Sanjiaodu Tiande Temple

Earlier, the illegal building was equipped with wheels to avoid demolition, and later there was a lift to avoid flooding. It is now listed as an installation art by the Taipei City Government. In the early days, it was a small earth public temple hidden in Tiantou Tianwei. Later, the local fishermen took in the statues of the gods that were discarded by Liuhecai fans on the Keelung River and Danshui River, and erected tin huts to worship. However, it was destroyed by the demolition team with strange hands and was replaced by a canvas carport. In order to avoid the inspection of illegal construction in the water drainage area, the temple was designed as a movable tin house to facilitate the believers to carry the temple on their shoulders. After that, wheels were installed on the four corners of the temple body, and when the Works Bureau came to remove it, believers could push the idols into a large truck and escape. Around 2005, the old fishermen used the old-age pension to raise funds and cooperated with artists to transform the temple into a place that could be raised and lowered to avoid flooding, and it became a local landmark. Normally, it should be maintained regularly and tested at any time to facilitate the smooth rise and fall of the flood~

Temples that rise and fall

Very powerful temple, the only temple in Taiwan that can be raised and lowered.

The temples that can be lifted and lowered are flood-proof, and there are many statues in the temple. The believers who have signed the six-color lottery in the early days abandoned the river water, drifting to this place, and the nearby people picked up and placed their offerings, thus forming this state.

This temple, located at the Sanjiaodu Wharf on the Keelung River, was originally a small land temple hidden in the head and tail of the field[1]. This area belongs to Fuhuali, Shilin District [2]. Later, local fishermen catching red worms took in the idols discarded by Mark Six fans in Keelung River and Danshui River, and built iron houses to worship them. However, it was destroyed by the demolition team with strange hands, so it was accommodated in a canvas carport. In order to avoid illegal construction inspections in the Xingshui area, the temple is designed as a movable iron house, which is convenient for believers to carry the temple on their shoulders. Afterwards, the four corners of the temple were also equipped with wheels, and when the Public Works Bureau came to dismantle them, believers could push the statue onto a large truck to escape. [1][3][4][5][6] Around 2005, the old fishermen raised funds with the pension of the elderly, and cooperated with artists to renovate the temple so that it can be lifted and lowered to avoid flooding, and it has also become a local landmark [6]. The new temple body has raised more than NT$2 million to build and is equipped with a lift. Whenever there is a typhoon warning on land or a heavy rain special report, the temple will turn on the motor after burning a stick of incense, so that the 18-ton new temple will slowly rise along the 7-meter-high stainless steel pillars around the temple to avoid flooding . Wikipedia

?Tui Kung Temple, located next to Sanjiaodu Pier, is equipped with lifting equipment. If heavy rain or typhoon comes, it can be raised along the stainless steel pillars around the temple to avoid flooding. It is a really cool and practical design.