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Explore interesting sights in Tainan, Taiwan. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 85 sights are available in Tainan, Taiwan.

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1. 太子宮

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Xinying Taigong is located in Taibeili, Xinying District, Tainan City, Taiwan, which is a Taoist temple dedicated to the three princes of Jinzha, Muzha and Nezha, and is also the largest temple in Xinying District, which was built in the 27th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1688 AD). The temple has a long history, and the prince Nezha of many temples in Taiwan has come out of the spirit for this place. Every year on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the Chung Yeung Festival, the marshal of the altar, Prince Nezha, the Christmas thousand autumns, the palaces and temples from all over the country return to the ancestors for pilgrimage, and the pilgrims are endless. In particular, the old temple buildings have an ancient style, cutting and sticking literature and art are quite valuable, in 1999 A.D. was approved by the former Tainan Municipal Government, as a county-designated historic site, and is now a city-designated historic site in Tainan City, and in the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the Marshal of the Altar Prince Christmas birthday incense tide is not only a Tainan City-designated folk cultural activity, but also one of the grandest religious celebrations in Taiwan.

Wikipedia: 新營太子宮 (ZH)

2. 格致堂

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The original Tainan Higher Technical School is located in the Chenggong Campus of National Cheng Kung University in the East District of Tainan City, Taiwan, and the full name of the school was "Tainan Higher Industrial School of the Governor-General's Mansion of Taiwan" at the beginning of its establishment, which was the predecessor of National Cheng Kung University and one of the three specialized schools directly under the Governor-General's Office of Taiwan during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. On November 19, 1999, the original Japanese occupation period, the "Main Building" (now the Chengcheng University Museum), the "Lecture Hall" (now the Chengcheng University Gezhi Hall), the "Physical and Chemical Laboratory" and the "Library Class" (now the Department of Physics of the University) were announced as the municipal monuments of Tainan City, in addition to the three departments on the east side of the Chenggong Campus are also the school buildings of the Japanese Occupation period, and the first half of the building was changed from one floor to two floors after World War II.

Wikipedia: 原臺南高等工業學校校舍 (ZH)

3. 南科新港堂

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Nanke Yuzhi Xingang Hall, a Taiwanese folk belief temple, is located in the southern science park of the new urban area of Tainan City, Taiwan. The temple was completed in 2006, due to the need to develop the original temple deity demolition and relocation of the Southern Science and Technology Park, funded by the Southern Science and Industrial Park Administration, entrusted to the then Tainan County Xinshi Township Office to build and manage, belongs to the public temple. On the first floor, there is the Local Culture Center of the Xingang Society, which was originally located in the Dutch era as the former site of the Xingang Society's Hong Kong West Library. The temple is built in order to worship the thirteen temples in the park in the past, the main god is the town Hong Kong handsome, and except for a few gods carved with statues, most of them are worshiped in the form of tokens or gods, which is one of the characteristics of the temple, in addition to the temple also enshrines the King of the Earth Bodhisattva.

Wikipedia: 南科新港堂 (ZH)

4. 夕遊出張所

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The Anping Branch of the Tainan Branch of the Monopoly Bureau of the former Taiwan Governor's Office is located in Anping District, Tainan City, and was announced by the Tainan City Government as a municipal monument on May 13, 2003, the 92nd year of the Republic of China (2003). The building was one of the four branches under the Salt Affairs Division of the Tainan Regional Monopoly Bureau during the Japanese Occupation of Taiwan, which was responsible for managing the storage, sales, inspection, and other related affairs of the salt. Originally, during the Japanese occupation, there was a coal dump in the east, the office and boiling salt factory of the Taiwan Salt Co., Ltd. in the west, a salt isolation laboratory and a pilot plant in the north, and a test salt pan in the south. In addition, during the Japanese period, there were 16 salt offices (Japanese: ) in Taiwan, and this building is one of the only remaining salt offices.

Wikipedia: 原臺灣總督府專賣局臺南支局安平分室 (ZH)

5. 開基靈祐宮

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Kaiji Lingyu Palace, located in the central and western districts of Tainan City, Taiwan, is a historic site directly under the central government of the Republic of China, the temple is dedicated to the Arctic Xuantian God, because the temple was built at the earliest, so it is crowned with the word "Kaiji". Scholar Chen Zaizheng believes that the temple was built at least around the 19th year of the Yongli calendar of the Ming Dynasty (1665), and earlier than the Eagle Ridge North Pole Temple. In addition, the temple was built by the military and the civilian community in the past, and the rebuilding was also funded by officials, which scholars Shi Wanshou believed showed that the temple had a semi-official nature, while Zhang Xinan and Huang Minghan believed that the temple was an official temple with the North Pole Hall (Great God Temple).

Wikipedia: 開基靈祐宮 (ZH)

6. Tiantan Temple

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Taiwan's first temple Temple of Heaven, located in the central and western districts of Tainan City, Taiwan, is a Taoist temple dedicated to the Jade Emperor God. It is also known as the Temple of Heaven in Tainan, and is commonly known as the New Tiangong Temple. The place was originally the altar of the Zheng Dynasty to worship the heavens, and in the fourth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1854), the temple was built on the original site. In 1985, it was designated as a Grade III historic site by the government of the Republic of China. In 1997, after the amendment of the Law on the Preservation of Cultural Assets, the three-level grading system was abolished, and it has been changed to a municipality designated as a historic site. Now it is the two major Tiangong temples in Tainan City with the Kaiji Jade Palace.

Wikipedia: 臺灣首廟天壇 (ZH), Website, Facebook

7. 街役場古蹟餐坊

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Former Xinhua Street Sports Farm is located in Xinhua District, Tainan City, Taiwan. The building was a public office in Xinhua Street during the Japanese rule, and after the war, it became idle until the new building was completed in 1996. Later, the building was facing demolition because of the construction of an underground parking lot in the area. Finally, it was decided to move the Xinhua Street running field to the nearby Qingguo market parking lot during the construction period. After completion, it was moved back to the original site. The Xinhua Street Battlefield was selected as fourth in the 2001 historical building Baijing recruitment activities, and later announced on November 18, 2002 as historical buildings. The building is currently used as a restaurant, and next door is Yang Yan Literature Memorial.

