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A temple on Ziyou Road (自由路) in East Taichung dedicated to Guangong (關公), the deified general Guan Yu, and the largest of its kind in the city. It was established by devotees of Shanxiu Hall (善修堂) in North District in 1949 and the main hall was consecrated in 1952. Construction of a six-storey rear hall began in 1980 under the second chairman, Tsai Qirui (蔡奇瑞), apparently the same Taichung industrialist who built the Xingao Building nearby. It is crowned by a seated figure of Guangong roughly 44 meters tall, completed in 1984 and the largest such statue in central Taiwan. The rear hall stacks 17 shrines across its floors, each level given over to a different set of deities.
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- Status:Public (公有)
- Address:臺中市東區自由路三段309號
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Giant Gods in Taiwan (台灣巨大神像)
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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.