台北天后宮 Taipei Tianhou Temple

A Brief History of Taipei Tianhou Temple, Ximending

Tainan First, Lugang Second, and Mankah the Third as Top Three Ports in the 18 Century Taiwan

A Predestined Relationship between Tamsui Basin and Mazu

Qing Dynasty-the Xinxing Temple in Mankah

Japanese Colonization Period-Hongfa Temple of the Holy Word Sect

From Hongfa Temple to Taipei Tianhou Temple

A Brief History of Taipei Tianhou Temple, Ximending

　　Built in 1746 in Mankah as Xinxing Temple ( Mankah Mazu Temple to the locals ), aipei Tianhou Temple ( literally means: the temple for〝Heavenly Queen〞) was once emolished for airraid roadwork during the Japanese Colonization period, and the azu deity consecrated in the temple was temporarily moved to the rear hall of Lungshan emple by pious believers. After WWII, Huang Qi-ruei, commissioner of Education epartment of Taipei City Government at the time, applied to the central government for moving the deity into the Xingaoyeshan Hongfa Temple in Ximending out of ratitude for the blessing and grace of Mazu of Xinxing Temple, and this request was uccessfully approved. On the first day of the sixth moon of the lunar calendar 1948, the deity was moved in the new temple with Xinxing Temple followers greeting along the way with utmost, reverent respect. Despite the fire, econstruction, and reorganization of the Taipei City Government later on, none ofthese tests ever changed the faith of believers.The candles and incense of the former Xinxing Temple has continued to burn in the past 260 years, witnessing the evelopment in Mankah Area and Ximending and theestablishment of historical status of Tianhou Temple.