Kaiji Guma Temple

Date Captured

April 2nd, 2021 at 11:13 UTC

Camera

NIKON D3400

Lens

AF-P DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR or AF-P DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G

Aperture

ƒ / 3.5

Shutter Speed

1/30 sec

Focal Length

18.0 mm

ISO

1100

Exposure Value

8.5 EV

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3600 × 2400

A temple in Gangdong Village enshrining four fairy aunts (四仙姑), formerly known as Yide Temple (懿德宮). The temple claims origins in 1579 per its own stele, though the earliest external mention appears in the Kangxi era Zhuluo County Gazetteer (諸羅縣志). Traditionally regarded as the original site of the Xigang Procession (西港香) before the 1823 Zengwen River flood shifted the ceremony to Xigang Qing’an Temple (西港慶安宮). The current structure dates to 1983 but the ruins of the old red brick temple from more than a century ago stands in the forecourt wrapped by a banyan tree.