This is a list of notable temples in Taiwan associated with Chinese folk religion, mostly Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. Religious affiliation is based on what each temple registered as to the Ministry of the Interior, though temples often incorporate elements from other sects.[1]
Northern Taiwan
[edit]Taipei City
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Chen Dexing Ancestral Hall | 陳德星堂 | Datong | 1892 | Ancestral shrine | (none) |
Ciyou Temple | 松山慈祐宮 | Songshan | 1753 | Taoism | Mazu |
Dalongdong Baoan Temple | 大龍峒保安宮 | Datong | 1742 | Taoism | Baosheng Dadi |
Guandu Temple | 關渡宮 | Beitou | 1712 | Taoism | Mazu |
Confucian Temple | 臺北孔子廟 | Datong | 1879 | Confucianism | Confucius |
Hui Chi Temple | 芝山巖惠濟宮 | Shilin | 1764 | Taoism | Kaizhang Shengwang |
Linji Huguo Chan Temple | 臨濟護國禪寺 | Zhongshan | 1911 | Buddhism | Sakyamuni Buddha |
Lungshan Temple | 艋舺龍山寺 | Wanhua | 1738 | Buddhism | Guanyin |
Nung Chan Monastery | 農禪寺 | Beitou | 1975 | Buddhism | Sakyamuni Buddha |
Qingshui Temple | 艋舺清水巖 | Wanhua | 1787 | Buddhism | Qingshui Zushi |
Shandao Temple | 善導寺 | Zhongzheng | 1926 | Buddhism | Sakyamuni Buddha |
Shennong Temple | 士林神農宮 | Shilin | 1709 | Taoism | Shennong |
Xia-Hai City God Temple | 大稻埕霞海城隍廟 | Datong | 1859 | Taoism | Cheng Huang Ye |
Xingtian Temple | 行天宮 | Zhongshan | 1967 | Taoism | Guangong |
Zhinan Temple | 指南宮 | Muzha | 1890 | Taoism | Chunyang Zushi |
Keelung City
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Ande Temple | 暖暖安德宮 | Nuannuan | 1801 | Taoism | Mazu |
Xian Dong Yan | 仙洞巖 | Zhongshan District | 1875 | Buddhism | Guanyin |
New Taipei City
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Changfu Temple | 三峽長福巖 | Sanxia | 1767 | Taoism | Qingshui Zushi |
Dharma Drum Mountain | 法鼓山 | Jinshan | 1989 | Buddhism | Sakyamuni Buddha |
Sanchong Yi Tian Temple | 三重義天殿 | Sanchong | 1965 | Taoism | Mazu |
Temple of the Eighteen Lords | 乾華十八王公廟 | Shimen | 1975 | Taoism | The Eighteen Lords |
Xizhi Gongbei Temple | 汐止拱北殿 | Xizhi | 1966 | Taoism | Chunyang Zushi |
Taoyuan City
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Confucian Temple | 桃園孔子廟 | Taoyuan | 1989 | Confucianism | Confucius |
Furen Temple | 福仁宮 | Daxi | 1813 | Taoism | Kaizhang Shengwang |
Tianhou Temple | 新屋天后宮 | Xinwu | 1826 | Taoism | Mazu |
Hsinchu City
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Chenghuang Temple | 新竹都城隍廟 | North | 1748 | Taoism | Cheng Huang Ye |
Hsinchu County
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Citian Temple | 北埔慈天宮 | Beipu | 1846 | Buddhism | Guanyin |
Miaoli County
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Cihyu Temple | 中港慈裕宮 | Zhunan | 1685 | Taoism | Mazu |
Gongtian Temple | 白沙屯拱天宮 | Tongxiao | 1863 | Taoism | Mazu |
Maling Temple | 媽靈宮 | Houlong | 1930 | Taoism | Wang Baoying |
Shuntian Temple | 苑裡房裡順天宮 | Yuanli | 1856 | Taoism | Mazu |
Xuanwang Temple | 宣王宮 | Xihu | 1840 | Confucianism | Confucius |
Wenchang Temple | 苗栗文昌祠 | Miaoli | 1885 | Taoism | Wenchang Dijun |
Yuqing Temple | 苗栗玉清宮 | Miaoli | 1906 | Taoism | Guangong |
Central Taiwan
[edit]Taichung City
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Confuciuan Temple | 臺中孔子廟 | North | 1976 | Confucianism | Confucius |
Haotian Temple | 大庄浩天宮 | Wuqi | 1856 | Taoism | Mazu |
Jenn Lann Temple | 大甲鎮瀾宮 | Dajia | 1730 | Taoism | Mazu |
Lecheng Temple | 樂成宮 | East | 1790 | Taoism | Mazu |
Lin Family Ancestral Shrine | 林氏宗祠 | East | 1930 | Ancestral shrine | (none) |
Songzhu Temple | 松竹寺 | Beitun | 1833 | Buddhism | Guanyin |
