Cide Temple Introduction
Cide Temple is a shrine dedicated to the worship of Huang Wei, the "Person of Virtue." The unique craftsmanship of Cide Temple is displayed in three areas: Jiaozi pottery, paper cutting, and stone carving. Jiaozi pottery includes six vivid panels featuring dragon and tiger walls, mirror blocks, and facing blocks. Paper cutting is seen in the dragon decorations on the ridge and ridge top of the temple roof, adorned in a paper-cutting style. Stone carving encompasses all the pillars made of blue stone, the door bases, and the countertop footings made of granite, with exquisite carvings that depict characters, trees, stones, flowers, and horses, or theatrical stories. These three features are among the richest and best-preserved in the temples of Kinmen. It was designated as a county-level historic site in 1997.
