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Founded in 1813, one year after the Qing established Kavalan sub-prefecture (噶瑪蘭廳) in what is now Yilan City. Rebuilt at its current site in 1824 and expanded in 1927 using Zhaoying Temple (昭應宮) as an architectural model, the temple is noted for its “rival-side” (對場作) woodwork, a competitive format in which master carvers Chén Yínshēng (陳銀生) and Chén Nòngshī (陳弄獅) each led a team on opposite halves of the building. An adjacent hall dedicated to the City God’s wife features an elaborately carved eight-legged marriage bed.
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- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
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.