Lugu Ritual Paper Incinerator

This ritual paper incinerator stands at the roadside on Yanxi Highway in the Xinliao (新寮) section of Lugu, Nantou. Local Confucian scholars completed it in 1871, when the success of the provincial graduate Lin Fengchi (林鳳池) had given the upland settlement a reputation for higher learning. The three-tier sandstone structure was knocked down by a passing vehicle in 1990 and rebuilt on the same spot in 2001. Although it predates the Batongguan Old Trail by three years, it is often grouped with the trail’s relics in Xinliao, including the Qing dynasty stelae at nearby Xinliao Fude Temple.