A small shrine near Qikuaicuo (七塊厝) in Xuejia venerating twelve Japanese airmen collectively as Jiangjunye (將軍爺); it is also known as the Twelve Generals Temple (十二將軍廟). Their aircraft, flying from Taichung to the Tainan airbase, was hit by American fighters over Yanshui late in World War 2 and crashed into a fishpond on the northern edge of the district, killing all aboard. After the dead were said to trouble the area, villagers built the idol-less shrine in 1969 at the direction of neighbouring temples; it remains a wandering-soul shrine (有應公廟) in form.
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- Yang Ming Lecture Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (國立陽明交通大學陽明人文社會講座)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- World War 2 History in Taiwan (台灣第二次世界大戰歷史)
- Deified Outsiders in Taiwan (台灣成神的外來者)
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