乾元宮 - Changhua County

Quiet environment

The local faith center, worship the Big Dipper, the Mother of Heaven, the God of Xuantian, and the gods of the heavens!

Qianyuan Palace is the only temple in Lukang that enshrines the statue of Beidou Xingjun (also known as Beidou Tianshen). It has been built for more than 20 years. Recently, the inside and outside of the temple have been painted and partially repaired, and the appearance of the temple has been completely new. Chairman Huang Fuquan said that the new environment would allow Shonai believers to live more comfortably in Beidou Tianshen, who is nicknamed Laotianwang by Shonai believers. Huang Fuquan said that Qianyuan Palace was officially built in the 1978th ​​year of the Republic of China. In addition to the main deity Beidou, it was also dedicated to many deities, including the God of Fude, the God of Xuantian, the Mother of Zhusheng, the Virgin of Heaven, the Marshal of Zhongtan, Qianyuan Palace is the most important religious center in the area of ​​Touzhuang Lane. Although the Qianyuan Palace has only been built for more than 20 years, Huang Fuquan emphasized that the golden body of the main god, Beidou Tianshen, has a history of more than 200 years. Zheng Wenlin, who used to be the master of the palace for a long time, said that according to legend, the golden body of the god was found floating on the sea by a fisherman when he was fishing. The furnace owners take turns to worship. Over the years, Zheng Wenlin pointed out that, according to the stories of the elders of the older generation in the village, the stories that happened more than 100 years ago are the most frequently mentioned. The general situation is that when the village was dry and the residents were complaining, the believers threw their daggers and asked the gods to go out to fetch water and ask for rain. A lot of water came out of the surging, and then the drought was relieved.