Ji'anqing convent

Qingxiuyuan, located in Ji'an Township, Hualien County, has been listed as a national third-class historic site by the government. It is the only Japanese Temple in Taiwan that has been completely preserved since the Japanese occupation. During the Japanese occupation period, the monastery was the main stronghold of a large number of Japanese immigrants. At that time, in order to make the local Japanese immigrants live at ease, the Japanese built the "Yoshino bujiao Institute" here. At that time, the main gods worshipped by the bujiao Institute were master Hongfa, King budaiming and vaishama. Later, after Japan was defeated and left, the bujiao Institute was taken over by the local 6767 residents and changed to worship Sakya As a result, they have become today's "qingxiuyuan.". In addition to being the religious center of the Japanese at that time, the monastery also had the functions of a medical center, a classroom room, a funeral and a legal service office. The architecture of qingxiuyuan follows the Japanese traditional structural form, and the structural form is mainly wood frame system. The whole building has a typical Edo style. When the traditional Japanese architecture is integrated into Taiwan, it presents the unique style of "qingxiuyuan". Today, the monastery is not only the most complete shrine in Eastern Taiwan during the Japanese occupation, but also one of the most important tourist attractions for Japanese to visit Taiwan.

Address: No.1, 345 Zhongxing Road, Ji'an village, Ji'an Township, Hualien County

Longitude: 121.56497202216

Latitude: 23.9738369272

Tel. + 886-3-8535479

Official website: http://www.yoshino793.com.tw/

Tour time: 1 hour

Traffic information: passenger transport:

Hualien passenger transport 1131 (Hualien Tongmen) or 1139 (Hualien Liyutan Shoufeng)

Take Hualian passenger line 1131 or 1139 from the front station of Hualien railway station or Hualien urban area (Zhonghua Road or Hualien terminus) (there are 34 daily trips between the two routes), and get off at Ji'an Township Office. It takes about 30 minutes to get there. After getting off, walk back 100 meters, you can see the sign of Zhongxing Road and qingxiuyuan. Turn to Zhongxing Road about 150 meters.

Ticket information: full ticket is NT $30, half price is NT $15, group ticket is NT $15.

Opening hours: 08:30 ~ 17:00 (Tuesdays to Sundays and national holidays, closed on Mondays)