Established in 1975 as the continuation of a public mourning hall, this is one of two temples on Qijin Island venerating ROC president Chiang Kai-shek. In 2006 the temple committee voted to swap in Guanyin as the primary deity worshipped here, perhaps a sign of changing sociopolitical attitudes toward the late dictator.
Map
Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Storm Media (風傳媒)
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Contested Heritage in Taiwan (爭議文化遺產)
- Dachen New Villages (台灣大陳村)
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Alexander Synaptic
Curator, Spectral Codex
I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.