Wanhe Temple | 萬和宮 | Nantun | 1726 | Taoism | Mazu |
Wenchang Temple | 北屯文昌廟 | Beitun | 1871 | Taoism | Wenchang Dijun |
Yuanbao Temple | 元保宮 | North | 1791 | Taoism | Baosheng Dadi |
Zhang Family Temple | 張家祖廟 | Xitun | 1904 | Ancestral shrine | (none) |
Zhang Liao Family Temple | 張廖家廟 | East | 1911 | Ancestral shrine | (none) |
Zhenwu Temple | 梧棲真武宮 | Wuqi | 1849 | Taoism | Xuantian Shangdi |
Zi Yun Yan | 紫雲巖 | Qingshui | 1662 | Buddhism | Guanyin |
Changhua County
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Baozang Temple | 寶藏寺 | Fenyuan | 1672 | Taoism | Guanyin |
Confucian Temple | 彰化孔子廟 | Changhua | 1726 | Confucianism | Confucius |
Dian'an Temple | 北斗奠安宮 | Beidou | 1806 | Taoism | Mazu |
Doushan Temple | 社頭斗山祠 | Shetou | 1880 | Ancestral shrine | (none) |
Fu'an Temple | 伸港福安宮 | Shengang | 1677 | Taoism | Mazu |
Fuhai Temple | 王功福海宮 | Fangyuan | 1812 | Taoism | Mazu |
Hushan Temple | 虎山巖 | Huatan | 1747 | Buddhism | Guanyin |
Kaihua Temple | 開化寺 | Changhua | 1724 | Buddhism | Guanyin |
Kinmen Hall | 鹿港金門館 | Lukang | 1805 | Taoism | Sufu Wangye |
Longshan Temple | 鹿港龍山寺 | Lukang | 1653 | Buddhism | Guanyin |
Nanyao Temple | 南瑤宮 | Changhua | 1738 | Taoism | Mazu |
Shengwang Temple | 聖王廟 | Changhua | 1761 | Taoism | Kaizhang Shengwang |
Shunze Temple | 埔鹽順澤宮 | Puyan | 1998 | Taoism | Xuantian Shangdi |
Tianhou Temple | 鹿港天后宮 | Lukang | 1591 | Taoism | Mazu |
Tianmen Temple | 枋橋頭天門宮 | Shetou | 1755 | Taoism | Mazu |
Wenwu Temple | 鹿港文武廟 | Lukang | 1806 | Taoism | Guangong, Wenchang Dijun |
Xian'an Temple | 大城咸安宮 | Dacheng | 1928 | Taoism | Baosheng Dadi |
Yuanching Temple | 元清觀 | Changhua | 1763 | Taoism | Jade Emperor |
Nantou County
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Chung Tai Chan Monastery | 中台禪寺 | Puli | 2001 | Buddhism | Sakyamuni Buddha |
Shilong Temple | 石龍宮 | Zhongliao | Unknown | Taoism | Tudigong |
Shoutian Temple | 松柏嶺受天宮 | Mingjian | 1657 | Taoism | Xuantian Shangdi |
Wenwu Temple | 日月潭文武廟 | Yuchi | 1938 | Taoism | Guangong |
Xuanzang Temple | 玄奘寺 | Yuchi | 1965 | Buddhism | Sakyamuni Buddha |
Zinan Temple | 竹山紫南宮 | Zhushan | 1745 | Taoism | Tudigong |
Yunlin County
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Chaotian Temple | 朝天宮 | Beigang | 1694 | Taoism | Mazu |
Gongfan Temple | 麥寮拱範宮 | Mailiao | 1742 | Taoism | Mazu |
Guangfu Temple | 西螺廣福宮 | Xiluo | 1764 | Taoism | Mazu |
Yong'an Temple | 楊厝永安宮 | Mailiao | 1991 | Taoism | Kaizhang Shengwang |
Southern Taiwan
[edit]Chiayi City
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Cheng Huang Temple | 嘉義城隍廟 | East | 1715 | Taoism | Cheng Huang Ye |
Confucian Temple | 嘉義孔子廟 | East | 1706 | Confucianism | Confucius |
Chiayi Jen Wu Temple | 嘉義仁武宮 | East | 1677 | Taoism | Baosheng Dadi |
Chiayi County
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Fengtian Temple | 新港奉天宮 | Xingang | 1811 | Taoism | Mazu |
Gangkou Temple | 笨港口港口宮 | Dongshi | 1684 | Taoism | Mazu |
Peitian Temple | 配天宮 | Puzi | 1682 | Taoism | Mazu |
Shuixian Temple | 笨港水仙宮 | Xingang | 1739 | Taoism | Shuixian Zunwang |
Tianhou Temple | 笨港天后宮 | Xingang | 1998 | Taoism | Mazu |
Yuanshan Temple | 圓山宮 | Lucao | 1755 | Taoism | Wangsun Dashi |
Tainan City
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Beiji Temple | 北極殿 | West Central | Yongli era | Taoism | Xuantian Shangdi |
Confucian Temple | 臺南孔子廟 | West Central | 1665 | Confucianism | Confucius |
Daitian Temple | 麻豆代天府 | Madou | 1955 | Taoism | Wufu Qiansui |
Grand Matsu Temple | 大天后宮 | West Central | 1664 | Taoism | Mazu |
