Monga Qingshan Temple

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Monga Qingshan Temple was built in the 1850s. Quanzhou immigrants from Hui’an brought an enshrined image of Qingshan Ling’an Zunwang to Monga in hopes of ending an epidemic. As worshippers grew in number, a new temple was built on Fanshu Market Street in 1856 and completed in 1859. Facing north, the temple has three bays, three successive halls, and two side corridors. The front hall has a double-eaved hip-and-gable roof and an octagonal caisson ceiling. A 1938 renovation added granite and dark green stone to the facade; coiling-dragon columns, stone lions, and Koji pottery preserve craftwork from different periods. Ling’an Zunwang is worshipped in the main hall, with other deities in the rear hall. The annual procession on the eve of Qingshan Wang’s birthday, known as the Monga Grand Festival, is one of Taipei’s three major temple fairs. On ordinary days, visitors can study the stone carvings, woodwork, and plaques; during the festival, palanquins and procession groups reveal the temple’s role as Monga’s center of worship. Restored in 2006, it is now a designated municipal historic site.