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A family shrine built in 1663 by Zheng Jing (鄭經) to venerate his father, the pirate-king Koxinga. After the Zheng dynasty fell in 1683, the clan was exiled to China and the temple was seized by local officials. It was reclaimed and restored by Zheng descendants in 1771. Designated a municipal monument in 1985, the temple retains a camphor wood statue of Koxinga carved in 1947 and a plaque from 1771 placed by a fourth-generation descendant.
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Ming-Zheng Era Taiwan (明鄭時期)
- Koxinga’s Legacy (國姓爺的歷史影響)
Connections
- Bajijing Wudi Temple (八吉境五帝廟)
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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.