Wikipedia: 原新化街役場 (ZH)

8. 南鯤鯓代天府

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Nan Kun Dai Tianfu is a Wang Ye Temple located in Beimen District, Tainan City, Taiwan, known as the Taiwan Wang Ye Temple because of the many spirits, the main worship of the "Dai Tian Xun Hunting" Li, Chi, Wu, Zhu, Fan Fu Chitose Five Mansions Chitose (also known as Kun King). The temple site is located in the northwest of Tainan City, located in the Tiger Peak of Qilang Mountain, commonly known as the Nan Kun Wang Ye Temple (referred to as the Nan Kun Temple, South Temple), the Five Kings Palace of the Nan Kun Yu, and together with Quy Nhon Bao Xi Dynasty Tianfu and Jiali Jintang Palace, it is known as the "Three Great Generations of Tianfu in Nanying Ancient Times". It is not only the largest temple in Taiwan and the oldest temple in Taiwan, but also the largest temple in Beimen District and Tainan City.

Wikipedia: 南鯤鯓代天府 (ZH), Website

9. 大士殿

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The Chihkan Tower Tuas Hall is a temple located in the Central and Western Districts of Tainan City, Taiwan, located on the west side of the Chihkan Tower, and is mainly dedicated to Guanyin Bodhisattva. According to legend, it was founded in the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty and was the first Chinese-style building on the ruins of Puluo Minsha City. Later, due to various factors such as the change of dynasty, the Tuas Hall went through three constructions and two demolitions, and after the second demolition during the Japanese occupation, it was not until the 63rd year of the Republic of China (1974) that it began to be rebuilt at the current site, and the 65th year of the Republic of China (1976) was completed to receive the statue of the god of worship, and the seat has been enshrined until now.

Wikipedia: 赤崁樓大士殿 (ZH)

10. 安平靈濟殿

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Anping Lingji Hall is located in Anping District, Tainan City, Taiwan, and is the Jiaotou Temple (Realm Main Temple) of the Aberdeen Tail Society. The temple was originally called Xianshi Palace, because it was enshrined with the Emperor Baosheng and the Xuantian God, and it was taken from the "Ling" character of the "General System An' Ling" King Wu Fu and the "Ci 'Ji' Palace" of the Baosheng Emperor and the "North Pole 'Temple'" of the Xuantian God to synthesize the name of the temple today. There are Wang Chuan Tongen and Xue Jinhai in the temple, which belong to the lord of Wufu Engong and the three emperors of Xue, Zhou and Zeng respectively. In addition, the raft of the "Xue Jinhai" is made of thatch, which is different from ordinary royal ships.

Wikipedia: 安平靈濟殿 (ZH)

11. 二王廟

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Erwang Temple is located in Yongkang District, Tainan City, Taiwan, the main worship of the second prince of Zheng Mansion, at present, it is believed that the deity is Zheng Jing, and it is the only temple in Taiwan that worships Zheng Jing. The name of its temple is sometimes crowned with the name of the place where it is located, and it is called Yongkang Erwang Temple, Wangliao Erwang Temple, Jianei Erwang Temple and so on. The temple was originally on the "Erwanglun", in the middle of the Qing Dynasty was the main temple of Yongkang Shangzhongli, but as each village built its own temple or abandoned the village, it became a simple village temple, and moved to the current site after the Second World War.

Wikipedia: 二王廟 (臺灣) (ZH)

12. 奎樓書院

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Kuilou Academy is located in the Central and Western District of Tainan City, Taiwan, and its predecessor is "Kui Xing Tang" and "Zhong She Academy", which is listed as one of the four major academies in Fucheng along with Chongwen, Haidong and Penghu. Although it is called a seowon, it is a place where scholars regularly meet to discuss the history of books and study poetry, which is different from other seowon as a place for teaching and lecturing. In addition, it is also said that Kuilou College is a place for candidates to read their books when the college examinations are held, and these scholars may gather to discuss the examination questions and even current political affairs.

Wikipedia: 奎樓書院 (ZH)

13. 新化武德殿

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Xinhua Wude Hall is located in Xinhua District, Tainan City, Taiwan, and was announced as a historical building on June 5, 2006, the 95th year of the Republic of China. The Hincwa Martial Arts Hall was originally a place where kendo and judo were promoted, but after World War II, it was used as a residence for the veterans, and a fire brigade was built at the entrance. Originally, Xinhua Town Public Office planned to demolish this building, but then changed its plan to report it as a historical building, and at the end of May 2005, after the Veterans moved out, the Wude Hall was reclaimed, and the renovation was completed after being damaged by Typhoon Morakot on August 8, 2009.

Wikipedia: 新化武德殿 (ZH)

14. 龍山寺

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Tainan Longshan Temple is located in the East District of Tainan City, Taiwan, and is one of the seven temples and eight temples in Fucheng, Taiwan. The temple and several other temples named after Longshan Temple in Taiwan - Tamsui Longshan Temple, Lukang Longshan Temple, Tainan Longshan Temple, Fengshan Longshan Temple, are all from Quan'an Longshan Temple in Jinjiang County, Quanzhou Prefecture, and the temple was officially built outside the east gate of Taiwan's capital city during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. During the Showa period of the Japanese occupation, the road was demolished due to the widening of the road, and it was rebuilt on the current site.

