Shilin Shennong Temple

Date Captured August 3rd, 2019 at 10:29 UTCCamera NIKON D3100Lens AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR IIAperture ƒ / 7.1Shutter Speed 1/200 secFocal Length 25.0 mmISO 200Exposure Value 13.3 EVOriginal Size 3600 × 2400

One of the three great historic temples of Shilin, Taipei, originating as an earth god shrine built by Zhangzhou settlers in the early eighteenth century and relocated to its current area in 1741 after a flood. The principal deity was changed to Shennong (神農大帝), the divine farmer, in 1812, giving the temple its present name. After the Zhangzhou-Quanzhou conflicts of 1859 razed Shilin’s old street, the rebuilt settlement was laid out around the temple with a broad forecourt for agricultural trade. It most recently earned heritage status as a municipal monument in 2015.