Houpwu Temple Introduction
Wumiao, also known as Neiwumiao, originally served as a Temple of Guan Yu. After the establishment of the Republic of China, this temple, like many martial temples in various locations in Taiwan, added the worship of Yue Fei. During the period of 1926, a campaign to eliminate superstition swept across Taiwan, and the statues inside the temple were once destroyed. After the military government stationed in Kinmen in 1949, this temple served as an office for the military government and the wartime administrative committee for material supply and tax collection. It was later reclaimed and renovated by the temple in 1984 and rebuilt to its current appearance in 1987. Couplets: Upper door couplet: "Permit literature and martial arts to have eternal merit recorded in bamboo and silk; saints and gods have thousands of years of righteous bravery to strengthen the mountains and rivers." Inner column couplet one: "Drunk home from Hebei, angrily defeating Cao's six generals; attending a banquet in Jiangnan, laughingly downing three cups with Lu Su." Inner column couplet two: "Past events remain clear, enduring for billions of generations the world over; loyalty remains steadfast, even after a thousand years still present on earth." Inner column couplet three: "Reading the Spring and Autumn Annals in the quiet night, a single candlelight shines through old and new; a lone boat substitutes for Wu and Wei, a thousand years of heroic spirit spans the universe."