Wikipedia: 臺南龍山寺 (ZH)

15. 金唐殿

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Jiali Golden Tang Temple is officially called the Emperor Yusheng Emperor Jin Tang Temple. It is located in Jiali District, Tainan City, Taiwan. Xiao Yan San Master and San Master. As one of the ancestral temples of Xiao Yi's San Master, he is one of the representatives of the princes of the master who prevailed in Taiwan. The temple is also the center of faith in Jiary's settlement, economy, and Xiaoxian area. It is famous for retaining the complete cut -cut sticky artisan He Jin Longzhen. The Golden Tang Temple ranked one of the hundred scenic spots in Nanxun, and was known as the three generations of Tianfu with Gui Renbao's west of Tianfu and the north gate.

Wikipedia: 佳里金唐殿 (ZH)

16. 小禮堂

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The original Tainan State No. 2 Middle School building and lecture hall is located in the eastern district of Tainan City, and was announced as a municipal monument in Tainan City on November 19, the 88th year of the Republic of China (1999). The school was originally a school site for Zhuyuan Elementary School, but the school was later moved to a new school building in Hanazono Town, and the school building was transferred to Tainan State No. 2 Middle School, which originally only borrowed part of the school building, and the school building was renovated. At present, the school building belongs to the National Tainan No. 1 Senior High School.

Wikipedia: 原臺南州立第二中學校校舍本館暨講堂 (ZH)

17. 火山碧雲寺

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Volcano Biyun Temple, formerly known as Volcano Temple, originated from Volcano Daxian Temple, also known as Baihe Biyun Temple, Guanziling Biyun Temple, referred to as Biyun Temple, commonly known as Xinji, Buddhist Linji Buddhist Temple, located in Guanziling, Baihe District, Tainan City, Taiwan, is a historic site directly under the Central Government of Taiwan, and the Daxian Temple, commonly known as the old self, is called Guanling Yunji of the Eight Great Views of Nanying, about five kilometers away from Daxian Temple, about one kilometer with the same source of water and fire. It has a close relationship with Bixuan Temple in Dongshan.

Wikipedia: 火山碧雲寺 (ZH)

18. 土城正統鹿耳門聖母廟

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土城正統鹿耳門聖母廟

The Orthodox Luermen Temple is located in Tucheng, Annan District, Tainan City, Taiwan, and is a temple dedicated to the Virgin of Heaven. Our Lady Temple is a local Gong Temple (Great Temple) and one of the largest Mazu temples in Taiwan. Because of its majestic and gorgeous architecture, it also has the reputation of the Forbidden City in Taiwan. On January 28, 2013, the temple's important large-scale religious event "Tucheng Tsai Incense" was announced as the "Folk Customs and Related Cultural Relics of the Municipality Directly under the Central Government" in Tainan City, and it was the latest of the five major incense sticks in Nanying.

Wikipedia: 正統鹿耳門聖母廟 (ZH)

19. Meteorology Exhibition Hall

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The original Tainan Weather Station, located in the Central and Western District of Tainan City, was built in 1898 and was one of the first batch of weather stations established in the early days of the Japanese occupation, and it is also the oldest existing meteorological building in Taiwan. In the center of the building, there is a cylindrical wind tower about 12 meters high, surrounded by a lower one-story 18-sided office space, located at the highest point of the former Tainan Prefecture, formerly known as "Eagle Ridge Terrace", because of the white tower in the middle of the building, the old Tainan people called it pepper pipe.

Wikipedia: 原台南測候所 (ZH)

20. 武當山上帝廟

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Wudang Mountain God Temple is located in Wudongli, Quy Nhon District, Tainan City, Taiwan, the main worship of Xuantian God, also known as Wudang Mountain Temple, in the past it was a big temple enshrined by 13 villages in Jiaodai Wai, and the current jurisdiction is about Datan and Wudong Erli in Quy Nhon. The history of the temple claims that the temple was built in the 18th year of the Ming Dynasty (1505) and is the earliest Xuantian God Temple in Taiwan, but some people believe that there are not many Han people who came to Taiwan in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and most of them are active along the coast, which is debatable.

Wikipedia: 武當山上帝廟 (ZH)

21. 火山大仙寺

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Daxin Temple, commonly known as the volcanic Da Xiangyu Temple, the Bai Xiang Temple, the Daxian Temple of Guanjian Lin, the Daxian Temple of Guanzhen, commonly known as the old rock, is located in Taiwan, is a monument of the municipality directly under the Central Government of Taiwan, Zen Ganji Buddhist Temple, and is commonly known as Shinyun's volcanic Biyun Temple, the "Guanling Yunyu Yun Rock" of the eight scenery of Nanyuan. It was also said that the Grand Xiangyu temple was located on the "cactus throwing nets" spirit, while the Biyun Temple was located on the "half-wall chandelier fire" spirit cave.

Wikipedia: 大仙寺 (ZH)

22. 原南門尋常小學校舍

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The original Nanmen Ordinary Elementary School Building is located in the Central and Western District of Tainan City, Nanmen Town during the Japanese Occupation, and was announced as a historical building in Tainan City on July 16, 2001, the 90th year of the Republic of China. During the Japanese occupation period in Taiwan, the building was the "South Gate Ordinary Elementary School" (Tainan Second Ordinary Elementary School, South Gate National School), and after World War II, it was once used as the Tainan City Government, and is now the school building of Tainan City Jianxing National High School.

Wikipedia: 原南門尋常小學校舍 (ZH)

23. 海埔池王府

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Haipu Chiwangfu (Taiwanese:) is Haipu (also known as Wang Yepu) in Haipu, Madou District, Tainan City, the main worship of Chifu Chitose is mainly based on the Chifu Chitose, and the other is dedicated to Longbian as the Zhusheng Niangniang, the moon husband, the Holy Master of Hubian, the Emperor Wenchang, the Fuzheng God of the right wing room and the Marshal Tiandu of the left wing, according to the history of the temple, the worship age of the Chi King has a history of more than 300 years. At present, the temple body is the 77th year of the Republic of China (1988) into the fire and installed it.

