Huaichong Temple Introduction
Main Deity: Eighteen Martyrs Historical Development: Huai Zhong Shrine is a county-designated historical site, established during the Qing dynasty in the Yongzheng period. In the spring of the tenth year of Yongzheng (1732), the Pingpu people of Dajia West gathered in arms to resist Qing rule and besieged the county town. The provincial general, Lü Ruilin, led troops to quell the unrest, while Zhang Hongzhang, the county magistrate of Tamsui, was patrolling the villages with local militia when he was mistakenly attacked by the local residents, resulting in a sudden gunfire incident. At that time, many of the residents near the Ashu community were immigrants from Guangdong who were farming the land. Hearing that the magistrate was besieged, they rallied the villagers to drive back the Pingpu people, allowing Zhang to escape. It took four months to finally pacify the situation.
Huaizhong Shrine
