Kwei Hsing Pavilion Introduction
Kui Pavilion, known locally as "Kwiseng Tower" and also referred to as Kui Tower or Bagua Tower, is a place of worship for Kuiseng, one of the five Wen Chang in China. Since Kinmen was not part of a county in the past, a Confucian temple could not be built. To provide a place for the students of Kinmen to pray for examination success before participating in the imperial examination, Lin Feizhang, a notable person from Houbu Township who had attained the degree of "Gong Sheng," initiated the construction by donating a thousand taels of silver. In the 16th year of the Daoguang Emperor's reign (1836), a pavilion was built on the Tushan headland in Houbu (next to the Chen Shiyin Western-style Building today) to enshrine Kuiseng. With its exquisite and ancient design, it has a history of over a hundred and eighty years. It underwent renovations in 1955 and 1963, but the original appearance was preserved, and it has been designated as a county-level historical site.