Wikipedia: 海埔池王府 (ZH)

24. 鎮安堂飛虎將軍廟

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General Flying Tiger Temple, full name Zhen'an Hall General Flying Tiger Temple, is located in the folk belief temple of Haiwei Liao, Annan District, Tainan City, Taiwan, which is dedicated to the old Japanese Navy pilot Second Lieutenant Sugiura Shigemine, and is a rare temple dedicated to Japanese soldiers as gods. In addition to providing daily folk beliefs for the people, the temple also served as a bridge for exchanges between Taiwan and Japan, and local people from Mito City, where the Sugiura clan was born, and Naka City, where the Sugiura clan was born, visited Tainan for exchanges.

Wikipedia: 飛虎將軍廟 (ZH)

25. 武德殿

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The original Tainan Wude Hall, the full name of the Tainan Branch of the Great Japan Martial Arts Association, is the Great Japan Martial Arts Association during the Japanese occupation period to promote the martial arts built by the Martial Arts Association, located in the Central and Western District of Tainan City, for the Tainan City Monument, is now the auditorium of the Zhongyi National Primary School in the Central and Western District of Tainan City. The original Tainan Wude Hall is the largest of the existing Wude Hall in Taiwan and has a higher design and construction quality.

Wikipedia: 原臺南武德殿 (ZH)

26. Starbucks

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The former Tainan Branch of the Monopoly Bureau of the Taiwan Governor's Office is a municipal monument of Tainan City, and it was once the Tainan Branch of the Monopoly Bureau of the Taiwan Governor's Office, responsible for the monopoly business of tobacco, wine, salt and so on. This building was announced as a municipal monument in Tainan City on May 13, 92 years of the Republic of China (2003), with the original name of "Tainan Exit Office of the Monopoly Bureau of the Governor's Office of Taiwan" as the registered name, and is now the Tainan Cultural and Creative Industry Park.

Wikipedia: 原臺灣總督府專賣局臺南支局臺南出張所 (ZH)

27. 保安宮

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Si'an Jing Nanchang Dai Tianfu Security Palace is located in the central and western districts of Tainan City, Taiwan, the main worship of the five mansions Chitose, the temple also enshrines a stone stele called the White Lotus Virgin. The temple is commonly known as the "Royal Palace", and hence the place names such as "Wang Gong Kou" (in front of the Bao An Palace), "Wang Gong Miaohou" (after the Bao An Palace), and "Wang Gong East" (on the east side of the Bao An Palace). The road in front of the temple is called "Baoan Road", which is also taken from the name of the temple.

Wikipedia: 南廠保安宮 (ZH)

28. 三甲三爺宮

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Located in Rende District, Tainan City, Taiwan, Sanjia Sanye Palace is the Wangye Temple dedicated to the three old masters (Zhufu Chitose, Chifu Chitose, and Li FuChitose), and it is also the faith center of the Rende Sanjia area. In addition to Sanjia (Sanjia Tsai), the jurisdiction of the temple also includes Sanye Palace, Shisanjia, Cheluqian (part), Pukou, Honghuayuanzai, Guizidi and other settlements. In the temple, there are two ancient plaques of "Fu Hui Qunli" in the fourth year of Jiaqing (1799) and "Forbidden Fang Jishi" in the tenth year of Showa (1935).

Wikipedia: 三甲三爺宮 (ZH)

29. Fort Provintia

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Fort Provintia or Providentia, also known as Chihkan Tower, was a Dutch outpost on Formosa at a site now located in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan. It was built in 1653 during the Dutch colonization of Taiwan. The Dutch, intending to strengthen their standing, sited the fort at Sakam, about 2 miles (3.2 km) due east from modern-day Anping. During the Siege of Fort Zeelandia (1662), the fort was surrendered to Koxinga, but was later destroyed by a rebellion and earthquakes in the 18th century. It was rebuilt afterwards in the 19th century under Qing rule.

Wikipedia: Fort Provintia (EN)

30. Dongyue Temple

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Tainan Eight Associations, commonly known as Yue Emperor Temple, is located in Tainan City, Taiwan, the East Yue Temple, the main worship of the Dongyue Rensheng Emperor, founded in the Ming and Zheng periods, by Zheng Jing in the Ming Dynasty Zheng Yongli 27 years (1673) formally built, for the earliest worship of the Dongyue Emperor in Taiwan, but also for the former Taiwan Fucheng Seven Temples and Eight Temples, Fucheng Eight Xiejing Temples one of the temples. On November 27, 1985, it was designated as a municipal monument in Tainan City.

Wikipedia: 臺南東嶽殿 (ZH)

31. 天池壇

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Nanchang Tianchi Altar is located in the central and western districts of Tainan City, Taiwan, and is a temple dedicated to the Tianfu Wangye (Tianwangye). The temple was originally a private temple, and later became the Jiaotou Temple (Nantoujiao) under the Nanchang Security Palace. In the past, with the temple as the center, there was a "Tianchi" named after the Tianchi Altar in the area enclosed by Hai'an Road, Dayong Street, Kangle Street, and Baoan Road, and later merged with Xin'anli and Zhongtouli (1 to 3 neighbors) to form "Guxili".

Wikipedia: 南廠天池壇 (ZH)

32. 洲仔尾保寧宮

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Zhou Tsaiwei Baoning Palace is located in Zhou Tsaiwei, Yongkang District, Tainan City, Taiwan, and is dedicated to Emperor Baosheng. The Baosheng Emperor in the temple has the Great Emperor, the Second Emperor, and the Three Great Emperors, among which the legend of the Second Emperor is the most. On May 20, 2009, the two emperors were golden-faced, and on May 20, 2009, they held an incense ceremony with the "red-faced emperor" of the Anding Baoan Palace and the "black-faced emperor" of the Xuejia Tzu Chi Palace at the Anding Baoan Palace.

