Kanshi Taihe Temple Introduction
Before Han settlers arrived in the Kuanxi area, it was inhabited by Indigenous peoples. The development of the Kuanxi district began around the fifty-eighth year of the Qianlong era (1793) by a group called "Lianji Sheng," organized by Chen Zhiren from Quanzhou. At that time, the Kuanxi area was known as "Meili Township." Later, the Lianji Sheng group abandoned the development due to attacks from the Atayal people, and Wei Agu took over the cultivation work. After Wei Agu took over the local development work, he established a public granary during the Jiaqing era as a place for collecting rents and renamed the area "Xinxing Township." In the twenty-fifth year of Jiaqing (1820), Wei Agu's five sons formed the "Weishou Zong" association, taking over Wei Agu's status as a settler, and in the third year of the Daoguang era (1823), they changed "Xinxing Township" to "Pickled Vegetable Jar," which was later elegantly referred to as "Xian Cai Feng" or "Pickled Vegetable Bor," but eventually became known as "Pickled Vegetable Bor." The Kuanxi Taihe Temple, also known as the Sanjie Temple, primarily worships the San Guande. It was established around the seventeenth year of the Jiaqing era (1812) by the settler Wei Agu and was originally located in Fuxing Township. During the Tongzhi era of the Qing Dynasty, the reconstruction was initiated by Huang Taisan, Huang Taigui, and others, and the location was moved to the vicinity of the current Kuanxi Sub-district Office. In the early Japanese occupation, it was taken over by the Zhubei Second Fort Office and was later burned down by the Japanese. In the thirty-third year of the Meiji era (1900), Luo Biyu, Chen Chunlong, and others initiated a new construction, relocating it to the current front site and renaming it Taihe Temple. In the fourth year of the Showa era (1929), Luo Biyu, Huang Deyang, and others again initiated the relocation to the current site, which was officially completed in the sixth year of Showa. In the fifty-eighth year of the Republic of China, the temple underwent repairs and became the temple appearance we see today.
