Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Tainan, Taiwan
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4.6 km
50 m
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Individual Sights in TainanSight 1: Redemption gate
The Duiyue Gate or Laoshi City Gate and Laogu Stone Urn City Wall is a historical gate in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan.
Sight 2: 三郊鎮港海安宮
Located in the Central and Western District of Tainan City, Taiwan, Sanjiao Town Ganghaian Palace is a temple dedicated to Mazu. Its origin is that the three suburbs of Fucheng were built in the first year of Qianlong (1736) from Meizhou Island, Putian County, Xinghua Prefecture to welcome Mazu incense, and after the Lin Shuangwen incident, Fukangan was expanded to thank Mazu for blessing the army to cross the sea to Taiwan; Another theory is that Hai'an Palace, like Lukang Xinzu Palace, is a temple that Fukangan asked to build after the Lin Shuangwen incident. Because the temple is located in the area of Nanshi Port in the former Tainan Wujo Port, close to Zhendutou, it is also called Zhengang Mazu.
Sight 3: Xiluo Temple
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.
Sight 4: 風神廟
Fengshen Temple, located in the central and western districts of Tainan City, Taiwan, is the only existing temple in Taiwan dedicated to the god of wind, and is also one of the seven temples and eight temples in Taiwan. The official pavilion, which is also a historic site of the municipality directly under the central government, is located in Miaocheng.
Sight 5: 金華府
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.
Sight 6: 四安境神興宮
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.
Sight 7: 西市場
West Market, residents are accustomed to calling the big vegetable market (Taiwanese:). It is a market located in the central and western districts of Tainan City, Taiwan. The building is one of the largest commercial buildings in Tainan City during the Japanese Occupation in Taiwan, and is of historical significance in the urban development of Tainan City.
Sight 8: 開山宮
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.
Sight 9: Kaiji Guangong Temple
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.
Sight 10: 臺南三山國王廟
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.
Sight 11: 鎮轅境頂土地廟
Zhenyuan Jingding Land Temple (Zhenyuan Jingding Land Gong Temple) is located in the North District of Tainan City, Taiwan, and is a temple dedicated to the god of good fortune. The temple is opposite to the land temple under the total Lu realm jointly built by the military and civilians, protecting Chong'an Street (Zongye Street), which is a typical example of the land at the end of the road, and the two temples are also members of the eighteen realms of the Fucheng Union in the late Qing Dynasty. Legend has it that the temple is located at the head of the "centipede hole" on Tsuong Ye Street, and the V-shaped roads on both sides of the temple are the tentacles of centipedes.
Sight 12: Tainan Park
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.
Sight 13: 榕園

National Chenggong University Rongyuan, also known as Darong Garden, is a park located in the Guangfu Campus of the National Chenggong University in Tainan City, Taiwan. The park is well -known for Cathay Pacific Rong, which was planted by Yuren. The practice field of the barracks has been opened to the outside world.
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