Wikipedia: 洲仔尾保寧宮 (ZH)

33. 南洲開靈宮

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Nanzhou Kailing Palace is located in Shanshang District, Tainan City, Taiwan, also known as Nanshizhou Kailing Palace, which is dedicated to King Shudezun (Shuwang Gong), that is, Yulan pine (Abole) behind the temple. The temple belongs to the temple of the tree god faith, and may be the only temple in Tainan with Abola as the god, but the history of the temple plaque believes that the original name of King Shudezun was Du Guanming, who was a minister of Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty, and was martyred under the tree because of Wang Mang.

Wikipedia: 南洲開靈宮 (ZH)

34. 五十三將軍廟

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The Temple of the 53rd General is located in Yanshui District, Tainan City, Taiwan, formerly known as the Martyrs' Shrine of the 53rd General, and is dedicated to Marshal Zhang Da (Zhang Rongsen). The temple was originally a Yin temple in the nature of Yinggong Temple, dedicated to the 53 officers and soldiers who died in the Zhang Bing incident in the 12th year of Daoguang (1832), in 1999 because the gods instructed to carve the golden body, the temple was transformed into a Yang Temple similar to the Jiaotou Temple.

Wikipedia: 五十三將軍廟 (ZH)

35. Former Tainan District Court

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The former Tainan District Court, a former office building located in the Central and Western District of Tainan City, Taiwan, was used as the second-generation office building of the Tainan City District Court in the past, and the building bears witness to the important judicial history of Taiwan. Because of the cultural value of Taiwan's oldest existing large-scale courthouse building, the building has been designated as a national monument directly under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China.

Wikipedia: 原臺南地方法院 (ZH)

36. Old Tainan Minister's Official Residence

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The former Tainan Office Director's Residence is located in the East District of Tainan City, which is a city-designated historic site and was once used as the dormitory of the Tainan Director and the Minister of the Interior. Later, it was abandoned for a long time, and it has now been restored. Open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9:00-17:00 from May 107. The former South No. 1 Middle School teacher's dormitory at the rear is planned as a park to provide art, culture, and performance space.

Wikipedia: 原臺南廳長官邸 (ZH)

37. 原新化尋常小學校御真影奉安殿

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The original new normal elementary school Yuzhen Shadow Anhall is located in the Xinhua District of Tainan, Taiwan, and was announced as a historic building on April 8, 1993 (2004) of the Republic of China. The building is one of the only three remaining Taiwanese houses, originally located on the campus of Xinhua China (North College), but has been relocated to the present site because of the construction of the new exhibition hall, the original new normal primary school building was demolished.

Wikipedia: 原新化尋常小學校御真影奉安殿 (ZH)

38. 開山宮

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Liuxingjing New Street Kaiji Kaishan Palace is located in the central and western districts of Tainan City, Taiwan, which is dedicated to the Emperor Baosheng, and also enshrines Chen Ling, the tiger ben Zhonglang general sent by Emperor Yang of Sui to beg. The predecessor of Kaishan Palace is said to be the general's shrine dedicated to Chen Ling. In addition, some scholars Lin Hengdao, Yang Yunping and others believe that Kaishan Palace may be the first temple of Baosheng the Great in Taiwan.

Wikipedia: 開基開山宮 (ZH)

39. 許丑埤寮伽藍廟

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Xu Choupi Liao Jialan Temple is located in Xinying District, Tainan City, Taiwan, and is the Zhuang Temple of the two settlements of "Xu Chou" and "Piliao". The temple was originally called Dian An Palace (or Dian An Hall), and the gods were originally privately worshipped, and later the temple was built for the public to worship. In addition to enshrined King Garanzun, Xuantian God, and Chifu Chitose, there is also an enshrinement to Xu Chougong, who donated the temple land at the beginning.

Wikipedia: 許丑埤寮伽藍廟 (ZH)

40. 大甲慈濟宮

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Dajia Tzu Chi Palace is located in Dajiali, Rende District, Tainan City, Taiwan, and is the oldest temple in Dajia area. There are three statues of the temple Baosheng Emperor, which are called the Old Emperor, the Second Emperor, and the Three Great Emperors, among which the Old Emperor is said to be the Tzu Chi Palace in Yuemei Pond in Kaohsiung Lake. In addition to the traditional theme works, there are also Chen Qiushan's paintings with the theme of characters in the Republic of China.

Wikipedia: 大甲慈濟宮 (ZH)

41. Forest of Steles at Great South Gate

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Located in the Central and Western District of Tainan City, Taiwan, the Stele Forest in South Gate Park is commonly known as the "Big Stele Forest" (the "Small Stele Forest" is in the Red Embedded Building), which is one of the Ten Scenic Spots of Tainan City's Historic Buildings and one of the Hundred Scenic Spots of Taiwan's Historic Buildings. Among them, stone tablets such as "Monument to the Reconstruction of Taiwan's Fucheng" have been announced as cultural assets of antiquities.

Wikipedia: 南門公園碑林 (ZH)

42. 仁壽宮

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Quy Nhon Renshou Palace is located in Quy Nhon District, Tainan City, Taiwan, and is dedicated to Emperor Baosheng. Renshou Palace is known as the "Great Temple of Quy Nhon" and is the temple of Quy Nhon North in the past. The temple, together with the Baoxi Dynasty Tianfu and the Guanmiao Shanxi Palace, is known as the "Three Great Temples in the Eastern Suburbs of Fucheng" (the three major temples outside the East Gate), and has the custom of taking turns to do Jiao for 12 years.

Wikipedia: 歸仁仁壽宮 (ZH)

43. 岡林教會

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岡林教會

Taiwan Presbyterian Church Ganglin Church is located in Zuozhen District, Tainan City, Taiwan, the church was established between 1867 and 1871, and was built under the influence of Ma James when he came to Taiwan to preach. In 2014, due to the old building, Pastor Liu Zhemin and his wife launched a fundraiser to raise more than 40 million yuan to rebuild the five-storey brown chapel, and the gate was inscribed in vernacular characters formerly known as Gangzilin Church.

