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A temple in central Xinhua enshrining Huguo Zunwang (護國尊王). It is one of seven temples in the area said to form an auspicious fengshui pattern across the town. Historic records indicate the temple likely originated in the mid-1700s at the latest, with repairs documented in 1764 and 1794. Damaged during the Kōminka movement (皇民化運動) and rebuilt in 1956, it was rebuilt again from 1980 to 1984 as a three-storey structure, with a Tiantan (天壇) hall added on the upper floors for Yuhuang Dadi (玉皇大帝), the Jade Emperor, and Sanguan Dadi (三官大帝), the Three Officials.
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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)
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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.