his companion, a hunting dog, is also enshrined here and is believed to cure boils.
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- Status:Public (公有)
- Address:嘉義縣鹿草鄉西井村150號
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Center For GIS, Academia Sinica (文化資源地理資訊系統)
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
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