Wikipedia: 岡林教會 (ZH)

44. 開基天后宮

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Kaiji Tianhou Ancestral Temple, also known as Kaiji Tianhou Temple, is located in the North District of Tainan City, Taiwan, and is a temple dedicated to Mazu. The temple is the earliest Mazu temple on the island of Taiwan, so it is named "Kaiji". Its alias "Little Mazu Temple" is the opposite of the ceremonial Da Tianhou Temple, which is commonly known as "Big Mazu Temple", and because it is located in "Shui Tsai Mei", it is also called Shui Tsai Mei Mazu Temple.

Wikipedia: 開基天后宮 (ZH)

45. Fort Zeelandia

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Fort Zeelandia was a fortress built over ten years from 1624 to 1634 by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), in the town of Anping on Formosa, the former name of central island of Taiwan, during their 38-year rule over the western part of the island. The site had been renamed several times as Fort Orange, Fort Anping, and Taiwan City ; the current name of the site in Chinese is Chinese: 安平古堡; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: An-pêng Kó͘-pó; lit. 'Anping Old Fort'.

Wikipedia: Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan) (EN)

46. National Museum of Taiwan Literature

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The National Museum of Taiwan Literature is a museum under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of China (Taiwan), located in Tainan, Republic of China (Taiwan). The museum researches, catalogs, preserves, and exhibits literary artifacts, and is also the first national literature museum in Taiwan. As part of its multilingual, multi-ethnic focus, it holds a large collection of local works in Taiwanese, Japanese, Mandarin and Classical Chinese.

Wikipedia: National Museum of Taiwan Literature (EN)

47. 重慶寺

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Chongqing Temple, located in the Central and Western District of Tainan City, Taiwan, was declared a historical building on April 26, 2007, the 96th year of the Republic of China. It is one of the seven temples and eight temples in Fucheng, Taiwan, which originally belonged to the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism, but now it has become a branch of the Kagyu sect of Tibetan tantric Buddhism (Baijiao), and worships the gods of Taiwanese folk beliefs.

Wikipedia: 重慶寺 (ZH)

48. Wu's Garden

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Tainan Wu Garden, known at the time of its creation as "Purple Spring Garden (紫春園)," is located in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan. Built by Wu Shangxin (吳尚新), the garden is known as one of the Four Great Gardens of Taiwan (台灣四大名園), along with Lin Family Mansion and Garden in Wufeng (霧峰萊園), Beiguo Garden in Hsinchu (新竹北郭園), and Lin Family Mansion and Garden in Banqiao (板橋林本源園邸),.

Wikipedia: Tainan Wu Garden (EN)

49. 原龍崎庄長官舍

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Yuan Longzaki Chuan, the former official, is a wooden -style Japanese dormitory in Longzaki District, Tainan City. According to the data, it was built in the Showa 19 (1944). It is said that the two Japanese leaders have lived in Two Japanese Tramoma. After World War II, Xu Yan, the head of the first official township of Longzaki Township, also lived here for 12 years. In 2016, it was recorded into historical buildings in Tainan City.

Wikipedia: 原龍崎庄長官舍 (ZH)

50. 德商東興洋行

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Located in Anping District, Tainan City, the original name of "Julius Mannich & CO.", the original German merchant Dongxing Foreign Company is one of the five foreign companies in Anping. Now the building is the Anping Foreign Trade Memorial Hall, which shows the history of Anping Port's foreign trade in the past, as well as some things related to Germany. In the vestibule of the building, there is an open-air restaurant.

Wikipedia: 原德商東興洋行 (ZH)

51. 全臺首邑縣城隍廟

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The Chenghuang Temple in the capital of Taiwan was set up in the Qing Dynasty in Taiwan to correspond to the official Chenghuang Temple in Taiwan County, which was called "Taiwan County Chenghuang Temple" at that time, and was located in the North District of Tainan City. Although its history dates back to the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, the current temple building was rebuilt in January 1980 after the war.

Wikipedia: 全臺首邑縣城隍廟 (ZH)

52. 臺灣府城城垣小東門段殘蹟

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The remnants of the city wall of the city of Taiwan refer to the city of Taiwan, which was established in 1788, and only some remnants are left in today's Tainan City, Taiwan. At the end of December 2020, together with the Dui Yue Gate, the Great South Gate, the Great East Gate and the Xunfang Fort, they were upgraded to national monuments through cultural review, and an announcement will be made in the future.

Wikipedia: 臺灣府城城垣殘蹟 (ZH)

53. 童子軍廟

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The Tongzi Army Temple is located in Guiren District, Tainan City, Taiwan. The "Scouts" (Boy "(Big Tongzijun), the main worship, has a competing story with the nearby Wudang Mountain God Temple Xuantian God. The temple was originally a small temple. Later, it was rebuilt due to the instructions of the God of God, and the words "Taoism Blast" were also subject to the meaning of moving Taoism with each other.

Wikipedia: 童子軍廟 (ZH)

54. 安平觀音亭

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Anping Guanyin Pavilion is located in Anping District, Tainan City, Taiwan, is one of the four major public temples in Anping, the main worship of Guanyin Bodhisattva, from the Anping fishermen from the original hometown of China to divide the spirit, but there is also a saying that Anping residents in the Ming Dynasty Wanli 18 years (1590) built thatched huts to worship the Guanyin statue brought by them.

Wikipedia: 安平觀音亭 (ZH)

55. 善化慶安宮

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Shanhua Qing'an Palace is located in Shanhua District, Tainan City, Taiwan, and is a temple dedicated to the Virgin Mary (Mazu) in Heaven. On April 2, 1997, it was announced as a third-class historic site, and later changed to "county-designated historic site" and "municipality-designated historic site" due to the revision of the Cultural Resources Law and the adjustment of administrative divisions.