Kaiyuan Temple | 開元寺 | North | 1690 | Buddhism | Sakyamuni Buddha |
Koxinga Ancestral Shrine | 鄭成功祖廟 | West Central | 1663 | Ancestral shrine | Koxinga |
Liu Clan Shrine | 劉家宗祠 | Liouying | 1871 | Ancestral shrine | (none) |
State Temple of the Martial God | 祀典武廟 | West Central | 1663 | Taoism | Guangong |
Temple of the Five Concubines | 五妃廟 | West Central | 1683 | Taoism | Five concubines of Zhu Shugui |
Tianhou Temple | 安平開臺天后宮 | Anping | 1668 | Taoism | Mazu |
Kaohsiung City
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Chi Ming Palace | 啟明堂 | Zuoying | 1899 | Confucianism | Confucius |
Cide Temple | 店仔頂慈德宮 | Zuoying | 1687 | Taoism | Mazu |
Cih Ji Palace | 左營慈濟宮 | Zuoying | 1719 | Taoism | Baosheng Dadi |
Confuciuan Temple | 高雄孔子廟 | Zuoying | 1976 | Confucianism | Confucius |
Daitian Temple | 鼓山代天宮 | Gushan | 1951 | Taoism | Wufu Qiansui |
Fo Guang Shan Monastery | 佛光山寺 | Dashu | 1967 | Buddhism | Sakyamuni Buddha |
Hong Fa Temple | 宏法寺 | Sinsing | 1964 | Buddhism | Sakyamuni Buddha |
Longshan Temple | 鳳山龍山寺 | Fongshan | Qianlong era | Buddhism | Guanyin |
Qingshui Temple | 洲仔清水宮 | Zuoying | 1938 | Taoism | Qingshui Zushi |
Spring and Autumn Pavilions | 春秋閣 | Zuoying | 1953 | Taoism | Guangong |
Tiangong Temple | 鳳山天公廟 | Fongshan | 1798 | Taoism | Jade Emperor |
Tianhou Temple | 旗津天后宮 | Cijin | 1673 | Taoism | Mazu |
Pingtung County
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Chaolin Temple | 朝林宮 | Chaozhou | 1909 | Taoism | Nezha |
Donglong Temple | 東港東隆宮 | Donggang | 1706 | Taoism | Wenfu Qiansui |
Fu'an Temple | 車城福安宮 | Checheng | 1662 | Taoism | Tudigong |
Jiaruipu Temple | 加蚋埔公廨 | Gaoshu | Unknown | Aboriginal | Ali-zu |
Liou Family Ancestral Hall | 五溝水劉氏宗祠 | Wanluan | 1864 | Ancestral shrine | (none) |
Princess Babao Temple | 八寶公主廟 | Hengchun | 1931 | Taoism | Princess Babao |
Three Mountains King Temple | 九如三山國王廟 | Jiuru | 1651 | Taoism | Sanshan Guowang |
Yang Family Ancestral Hall | 楊氏宗祠 | Jiadong | 1923 | Ancestral shrine | (none) |
Zhong-Sheng-Gong Memorial | 宗聖公祠 | Pingtung | 1929 | Ancestral shrine | (none) |
Eastern Taiwan
[edit]Yilan County
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Kailu Xianfengye Temple | 開路先鋒爺廟 | Su'ao | 1994 | Taoism | Kailu Xianfengye |
Nantian Temple | 南方澳南天宮 | Su'ao | 1956 | Taoism | Mazu |
Hualien County
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Xiangde Temple | 祥德寺 | Xiulin | 1968 | Buddhism | Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva |
Taitung County
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Kunci Temple | 崑慈堂 | Luye | 1958 | Taoism | Xi Wang Mu |
Outlying Islands
[edit]Penghu County
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Beiji Temple | 東甲北極殿 | Magong | Pre-1791 | Taoism | Xuantian Shangdi |
Chenghuang Temple | 媽宮城隍廟 | Magong | 1779 | Taoism | Cheng Huang Ye |
Guanyin Temple | 觀音亭 | Magong | 1696 | Buddhism | Guanyin |
Shigong Temple | 施公祠 | Magong | 1696 | Taoism | Shi Lang |
Shuixian Temple | 澎湖水仙宮 | Magong | 1696 | Taoism | Shuixian Zunwang |
Tianhou Temple | 澎湖天后宮 | Magong | Pre 1604 | Taoism | Mazu |
Kinmen County
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Longfeng Temple | 官澳龍鳳宮 | Jinsha | 1611 | Taoism | Mazu |
Lienchiang County
[edit]Name | Location | Completed | Affiliation | Main Deity | |
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Tianhou Temple | 金板境天后宮 | Nangan | Jiaqing era | Taoism | Mazu |
Tianhou Temple | 東引中柳天后宮 | Dongyin | Jiaqing era | Taoism | Mazu |
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