This former temple in rural Yujing once venerated Yuhuang Dadi (玉皇大帝), the Jade Emperor, but it suffered considerable damage in the 2016 southern Taiwan earthquake (2016年高雄美濃地震) on February 6th. The idols were soon moved to Wantan Tiansheng Temple (灣潭天聖宮) in nearby Nanxi, leaving the shell of the temple in ruins. It has been a fixture of the urban exploration scene since then, with renewed interest in the site exploding in mid-2025 after it was widely featured on social media. Exercise appropriate precautions when visiting; the building is not safe and may collapse at any time.
Warning: this location is abandoned, hazardous, or otherwise neglected and may be unsafe and even dangerous! Exercise appropriate precautions when visiting.
警告：此處已廢棄或長期無人管理，可能存在潛在危險。造訪時請務必提高警覺，並做好相關安全防護措施。
Note: this entry contains only basic information and may be out of date, inaccurate, or even wrong. Additional research is strongly recommended.
說明：本條目僅提供基礎資訊，內容可能過時、未經查證，甚至有誤。建議進一步查閱相關資料，以確認資訊的正確性。
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Links
- Center For GIS, Academia Sinica (文化資源地理資訊系統)
- YouTube: Xiao He Temple Tour (小和~寺廟巡禮)
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Urban Exploration in Taiwan (台灣城市探險)
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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.