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> 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
 
 
 From Hongfa Temple to Taipei Tianhou Temple 
 
  After WWII, the Japanese withdrew from Taiwan and the local religions and folk beliefs began to revive and flourish. In the meantime, believers of the Xinxing Temple started to look for a new home for the deities sojourning in the rear hall of Lungshan Temple.

  There are two versions regarding why the deities of the Xinxing Temple were moved into the Hongfa Temple in Ximending . One version is that the believers simply remodeled the main hall of Hongfa Temple built in the Japanese. Colonization period for the consecration of Mazu after the restoration of Taiwan. At that time, the Hongfa Temple was a temple of the typical Japanese style for Japanese monks to chant or recite scriptures or prayers and worship their gods. It was not until 1950 when Japanese monks returned to Japan with their alms bowls that the temple was handed over to the Department of Education of Taipei City Government. Believers of this temple finally took over Hongfa Temple with restless efforts and enthusiasm and changed it into the Taiwan Province Tianhou Temple.

  Another version has it that after WWII, Huang Qi-ruei, commissioner of Education Department of Taipei City Government , reallocated the Lotus Temple on XiNing South Road in 1948 for believers to worship Mazu. Yet, since the Lotus Temple faced the east, which was different from the direction ( situated in the north facing toward the south ) of the original Mazu temple, most followers believed that this new site was not a good choice. Alternatively, they found the Hongfa Temple located on ChengDu Road next to the Ximen Market as the new temple site, and selected the first day of the sixth moon of the lunar calendar 1948, for holding the moving-in ceremony. In a splendid parade, the Mazu deity that previously sojourned in the rear hall of Lungshan Temple was escorted with utmost respect all the way to the new home on ChengDu Road. Although this incident irritated clergymen living in the Hongfa Temple who protested and appealed to the central government in Nanjing, accusing Huang Qi-urei, commissioner of Education Department of giving illegal approvals. The verdict of this administrative lawsuit was that Huang was not guilty, and the incident thus came to an end. In the beginning, the temple authority did not make much change to the interior decoration; the interior remained the same with the former Hongfa Temple except that the main hall was remodeled for consecration of Mazu. Therefore, the entire temple at that time was still of the Japanese style. Also, when the moving-in ceremony was just held, since the temple was called Xinxing Temple when it was in Mankah, people still called it Xinxing Temple. It was not until August 1952 after obtaining the consent of Mazu that the temple was renamed the Taiwan Province Tianhou Temple.

  At the end of 1953, the temple was destroyed in a fire that broke out in the Guoji Dancing Hall behind. Since the former Hongfa Temple was of a wooden structure, the fire led to a disastrous result. Fortunately, with the efficacy of the deities, none of the deities inside was damaged. Due to insufficient funding, however, the immediate reconstruction of the temple was not plausible. Therefore, a humble wooden structure became a temporary housing of the deities. It was not until the end of 1959, the millennium anniversary of Mazu's birth, with the donation of believers that the reconstruction of the main hall was initiated. The Yuhuang Hall, Zhonggu Tower and other buildings later followed suit to form the present appearance of the temple today . When Taipei City became a municipality in 1967, the temple also Formally altered its name to the Taipei Tianhou Temple.
 
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