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Shougujing
Wanfu
Temple
is
the
Qitian
Dasheng
Temple
located
in
Central
and
Western
District,
Tainan
City,
Taiwan.
It
was
formerly
the
residence
where
the
wife
of
Ruan
Jun,
the
Yingyi
Bo
of
the
Ming
Dynasty,
came
to
Taiwan
to
live
as
a
widow.
The
memorial
tablets
of
Ruan
Jun
and
his
wife
are
still
enshrined
in
the
left
wing
of
the
second
floor
of
Wanfu
Temple.
Since
the
current
temple
was
rebuilt
in
the
61st
year
of
the
Republic
of
China
(1972),
only
the
screen
wall
in
front
of
the
temple
that
retains
its
ancient
appearance
is
listed
as
a
historic
site.
The
predecessor
of
Wanfu
Temple
was
the
residence
of
the
widow
of
Ruan
Junzhi,
the
wife
of
Zheng
Chenggong's
general.
On
August
26,
the
tenth
year
of
Yongli
reign
in
the
Ming
Dynasty
(October
13,
1656),
the
Qing
army
attacked
the
Zhoushan
Islands
with
more
than
400
large
and
small
warships.
Ruan
Jun
and
other
generals
who
were
stationed
on
the
island
at
that
time
fought
against
them.
Ruan
Jun
led
fifty
warships
to
victory
on
the
first
day,
but
was
surrounded
by
a
trap
the
next
day.
In
the
end,
he
was
unable
to
fight
anymore
and
detonated
the
gunpowder
on
the
ship
and
died.
During
the
Double
Ninth
Festival
of
that
year,
Mrs.
Ruan,
who
lived
in
Xiamen,
learned
of
Ruan
Jun's
death.
Later,
she
moved
into
the
"Yuzhou
Pavilion"
to
be
cared
for
by
Zheng
Jun
to
raise
her
only
son.
However,
in
the
seventeenth
year
of
Yongli's
reign
(1663),
the
Qing
Dynasty
and
the
Dutch
allied
forces
attacked
Jinxia,
and
the
two
sides
fought
at
Wushatou,
Kinmen.
Although
the
Zheng
army
temporarily
won,
the
situation
in
Jinxia
was
still
urgent,
so
the
local
people,
including
Mrs.
Ruan's
family,
The
soldiers
and
civilians
fled
one
after
another.
Finally,
Mrs.
Ruan's
family
was
lucky
enough
to
evacuate
to
Tongshan
Island
where
Zheng
Jing
was
located,
and
escaped
the
massacre
that
Geng
Jimao
later
carried
out
in
the
Jinxia
area.
The
following
year,
because
the
area
was
difficult
to
defend,
Zheng
Jing
accepted
Hong
Xu's
suggestion
and
led
more
than
7,000
soldiers
and
civilians
to
retreat
from
Tongshan
Island
to
Taiwan,
and
Mrs.
Ruan
and
her
son
were
also
among
them.
Zheng
Jing
continued
Zheng
Chenggong's
courtesy
to
the
Ruan
family
and
built
a
mansion
behind
the
"Yiyuanzi
Garden
Pavilion"
of
Prince
Mingningjing
in
Beifang,
Chengtianfu
Town
for
them
to
live
in.
However,
not
long
after
coming
to
Taiwan,
her
only
son
died
of
illness.
After
experiencing
the
pain
of
losing
her
husband
and
son,
Mrs.
Ruan
ate
fast
and
observed
the
festival
in
the
mansion,
and
lived
alone
as
a
widow.
After
Shi
Lang
destroyed
Ming
Zheng,
it
is
said
that
Mrs.
Ruan
was
dissatisfied
with
Shi
Lang's
move
into
the
palace
(today's
Datianhou
Palace)
that
had
been
rebuilt
into
"Dongning
Tianfei
Palace"
according
to
King
Ningjing's
orders,
so
she
changed
the
original
layout
of
the
house
to
face
south.
The
door
of
the
house
was
changed
to
face
the
west,
that
is,
towards
the
direction
of
the
Mahathir
Palace,
and
the
Feng
Shui
pattern
was
deliberately
used
to
control
Shilang.
After
Shi
Lang
learned
about
it,
he
built
a
screen
wall
in
front
of
Mrs.
Ruan's
house
to
block
the
evil
spirits,
which
is
now
the
screen
wall
of
Wanfu
Temple.
After
Mrs.
Ruan's
death,
nearby
residents
converted
Mrs.
Ruan's
residence
into
a
temple,
called
"Mrs.
Ruan
Temple".
In
the
11th
year
of
Jiaqing
in
the
Qing
Dynasty
(1806),
it
was
renamed
"Wanfu
Temple".
Today's
two-story
building
is
the
result
of
the
renovation
in
1972.
At
that
time,
only
Zhaobi
retained
its
ancient
appearance,
but
it
was
also
renovated
in
the
80th
year
of
the
Republic
of
China
(1991).
As
for
the
reason
why
Wanfu
Nunnery
changed
from
the
original
monastery
to
the
"Taiwan's
Kaiji
Qitian
Temple",
one
theory
is
that
the
nuns
in
the
nunnery
rescued
orphans
and
took
in
orphans
during
the
Jiaqing
period,
but
many
babies
were
crying
and
stubborn.
Therefore,
the
Monkey
King
was
worshiped
in
the
nunnery
to
pray
for
children
to
be
obedient
and
healthy.
As
a
result,
it
later
became
the
Monkey
King
Temple.
Another
theory
is
that
there
is
a
strange
tree
in
front
of
the
nunnery,
which
looks
like
a
monkey
climbing
the
tree,
so
some
people
worshiped
it
and
said
that
it
was
the
Great
Sage
Qitian
who
appeared.
As
a
result,
Wanfu
Temple
became
the
Great
Sage
Qitian
Temple.
To
this
day,
there
are
still
believers
who
come
here
to
pray
to
the
Monkey
King,
or
to
let
their
children
become
the
Monkey
King's
children,
hoping
that
their
children
will
be
obedient
and
sensible
and
grow
up
safely.
Wanfu
Nunnery
is
built
with
brick
walls
and
white
mud
on
the
outside.
The
top
is
in
the
form
of
a
double
ridge,
with
the
center
higher
than
the
two
sides,
both
with
swallowtails,
and
the
eaves
are
decorated
with
blue
background
patterns.
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