Shigong Temple Introduction
The Shigong Shrine, originally known as the Shijiangjun Temple, can be confirmed as a shrine built after the sealing of the Marquis of Jinghai to General Shi Lang, as stated in the "Stele of Shijiangjun Temple." It was completed no later than the 35th year of the Kangxi reign (1696). During the Daoguang period, officers and soldiers who died in service were also commemorated here, leading to the change of name from the General Temple to the Shigong Shrine. After the Japanese occupation, the temple site (Maguangao East Street, now the site of the Penghu Hospital) was requisitioned in the third year of the Taisho era (1914) and converted into a hospital. Consequently, it was relocated together with the Haitian Pavilion to its current location on Central Street, with the statue initially placed in the kitchen of the Haitian Pavilion for worship, and later rebuilt by Xiang Xiuming, a descendant of Shi Lang, in that same year. It is currently designated as a county (city) historic site under the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act.
