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A Mazu temple in Wuqi, founded in 1856 by a guild of Hokkien rice merchants and moved to its present site in 1864 after the original location was expropriated for the Wuqi Customs House. It is known locally as the Outer Mazu Temple (外媽祖廟) to distinguish it from the older Hakka-affiliated Haotian Temple (浩天宮) further inland. The founding Mazu idol is said to have been brought from Meizhou by a Qing dynasty salt official in the early 19th century. Its annual procession (梧棲走大轎), in which teams of bearers sprint a palanquin back and forth between local temples, was registered as a folk cultural asset in 2012.
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- Status:Public (公有)
- Address:臺中市梧棲區中和里梧棲路140號
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Center For GIS, Academia Sinica (文化資源地理資訊系統)
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Qing Dynasty Era Taiwan (清治時期台灣)
Backlinks
- Wuqi Police Station (梧棲出張所)
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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.