Wikipedia: 善化慶安宮 (ZH)

56. 萬皇宮

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The Xishu Wan Palace is located in the southern district of Tainan City, Taiwan, and is an important temple in the Xishu area. The temple was founded in the four years of the Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1739). The worship of the main god was Chitose, Zhu, Zhu, and Li Sanfu. At present, the temple appearance is the appearance of reconstruction around the 68th (1979) of the Republic of China.

Wikipedia: 喜樹萬皇宮 (ZH)

57. 安平城隍廟

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Anping City God Temple is located in Anping District, Tainan City, Taiwan, which used to be the temple of the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division, and is now the four major public temples in Anping with Anping Guanyin Pavilion, Anping Tianhou Temple and Anping Public Temple. Its history dates back to the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, but the current building was rebuilt in 1989.

Wikipedia: 安平城隍廟 (ZH)

58. 慶隆廟

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Kaiji Qinglong Temple is located in the eastern district of Tainan City, Taiwan, the main worship of Xie Fu Marshal Xie Yongchang, the left auxiliary Ji Yuan Xiaozao Marshal, the right auxiliary General Zhao Sheng, there is a tomb behind the temple to bury a large number of bones found in the Tainan Municipal Junior Girls' High School (now Tainan Municipal Zhongshan National High School).

Wikipedia: 慶隆廟 (ZH)

59. 開農宮

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Kainong Palace is located in Rende District, Tainan City, Taiwan, and is a temple dedicated to Shennong the Great, formerly known as "Kaitian Palace". There are two non-cremated king ships in the temple, the Yandi and the Yaowang. The area under the jurisdiction of the temple includes settlements such as Tsutasongjiao, Tiancuo, Shanglun Tsai, Au Tsai, Yang Tsai Xia, Balin, and Gangqiang.

Wikipedia: 蔦松腳開農宮 (ZH)

60. Kaiji Guangong Temple

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Guandi Port Kaijiwu Temple, commonly known as Little Guandi Temple, is located in the Central and Western District of Tainan City, Taiwan, and is a temple dedicated to the Holy Emperor Wenheng (Guan Yu). The front hall of the temple (the original main hall) was announced as a municipal monument in Tainan, and the registered name was the original main hall of Kaijiwu Temple.

Wikipedia: 開基武廟原正殿 (ZH)

61. 榕園

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National Cheng Kung University Banyan Garden, also known as Chengda Banyan Garden, is a park located in Tainan City, Taiwan, National Cheng Kung University Guangfu Campus, which is famous for the large banyan trees planted by Hirohito, which used to be used as a training ground for the barracks of the former Japanese Second Infantry Wing, and is now open to the public.

Wikipedia: 國立成功大學榕園 (ZH)

62. 金華府

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Tainan Jinhua Mansion is located in the Central and Western District of Tainan City. On November 7, 2005, the 94th year of the Republic of China (2005), it was announced as a municipal monument, and the temple is dedicated to Emperor Guan and Ma Li Huang, and is one of the few temples named "Fu" in Tainan City, expressing its characteristics as a temple of the princes.

Wikipedia: 臺南金華府 (ZH)

63. 福安宮

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台湾 崁 is located in Baihe District, Tainan City, Taiwan. It is a temple dedicated to Ford. The temple was originally just a small temple made of four slate. Later, it gradually expanded after the reconstruction, becoming a representative and well -known land temple in the Baihe region. The Dannan Shanfu Palace is tied as the three major land temples in Taiwan.

Wikipedia: 崁頂福安宮 (ZH)

64. 西市場

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West Market, residents are accustomed to calling the big vegetable market (Taiwanese:). The location is in the Ximen Road, Zhongzheng Road, Zhengxing Street and Guohua Street blocks in the Central and Western District, Tainan City. It was the largest and most important wholesale market for food ingredients in Tainan during the Japanese occupation period in Taiwan.

Wikipedia: 西市場 (ZH)

65. 赤崁東街日式宿舍

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The Chihkan East Street Japanese-style dormitory is a Japanese-style dormitory in the central and western districts of Tainan City, which was used as a police dormitory after the war, registered as a historical building in Tainan City in 2016, completed restoration in 2021, and opened in August 2023 Meijicho Ice Cream, which is operated by the Sunrise Group.

Wikipedia: 赤崁東街日式宿舍 (ZH)

66. 四安境神興宮

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The full name of Tainan Shenxing Palace is Si'an Jing Niu Mo Hou Shen Xing Palace, which is a combination of three temples: Waixin Street Shen An Temple, Songzijiao Gangnan Baoxing Palace and Niu Mo Hou Threshold Lin Palace. The name of the temple is composed of the "god" of Shen'an Temple, the "xing" of Baoxing Palace, and the "palace" of Ninglin Palace.

Wikipedia: 臺南神興宮 (ZH)

67. 新化武安宮

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Xinhua Wu'an Palace is located in Xinhua District, Tainan City, Taiwan, formerly known as the "Ambassador Gong Temple", which is the temple of the main ambassador Zhang Xun (King Wu'anzun), the second envoy Xu Yuan (King Wen'anzun), and the third envoy Nan Jiyun. The temple is one of the seven temples of the Eight Guarantees of the Great Eye.

Wikipedia: 新化武安宮 (ZH)

68. 紅樓 (A)

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The original Tainan Normal School Main Building, located in the Central and Western District of Tainan City, was the Tainan Normal School of the Governor-General's Government of Taiwan during the Japanese occupation, and is now the administrative and educational building of Tainan University, which is a municipal monument in Tainan City.

