A Guanyin temple tucked behind the shophouses of central Tamsui, one of several Longshan temples in Taiwan descended from Longshan Temple in Anhai (安海), Fujian. The present temple, completed in 1858, served immigrants from the three Quanzhou counties known as Sanyi (三邑) as both a place of worship and a guild hall. After the 1884 Battle of Tamsui (滬尾之役) in the Sino-French War, reports that Guanyin had appeared to aid the defenders prompted Liu Mingchuan (劉銘傳) to petition the throne for the imperial plaque “Cihang Pudu” (慈航普度), which has hung here since 1886.
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- Status:Public (公有)
- Heritage designation:Municipal Monument (直轄市定古蹟)
- Address:新北市淡水區中山路95巷22號
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Qing Dynasty Era Taiwan (清治時期台灣)
- Sino-French War in Taiwan (中法戰爭)
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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.