Jiaoxi Xietian Temple Introduction
Xie Tian Temple is the premier and most important Guandi temple in northern Taiwan. Every year, a large number of devotees come to worship, and the incense offerings are very prosperous. What makes Xie Tian Temple more unique than other temples is that it was personally sanctioned and constructed by the Qing Dynasty government. The "Tortoise Request" ceremony held during the Spring Festival and the "Four Rites Dance" at the Autumn Festival are focal activities that attract large crowds. The main deity worshipped here is Guandi, and the original site for the temple was a spiritual location in Huangfengchao. The temple was established in the ninth year of the Jiaqing era (1804), which is the predecessor of the present Xie Tian Temple.
