Houpu Wumiao Introduction
Wumiao, also known as Neiwumiao, originally served as a Guandi temple. After the establishment of the Republic of China, this temple, like many other martial temples across Taiwan, added the deity Yue Fei to its worship. During the 1926 anti-superstition movement in Taiwan, the statues within the temple were once destroyed. After the military stationed in Kinmen in 1949, the temple was used as an office for the military government and the war zone administrative committee's supply and taxation office. It was reclaimed and renovated by the temple authorities in 1984 and rebuilt to its current form in 1987. Couplets: Main entrance couplet: "May the virtuous and martial achieve everlasting fame in history; blessed by saints and deities, the heroic spirits strengthen the mountains and rivers for centuries." Inner column couplet one: "Drunk returning from Hebei, furiously defeating Cao Ren and the Six Generals; dining in Jiangnan, laughing and tipping Lu Su three cups." Inner column couplet two: "Past events are vividly told, a legacy lasting eons across the universe; loyal devotion lingers for thousands of years still among the people." Inner column couplet three: "Reading the Spring and Autumn Annals in the quiet night, one candlelight shines bright through past and present; a solitary boat replacing Wu and Wei, the heroic spirit spans across heaven and earth for millennia."
