Nankunshen Temple

 

Main Door Couplet

The Yu-Chi Stele

Statues of the Five Lords

Inspection Orders of the Five Lords

Stone Censer of the Five Lords

The Kaishan Tablet

Wood Carved Couplets, Ching Shan Temple

The‘Spirits Watch Over the Eastern Seas’Marquee Board

The‘Light Embraces All Four Directions’ Marquee

The ‘Spider Making its Web’ Pavilion

Octagonal Dragon Pillars

‘Pray for Joy and Happiness’

Scenes of Bamboo by Cheng Hsieh

Twin Dragons Gaze Upon the‘Three Stars’– Cut Tile Mosaic

‘Abandoned Lions’ Cut Tile Mosaic

Traditional ‘Palanquin-Style’ Roof Eaves

The Money Wall

Painted Door Gods

Long Hou (Dragon Throat) Well

Bronze Drums

 

 

Inspection Orders of the Five Lords

Inspection Orders of the Five Lords


Ever since their island-wide inspection tour of 1683, the Five Lords have carried out their duties based on this placard. Through it, the Lords deliver their commands. With it, they are able to pacify all, bring peace to the people and scatter the forces of darkness. Thus, through the years, many branch temples have been established and the Five Lords have been invited to many branches or family temples to receive the prayers of adherents. However, when the idols leave the temple, replacements remain as ‘inspection idols’ and as evidence of the Five Lord’s continuing authority at Nankunshen (There are also ‘inspection idols’ permanently emplaced at Tianhou Temple in Qiwei, Kaohsiung County - installed during the Grand Inspection Tour of 1983).


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