Xiluo Guangfu Temple Introduction
Luo Yang Fushen Laodama Xiluo Guangfu Temple is dedicated to Mazu, commonly known as Xinjie Laodama. The faith circle covers 120 villages in Yunlin and Changhua. The temple was rebuilt during the Showa period of Japanese occupation, employing top artisans such as Wang Huai'ai, Chen Tianqi, Guo Xinlin, Jiang Jinxiu, and Liao Wu, and has been declared a historic site in Yunlin County. In terms of worship: It is said that during the early Qing Dynasty, immigrants from mainland China arrived in Taiwan and settled in Xiluo, in the Yunlin area. Two major clans from the Luoyang area, the Cantonese and Fujianese, pooled resources to build the temple to venerate the Holy Mother, naming it Guangfu Temple (the stone ancestral furnace inside the temple is inscribed: “Guangfu Tiangshang Shengmu, established in the year of the Xinhai, May, before the temple was built in the sixteenth year of Qianlong”). Common names include: Luoyang Ma, Xiluo Ma, Laodama, and Xinjie Laodama.
