Kanshi Taihe Temple Introduction
Before the Han Chinese settled in the Huanxi area, it was inhabited by indigenous peoples. The development of the Huanxi district began in the fifty-eighth year of Emperor Qianlong (1793) when Chen Zhiren from Quanzhou formed the "Lianjisheng" settlement. At that time, the Huanxi area was known as "Meili Village." Later, the Lianjisheng settlement was abandoned due to attacks by the Atayal people, and the land was taken over by Wei Aguo. After Wei Aguo took over the settlement work, he established a public granary during the Jiaqing period, renaming the area "Xinxing Village." In the twenty-fifth year of Jiaqing (1820), Wei Aguo's five sons combined to form the "Weishouzong" public account, succeeding Wei Aguo as the settlers. In the third year of the Daoguang period (1823), they changed "Xinxing Village" to "Salted Vegetable Jar," which later became known as "Xian Cai Feng" or "Salted Vegetable Pot," ultimately settling on the name "Salted Vegetable Pot." The Huanxi Taihe Temple, also known as the Sanjiejiao Temple, is dedicated to the San Guan Da Di and was created around the seventeenth year of the Jiaqing period (1812) by the then settler Wei Aguo, with its original site located in Fuxing Village. During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, the temple was relocated by Huang Taisan and Huang Taigui and moved to the vicinity of the current Huanxi police station but was later occupied during the Japanese rule as the office of the Zhubei Second Fort and was subsequently burned down. In the thirty-third year of the Meiji period (1900), Luo Biyu, Chen Chunlong, and others initiated the reconstruction and moved it to the front of its current location, renaming it Taihe Temple. In the fourth year of the Showa period (1929), Luo Biyu, Huang Deyang, and others again initiated its relocation to the current site, with official completion in the sixth year of Showa. In the fifty-eighth year of the Republic of China, the temple underwent renovations, resulting in the appearance seen today.
