Penghu Guanyin Temple

23°34′03.7″N 119°33′43.0″E / 23.567694°N 119.561944°E / 23.567694; 119.561944

Guan Yin Ting
觀音亭
The Front of Temple (The Pavilion of Guanyin)
Religion
AffiliationBuddhism
Location
LocationMagong, Penghu, Taiwan
Architecture
FounderXUE, Kui (薛奎)
Completed1696

The Penghu Guanyin Temple (also "Guan-Yin-Ting", Chinese: 觀音亭, meaning "the pavilion of Guanyin") is a Buddhist temple, like other temples which belongs to the Integration of Buddhism and Taoism in Taiwan, Guanyin Temple does not only serve Guanyin (Buddhist God), but also Long-Wang. (龍王 in Chinese, a Taoist God, means the Lord of Sea Dragon.)

This temple was founded in 1696 during the Qing dynasty, the founder is Xue Kui (薛奎), a military officer of Penghu Navy (澎湖水師協).[1] It is located at the noted touristic attraction, close to the beach area. Since 2003, Guan-Yin-Ting would gather thousands of visitors from everywhere for attending the Firework Festival from April to June.[2]

Chronology[3]

AD Era of Rule Local Calendar Description
1696 Qing dynasty Qing Dynasty Kangxi 35th year Founded by XUE, Kuí.
1764 Qing dynasty Qing Dynasty Qianlong 29th year Repair.
1781 Qing dynasty Qing Dynasty Qianlong 46th year Repair.
1805 Qing dynasty Qing Dynasty Jiāqìng 10th year Repair.
1826 Qing dynasty Qing Dynasty Daoguang 6th year Construction of Long-Wang temple.
1875 Qing dynasty Qing Dynasty Guāngxù 1st year Repair.
1885 Qing dynasty Qing Dynasty Guāngxù 11th year Destroyed by Sino-French War.
1886 Qing dynasty Qing Dynasty Guāngxù 12th year Repair.
1891 Qing dynasty Qing Dynasty Guāngxù 17th year Repair.
1927  Empire of Japan Shōwa 2nd year Construction of wayside pavilion. (Present Architecture Style)
1957  Republic of China 46th year of the Republic era Repair.
2003  Republic of China 92nd year of the Republic era Repair began.
2007  Republic of China 96th year of the Republic era Repair finished.

See also

References

  1. ^ 林, 豪 (1983). 《澎湖廳志》. Taipei City: 成文. p. 58.
  2. ^ "澎湖國家風景局". 2018-03-17.
  3. ^ Chen. Kao, Lin, Kuo (2010). 2010澎湖縣文化資產手冊. Penghu County: 澎湖縣文化局. pp. 46–47. ISBN 9789860262797.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guanyinting, Penghu.
Stub icon

This article about a religious building or structure in Taiwan is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.