A remarkably well-preserved Japanese temple dating back to 1900. Apart from the beautiful architecture, there are also several relics preserved around the site, including the original bell tower. Mandarin Chinese language sources often romanize the name as Linchi Huguo Chan Temple.
The temple grounds also once housed a Shinto shrine known as Maruyama Inari-dō (圓山稻荷堂) or Toyokawa-kaku (豐川閣), whose principal deity was invited from the Toyokawa Inari temple in Japan. A torii appears on the right side in some Japanese colonial era photographs, and a sacred jewel (寶珠) along with the suspected remnants of the main hall survive today.
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Heritage Status
- Municipal Monument (直轄市定古蹟)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Wikipedia in Japanese (ウィキペディア日本語版)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
- Wilhelm Chang (張威廉)
Sources
- Taiwan Shinto Shrines App, Kuona Lab. 《台灣神社遺構地圖》
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
- Japanese Buddhist Pilgrimage Sites in Taiwan (臺灣佛教巡禮場所)
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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.