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No Private Temple
No Private Temple
These lanterns wrote three Chinese words 'Yuan-Shuai Temple' are hung high in front of the temple.
The lively scene of the deities' birthday.
Mr. Chu-Hua Sun told us the history of no private temple in Youchang.
Gentleman Jin-Jyu Lin appreciated the gods of Yuan-Shuai Temple not allows private temple to establish in Youchang.
The temple of Taiwan is divided into two kinds, one is the public temple that the government approve, another kind is private temple that doesn't have an approbation of the government.
In Youchang area, there is only four major public temples and doesn't have private temple, The reason is while Yuan-Shuai Temple renovated in 1947A.D., it decided to worship the ancestors of six families here in the temple. This decision not only strengthen Youchang residents' faith in the temple; furthermore, it makes Youchang become more like a big family.
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Expert's Comment
While Mr. Zai-Ren Yang was alive, he told Mr. Chu-Hua SunˇG "The deities in the public temple of Youchang are virtuous and good. Since Japan colonized Taiwan, the private temples which worships evils or ghosts were not allowed to establish in Youchang. So we will not see any private temple today, because of this, everybody make his own more efforts on the temple and set up more good religious manners and system.
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Locals' Gratitude
we interviewed gentleman Jin-Jyu Lin who is more than 80years old and was a former chairman of Ford Temple committee, he told usˇG what he appreciated the gods' kindnesses most is private temple is not allowed to establish in Youchang.
- Bibliography
- ˇ·Chu-Hua Sun. The history and worship ceremony of Youchang four major temples. Kaohsiung City: the committee of Yuan-Shuai Temple Publishing, 2002.
- ˇ·Jin-Jyu Lin, The arch's history of Youchang Ford temple and the gods' legend of Youchang area. Kaohsiung City: the committee of Yuan-Shuai Temple Publishing, 2000.