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

 

 

The ‘Light Embraces All Four Directions’ Marquee

The ‘Light Embraces All Four Directions’ Marquee


In the 25th year of the reign of Qing Emperor Daoguang (1845), Chang Yi-su, Qing Regional Commander for the Taiwan / Penghu Region, visited the town of Jiayi, where he heard stories of miraculous deeds wrought by the Five Lords. Thinking these to be just superstitious fables meant to fool a gullible population, he issued a challenge to the Lords. On three pine posts pounded firmly into the ground he wrote: ‘If these posts have not been removed of their own accord within three days, I hereby swear to render the idols as so much kindling.’ On the afternoon of the third day, under clear skies, two dogs bounded into the Qing encampment. Chasing one another playfully, they brushed against the posts. Suddenly, the skies darkened and lights flashed. A funnel of wind kicked up and pulled the three posts from their secure moorings. Enlightened as to the immeasurable powers of the Nankunshen deities, Regional Commander Chang presented to the Five Lords this marquee, entitled “Light Embraces All Four Directions”.


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