The Penghu Guanyin Temple (also "Guan-Yin-Ting", zh, 觀音亭, meaning "the pavilion of

Guanyin Guanyin () is a Bodhisattva associated with compassion. She is the East Asian representation of Avalokiteśvara ( sa, अवलोकितेश्वर) and has been adopted by other Eastern religions, including Chinese folk religion. She ...

") is a Buddhist temple, like other temples which belongs to the Integration of

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and

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in Taiwan, Guanyin Temple does not only serve ''Guanyin'' (Buddhist God), but also ''Long-Wang.'' (龍王 in Chinese, a Taoist God, means the Lord of Sea

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.) This temple was founded in 1696 during the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

, the founder is Xue Kui (薛奎), a military officer of Penghu Navy (澎湖水師協). It is located at the noted touristic attraction, close to the beach area. Since 2003, Guan-Yin-Ting would gather thousands of visitors from everywhere for attending the Firework Festival from April to June.

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