Lingguang Temple

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靈光殿

The Zhu Fu Wang Ye is a person from Kinmen, Fujian during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. After passing the provincial examination and achieving the degree of Dezhong, he returned to his hometown with the Qiu and Yu families to pay respects to their ancestors. Unfortunately, during the journey, he met with a typhoon and lost his life. His body drifted to the beach of the village, where the villagers retrieved it and buried it to the left side in front of the temple. The three deities frequently showed their divine powers, protecting the virtuous villagers, while the two deities from the Qiu and Yu families were honored as gods in other places, and Zhu Fu continued to be revered in the village, now known as Zhu Fu Wang Ye.

Address：No. 7, Lane 35, Wenguang Road, Guohong Village, Magong City, Penghu County

Lingguang Temple Introduction

Located in Guangrong Village, Lingguang Temple, commonly known as "Huoshaoping Temple," has a legend regarding its establishment. During the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, residents of Huoshaoping discovered three drowned bodies by the sea and buried them at the current site of Lingguang Temple. Since then, any residents who prayed for assistance found it to be very effective, leading to the reverence of the deity as "Zhulingu Gong." During the Japanese colonial period, eight villagers discussed creating a golden statue for Zhulingu Gong, but it did not come to fruition. In the fourth year of the Shōwa era (1929), Chen Jiangcheng established the Luantang "Huaxinshe Yishantang" at home, and after Zhulingu Gong was elevated to Wangye by the Jade Emperor, it was indicated by the deity in the seventh year of the Shōwa era (1932) that the time had come to build a temple. Thus, the villagers raised funds, and the new temple was named "Ziling," dedicated to Zhu Fu Wangye, alongside the accompanying deity Sheng Dijun. By the ninth year of the Shōwa era (1934), the temple felt that the name "Ziling Dian" was somewhat out of place compared to other local temples, so it was changed to "Lingguang Temple," a name that has been used ever since. Source: National Cultural Memory Bank of the Ministry of Culture - Lingguang Temple Appearance in the Ren Shen Year (Shōwa 7)