A controversial temple honoring Wu Feng (吳鳳), a Qing dynasty merchant whose legend involves his alleged sacrifice to end Indigenous headhunting practices. The mythologized story was promoted during Japanese and KMT rule but was removed from school textbooks in 1989 following Indigenous protests against its perceived racist implications. It was heavily damaged in the 921 Earthquake.
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Heritage Status
- City Monument (縣(市)定古蹟)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
- Taiwan Religious Cultural Map (臺灣宗教文化地圖)
- 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)
- Indigenous People of Taiwan (台灣原住民)
- 921 Earthquake (九二一大地震)
- Contested Heritage in Taiwan (爭議文化遺產)
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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.