Puli Hengji Temple

Date CapturedJune 23rd, 2026 at 07:58 UTCCameraDC-S5M2LensLUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6Apertureƒ / 8Shutter Speed1/320 secFocal Length29.0 mmISO100Exposure Value14.3 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

The principal Mazu temple of Puli, Nantou, standing in Qingxin Village (清新里) beside Puli Confucian Temple. The primary idol, venerated as the Meizhou Great Mazu (湄洲大媽), carries an inscription linking it back to Tianhou Temple in Lukang, and was brought to Puli around 1877. The original timber-framed structure was completed in 1920 but the present structure dates back to a 1988 reconstruction. It was heavily damaged in the 921 Earthquake and subsequently repaired by 2004.

Hengji Temple anchors two of the area’s major folk festivals, welcoming Mazu images from Lukang and from Changhua Nanyao Temple for nearly a month of village processions, as well as the Puli Qi’an Qingjiao (埔里祈安清醮), a communal event held every twelve years officially registered as an intangible cultural asset in 2022.