Wikipedia: 原臺南師範學校本館 (ZH)

69. 新化上帝廟

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The Xinhua God Temple is located in Xinhua District, Tainan City, Taiwan, also known as the "Xinhua North Pole Temple", dedicated to the god Xuantian. The former site of the temple is now Xinhua National High School, and the temple property in the Japanese era was taken to build a youth school and forced to move the temple.

Wikipedia: 新化上帝廟 (ZH)

70. 護庇宮

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Located in Yanshui District, Tainan City, Taiwan, the Salt Water Shelter is dedicated to the Virgin Mary of Heaven and is the public temple of Salt Water. The temple is also known as the Moon Harbor Shelter Palace, the Yanshui Mazu Palace, and the ancient name of Zhongzheng Road where it is located is Mazu Palace Street.

Wikipedia: 鹽水護庇宮 (ZH)

71. Shizitou Fulong Temple

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Fulong Palace is located in the North District of Tainan City, Taiwan, and is dedicated to the Emperor Baosheng. One said that the temple was originally called "Fulong Realm", dedicated to the god of Fude, and later after the Shikeng Avenue was enshrined, it was changed to the temple of the Great Emperor Baosheng.

Wikipedia: 市仔頭福隆宮 (ZH)

72. Tainan Park

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Tainan Park, formerly known as Zhongshan Park, is a park located in the North District of Tainan City, Taiwan, which was founded and opened in 1917 and is the oldest and largest park in the city. It covers an area of more than 40,000 square meters (15 A), and was also a tropical experimental forest at that time.

Wikipedia: 台南公園 (ZH)

73. East Gate

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Yingchun Gate, also known as the Great East Gate of Taiwan's Fucheng, is one of the 14 city gates set up in the Qing Dynasty, located in the East District of Tainan City, Taiwan, and is currently a national monument of the Republic of China, and it is also the largest existing city tower in Taiwan.

Wikipedia: 迎春門 (臺南市) (ZH)

74. 臺南三山國王廟

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Tainan Sanshan King Temple is located in the North District of Tainan City, Taiwan, and is a national monument of the Republic of China. The temple is dedicated to the king of the three mountains, and the left and right halls are dedicated to the Queen of Heaven and the Han Wengong respectively.

Wikipedia: 臺南三山國王廟 (ZH)

75. 田厝水明殿

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The Tianyu Shuiming Temple is in Rende District, Tainan City, Taiwan. It is the temple that worships the king of Narcissus (Dayu) and is also the temple of Tianyu. The main god of the temple was originally the patron saint of the Gan family of Tianyu, and later built a temple to worship.

Wikipedia: 田厝水明殿 (ZH)

76. 安平開臺天后宮

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The Tianhou Temple, also known as the Kaitai Tianhou or Mazu Temple, is a temple to the Chinese Goddess Mazu, who is the Goddess of Sea and Patron Deity of fishermen, sailors and any occupations related to sea/ocean. The temple is located in the Anping District of Tainan on Taiwan.

Wikipedia: Tianhou Temple (Anping) (EN)

77. 安平大眾廟

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Anping Public Temple is located next to the first cemetery in Anping District, Tainan City, Taiwan, one of the four major public temples in Anping, and the main worship is Kuifu Chitose. The current temple was rebuilt in 1988, and only a remnant wall of the old temple remains.

Wikipedia: 安平大眾廟 (ZH)

78. DongShan BiXuan Temple

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Dongshan Bixuan Temple, a Buddhist temple in Taiwan, is located in Dongshan District, Tainan City. It mainly worships the second mother of the Guanyin Buddha. It is famous for more than 100 years of history to welcome the Buddha and is the same as the volcanic Biyun Temple.

Wikipedia: 東山碧軒寺 (ZH), Website

79. 清寧宮

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Qingning Palace is located in Rende District, Tainan City, Taiwan, and is dedicated to the Holy Emperor Wenheng and the original god of Fude. In the past, the jurisdiction covered the entire Rende Beili, and now it is mainly the Zhuang Temple of Qiang City.

Wikipedia: 清寧宮 (臺灣) (ZH)

80. 風神廟

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The Wind Temple is a monument of the municipality directly under the Central and West Side of Tainan City, Taiwan, and is the only temple of the Seven Temples of Taiwan. The receiving booth for the municipality of the municipality is located in the temple.

Wikipedia: 風神廟 (ZH)

81. 西㡣殿

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Anping West Hall is located in Anping District, Tainan City, the main worship of Anlong King - Chifu Chitose, built in the third year of Qianlong (1738) It is the main temple of the realm of the West Society of Wangcheng in the ten corners of Anping.

Wikipedia: 安平西㡣殿 (ZH)

82. 後鎮保安宮

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Houzhen Security Palace, also known as "Huzhen Security Palace", is located in Xinying District, Tainan City, Taiwan, and is dedicated to Marshal Yuefu. The temple was originally called "Houzhen Temple" and was the Jiaotou Temple of Houzhen.

Wikipedia: 後鎮保安宮 (ZH)

83. Xiluo Temple

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Xiluo Temple, Nanshi Street, formerly known as Fengshan Temple and Shengwang Gongfu, is located in the Central and Western District, Tainan City, Taiwan, and is a temple dedicated to the gods such as King Guangze and the Thirteen Taibao.

Wikipedia: 西羅殿 (ZH), Website

84. 中洲寮保安宮

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Located in Annan District, Tainan City, Taiwan, Zhongzhou Liao Baoan Palace is the temple dedicated to Baosheng the Great and the center of faith in Zhongzhou Liao. The temple is said to be self-taught by Tzu Chi Palace.

Wikipedia: 中洲寮保安宮 (ZH)

85. 永康三崁店糖廠神社遺蹟

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Sankandian Society is a shrine and a municipal monument located in Yongkang Sankandian, Xinfeng County, Tainan Prefecture (now Sankandian, Yongkang District, Tainan City) during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan.

Wikipedia: 三崁店社 (ZH)

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