
The most celebrated historic temple in Taipei, founded in the third year of the Qianlong reign (1738) by settlers from Jinjiang, Nan'an and Hui'an counties in Quanzhou, Fujian, to enshrine an offshoot of Guanyin Bodhisattva from Anhai Longshan Temple. It is renowned for the three-hall courtyard complex redesigned from 1919 to 1924 by master carpenter Wang Yi-shun, its 1920 cast-bronze dragon pillars and its harmonious synthesis of Buddhism with Mazu, Wenchang Dijun, Guandi and Yue Lao.
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