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Xihua
Hall
was
founded
in
the
15th
year
of
Qianlong's
reign
in
the
Qing
Dynasty
(1750).
It
is
located
in
the
North
District
of
Tainan
City,
Taiwan.
It
was
approved
as
a
third-level
historic
site
in
the
74th
year
of
the
Republic
of
China
(1985).
It
is
now
a
municipal
historic
site
and
is
a
golden
building
of
Zhaijiao.
The
Zhaitang
under
the
Weng
Yongfeng
branch
of
the
religion
is
also
the
only
Zhaitang
of
this
branch
and
is
dedicated
to
worshiping
the
Three
Treasures
Buddha.
The
spatial
layout
of
Xihua
Hall
is
a
traditional
courtyard
building
with
two
entrances
and
three
bays.
It
is
composed
of
a
concave-shaped
door,
a
main
hall
and
wing
rooms
on
both
sides.
There
is
also
a
front
courtyard
and
a
garden
in
front
of
the
hall.
Its
orientation
faces
east
and
west,
which
is
said
to
be
facing
the
ancestral
hall
in
Fuzhou.
The
main
hall
is
commonly
known
as
the
"Sanguan
Hall"
because
it
used
to
be
a
place
dedicated
to
the
Sanguan
Emperor,
but
due
to
the
influence
of
later
Buddhism,
it
was
changed
to
worship
the
Three
Treasures
Buddha.
Behind
the
shrine
is
the
holy
room
called
the
"Inner
Hometown"
in
the
church,
which
enshrines
the
portrait
of
Wang
Zuotang,
the
leader
of
the
Jinzhuan
Sect.
Only
converted
believers
can
enter.
The
side
halls
on
the
left
and
right
of
the
main
hall
are
the
Seventh
Ancestor
Hall
and
the
Hall
of
Honorary
Thrones,
while
the
guard
rooms
and
wing
rooms
on
the
left
and
right
are
where
believers
practice.
In
the
fifteenth
year
of
Qianlong's
reign
(1750),
four
Zhai
friends,
Zhong,
Weng,
Wu
and
Liu
from
the
Weng
Yongfeng
clan
of
the
Zhaijiao
Jinzhu
sect,
came
to
Taiwan
to
preach
and
founded
this
Zhaitang
on
the
north
side
of
Youyingpu,
Dong'anfang,
Taiwan's
capital
city.
Later,
in
the
third
year
of
Jiaqing
(1798),
Liu
Gangguang,
Chen
Zhangshui
and
others
built
it,
and
in
the
fifth
year
of
Tongzhi
(1866),
Zheng
Channiang
and
others
restored
it.
In
the
20th
year
of
Guangxu's
reign
(1894),
Lin
Ruiyun,
the
owner
of
Xihua
Hall,
together
with
the
directors
and
vegetarians,
raised
funds
to
rebuild
the
main
hall,
bought
the
residence
on
the
left
side,
and
expanded
the
second
dragon
guard
on
the
left.
The
project
was
completed
on
the
eve
of
the
Sino-Japanese
War
of
1894-1894.
During
the
Japanese
colonial
period,
it
was
renovated
in
the
10th
year
of
Showa
(1935).
During
the
Republic
of
China,
renovations
were
carried
out
in
the
50th
year
(1961),
the
64th
year
(1975),
the
71st
year
(1982)
and
the
89th
year
(2000).
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