Originally established as Yuheng Temple (苗栗玉衡宮) in Touwu in the early 1900s. During the Japanese colonial era traditional Taiwanese folk religion was suppressed, and this temple worked around restrictions by rebranding as Xiangshan Academy (象山書院), a center of study. After the war the temple reverted to venerating Guanyin and other gods, but by 1975, with some interest from county officials, the old hall of the temple began to honor Confucius again.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
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- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Confucian Academies in Taiwan (臺灣書院)
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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.