Huaizhong Shrine Introduction
Main Deity: Eighteen Heroes Historical Development: The Huai Chong Shrine is a county-designated historic site, established during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. In the spring of the 10th year of Yongzheng (1732), the Pingpu people gathered in Dajia West to resist the Qing Dynasty with force and besieged the county city. The county general Lü Ruilin led troops to quell the rebellion. At that time, the Tamsui magistrate Zhang Hongzhang was patrolling the village with local militia, but was mistakenly attacked by the villagers under the suspicion of being affiliated with the rebels. The nearby A-shu village was mostly populated by immigrants from Guangdong who were farming in the area. Hearing that the magistrate was besieged, they rallied to drive back the Pingpu communities, allowing Zhang to escape. It took four months to restore peace.
Huai Chong Temple
