Established in October 1939 as Tanaka Shrine, this was a relatively expansive yet unranked (無格社) Shinto shrine for the area. It was repurposed as a Koxinga shrine after the war, and by the late 1950s the site was converted into Gushan Monastery (鼓山寺). Nowadays only a few stone lanterns and a shrine outbuilding remain in a park (田中森林公園) in front of the temple. In 2025 the remaining relics were threatened with demolition.
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Wild Land Travel (-地球上的火星人-下巴 (野地旅))
- Japanese Deities Overseas (遠渡來台的日本諸神：日治時期的台灣神社田野踏查)
- Central News Agency (中央通訊社)
Sources
- Kaneko Nobuya, Japanese Deities Overseas, Yeren Publishing House, 2020 金子展也，《遠渡來台的日本諸神：日治時期的台灣神社田野踏查》，野人，2020
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
- Koxinga’s Legacy (國姓爺的歷史影響)
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