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The
North
Pole
Temple
in
Jiuling,
Fucheng,
also
known
as
the
Tainan
Pole
Temple,
is
located
in
the
Central
and
Western
District
of
Tainan
City,
Taiwan.
It
used
to
be
the
highest
altitude
in
Jiuling,
Fucheng.
It
was
dedicated
to
the
North
Pole
Xuantian
God.
It
was
built
during
the
Ming
and
Zheng
dynasties.
Ancient
temple.
In
the
past,
it
was
called
"God
Temple",
"Tainan
City
God
Temple",
"Zhenwu
Temple",
and
"Yuan
Emperor
Temple".
Its
alias
is
"Big
God
Temple"
which
is
related
to
Kaiji
Lingyou,
the
"Little
God
Temple"
located
near
Chikan
Tower.
The
palace
is
facing
each
other.
It
was
declared
a
Class
II
historic
site
in
1979
and
is
now
upgraded
to
a
national
historic
site
under
the
jurisdiction
of
the
Ministry
of
Culture.
Main
hall:
The
main
hall
is
dedicated
to
God
Xuantian,
and
is
also
dedicated
to
Marshal
Kang,
Marshal
Zhao,
and
General
Xiatan.
The
back
niche
is
dedicated
to:
Wei
Tuo
Bodhisattva,
and
to
the
Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva
Bodhidharma,
Jizheng
Ye
and
Ksitigarbha
Bodhisattva.
Back
hall:
Mainly
worships
Guanyin
Buddha,
with
supporting
worship
of
Zhunti
Bodhisattva,
the
Three
Officials,
the
Good
Talented
Boy,
the
Dragon
Girl,
and
the
Eighteen
Arhats
Room
on
the
left:
Foundation
Master,
Fude
Zhengshen,
Chen
Yuye
Right
Wing:
Empress
Zhusheng,
Taisui
Xingjun,
Duke
Zhou
and
Peach
Blossom
Girl
Today's
Arctic
Hall
is
located
at
the
highest
point
in
Tainan
City,
facing
south
and
facing
north,
with
three
bays.
Its
scale
is
not
far
from
that
of
the
past.
It
consists
of
Sanchuan
Hall,
atrium,
main
hall
worship
pavilion,
main
hall,
back
hall
worship
pavilion,
apse
hall
and
asymmetrical
left
and
right
wing
rooms.
In
the
old
days,
Sanchuan
Hall
was
far
away
from
the
main
hall.
There
were
water
corridors
on
both
sides
of
the
middle
patio.
The
shape
of
Sanchuan
Hall
was
also
It
is
not
the
type
of
arcade
built
today
in
compliance
with
urban
regulations.
Since
the
temple
is
located
on
Jiuling
Ridge,
during
the
Japanese
colonial
period,
part
of
the
height
in
front
was
removed
to
make
way
for
paving
the
road,
so
you
have
to
climb
up
the
steps
to
enter
the
temple.
There
is
Fude
Temple
opposite.
Today,
Sanchuan
Hall
is
a
mixed
structure
of
concrete
and
brick
and
wood,
with
three
bays
and
three
doors,
but
there
are
no
front
eaves
columns
and
a
hard
top.
The
middle
door
is
painted
with
a
black
background
of
heaven
and
earth
and
a
golden
dragon.
The
left
and
right
doors
are
painted
with
four
marshals,
which
are
more
special.
They
are
all
painted
by
Pan
Li's
handwriting.
The
stone
ball
(Baogu
stone)
of
the
middle
door
is
small
and
simple.
There
is
a
golden
furnace
on
the
right
side
of
the
patio,
and
the
water
corridor
no
longer
exists.
There
is
a
rolling
shed
worship
pavilion
in
front
of
the
main
hall,
with
square
columns
and
Pan
Lishui
murals
on
both
sides.
The
main
hall
has
three
bays,
with
a
total
width
of
2
feet,
7
feet
and
7
inches,
and
a
depth
of
17
frames.
There
are
six
columns
in
the
front
and
rear,
a
mixed
type
of
stacked
buckets
and
purlins.
Three
links
and
five
melons
are
used
in
the
golden
column
frame,
and
there
is
a
pair
of
attached
columns
below
to
strengthen
the
support.
The
gable
doves
on
both
sides
have
murals
on
the
double-sloping
water-hard
mountain
tops.
The
roof
is
steep,
extremely
high,
and
the
space
is
high
and
spacious.
The
sacred
room
is
between
the
golden
pillars
and
the
dotted
pillars
at
the
back.
