Sacrificial Temple

Wudianwu temple is located next to datianhou palace. It was built in Yongli period of Ming Dynasty. It was built many times in Qing Dynasty. It mainly worships Guan Gong. It is a three Bay, three in and two corridor temple building with deep configuration. It faces Yongfu Road and leans against Minzu road. On the left side, the vermilion gable stands beside the road. The house slope fluctuates from front to back according to various heights. The shape is very beautiful. The front hall and the back hall have a swallow tail ridge roof, while the main hall has a curved and soft double eaves roof. Not only is the hall magnificent, but also the big wooden structure is famous for its forcefulness. There are worship halls behind the front hall and in front of the main hall, especially in front of the main hall.

Sacrificial Temple

Basic introduction

Wudianmiao temple is adjacent to datiangong, located in Yongfu Road, which is a national first-class historic site.

Wudian temple, also known as Guandi temple, was built in the Ming and Zheng dynasties. It is now renovated in the last years of Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty. It is the belief center of Guan Gong, a wusheng in the province. The temple is divided into three parts, with exquisite architectural carving as its main feature.

Construction background

In the 1720s, in order to eliminate the anti Manchu thought, Yongzheng tried his best to exclude the people from sacrificing Yue Fei, a famous Song Dynasty "anti Jin" general, with Guan Gong. In addition to promoting Buddhism, the Qing Dynasty constantly promoted Guan Gong's status in China. Therefore, he made three generations of Guan Di's ancestors a duke, and changed some of the country's large-scale Guan Di temples into official ones, and added three generations of temples. Affected by this, the temple, which was called "daguandi Temple" at that time, was renamed and promoted to "Si Dian Wu Temple" today, and the name is still in use today.

Temple features

After many renovations, except for the Guanyin hall, which is slightly different from the original appearance, the existing temple generally presents the appearance of the temple rebuilt in 1840. The temple, which faces south from the north, is characterized by a temple structure with three bays, three entrances and two corridors, eight meters wide and twenty meters wide. As the height of each hall is different, the gables with sloping eaves are undulating from the side, and the shape is quite beautiful. In terms of the allocation of gods, the temple with three entrances and three halls has three entrances: the first one is to offer sacrifices to Guan Gong; the second one is to offer sacrifices to the three generations of ancestors of Wu Sheng (added after the 1720s); and the third one is to offer sacrifices to Guanyin Bodhisattva and the eighteen Arhats. In addition, there were Xishe, which offered sacrifices to the emperor Wenchang, a small garden with wing rooms, and a stage built during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan.

After the Japanese occupation in Taiwan, the official no longer held public sacrificial ceremonies in the temple. After the 20th century, the temple was not as prosperous as it was before the 19th century, but it still maintained its local influence. In 1983, the Ministry of the interior of Taiwan considered the historical importance of the temple and designated it as the first-class national monument.

Address: No.229, Section 2, Yongfu Road, central and Western District, Tainan

Longitude: 120.20223454173

Latitude: 22.996512055749

Tel. + 886-62202390

Tour time: 1-2 hours

Transportation information: take the Taiwan Railway, get off at Tainan railway station, take the No.17 bus before the railway station, get off at chigulou station, and then walk along Yongfu Road to get to the temple

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: 05:00-21:00