There
is
a
rolling
shed
behind
the
sacred
room,
with
a
shrine
for
Wei
Tuo
Bodhisattva
underneath.
The
bright
room
at
the
rear
is
open
and
there
is
no
partition
to
lead
to
the
apse.
The
second
room
has
windows.
The
worship
pavilion
in
the
apse
is
a
four-column,
six-frame
rolling
shed
worship
pavilion,
with
a
mixed
structure
of
cement-washed
stone
beams
and
columns
and
wooden
structure.
The
apse
is
an
early
cement
imitation
wood
structure,
three
bays
deep,
with
11
shelves
in
it.
The
shelves
between
the
golden
pillars
are
three-way
and
five-melon.
There
is
a
door
on
the
left
and
right
rear
of
the
shrine
and
a
hexagonal
transom
opening
to
the
rear.
There
are
railings
between
the
eaves
and
columns
of
the
secondary
room,
murals
on
the
gables
at
the
entrance,
and
a
double-slope
hydraulic-hardened
mountain
ridge
roof.
There
are
wing
rooms
on
both
sides
of
the
apse,
which
are
the
former
Tongshan
Camp
Apartments.
They
are
equipped
with
service
spaces
such
as
side
halls,
offices,
cultural
relics
museums,
etc.
The
left
wing
room
is
in
the
purlin
style,
with
bamboo
scroll
window
grilles
next
to
it,
extending
to
the
south;
the
right
wing
room
is
in
the
bucket
style.
,
extending
to
the
north.
The
entire
rear
patio
space,
including
the
apse
behind
the
main
hall,
and
the
outdoor
walls
of
the
wing
rooms
are
all
made
of
washed
stones.
Because
Xuantian
God
is
the
God
of
the
North,
and
Northern
Xuanwu
is
water-black
among
the
five
elements,
the
main
hall
of
the
North
Pole
Hall
and
the
pillars
of
the
Sanchuan
Hall
are
all
in
black.
The
overall
appearance
is
a
combination
of
black
and
gold,
which
is
extremely
solemn
and
calm.
The
shrine
dedicated
to
the
statue
of
God
Xuantian
in
the
main
hall
is
gorgeous,
complex
and
magnificent.
There
are
four
pairs
of
Pan
Lishui
murals
in
the
temple,
three
pairs
in
the
main
hall
and
worship
hall,
and
one
pair
in
the
back
hall.
Hanging
high
above
the
main
hall
is
the
"Wei
Ling
He
Yi"
plaque
written
by
Zhu
Shugui,
the
Taiping
King
of
the
Ming
Dynasty
in
the
23rd
year
of
Yongli
reign
(1669).
It
is
the
only
Ming
Dynasty
plaque
handed
down
in
Taiwan,
and
it
is
also
the
oldest
ancient
plaque.
During
the
Japanese
colonial
period
At
the
end,
I
was
almost
taken
away
by
the
Japanese.
In
addition,
there
are
also
plaques
in
the
temple
titled
"Chen
Ju
Xing
Gong"
by
Chen
Yu
on
Taixia
Road
in
the
52nd
year
of
Emperor
Kangxi
of
the
Qing
Dynasty
(1713),
a
plaque
of
"Jiuling"
on
the
worship
pavilion
in
the
back
hall,
and
a
plaque
in
the
17th
year
of
Emperor
Daoguang's
reign
in
the
Qing
Dynasty
(1837).
Wu
Shangxin,
a
great
salt
merchant
in
Fucheng
(the
founder
of
Wuyuan,
the
predecessor
of
Tainan
Guildhall),
cast
ancient
bells
(now
worn
out
and
out
of
use)
in
Suzhou,
Zhejiang
Province,
stone
incense
burners,
and
the
"Great
God
Temple
Si
Tiao
Street
Tongshan
Camp"
in
the
18th
year
of
Daoguang's
reign.
"Contract"
and
other
ancient
monuments
as
well
as
paintings
by
Pan
Lishui,
a
famous
craftsman
in
Fucheng.
Because
the
North
Pole-den
is
located
in
the
Washi
Ridge
and
the
terrain
is
higher
than
the
Narcissus
Palace
in
Gojo
Port,
the
local
proverb
"The
God's
Temple
is
in
front
of
the
eaves
of
Narcissus"
(referring
to
the
height
of
the
stone
steps
of
the
God's
Temple).
It
is
equivalent
to
the
eaves
of
Narcissus
Palace,
or
higher.
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