The Shilin Shennong Temple () is a

Chinese temple Chinese temple architecture refer to a type of structures used as place of worship of Chinese Buddhism, Taoism or Chinese folk religion, where people revere ethnic Chinese gods and ancestors. They can be classified as: * '' miào'' () or ''di� ...

dedicated to Shennong Dadi and it is located in

Shilin District Shilin District (also spelled Shihlin District, zh, t=士林區, p=Shìlínqū, poj=Sū-lîm-khu) is a district of Taipei. The central command center of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) is located in Shilin. History The name ''Shilin'' w ...

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History

The temple was originally constructed as Fude Shrine for

Tudigong Tudigong ( "Lord of the Soil and the Ground") or Tudishen ( "God of the Soil and the Ground"), also known simply as Tudi ( "Soil-Ground") is a tutelary deity of a locality and the human communities who inhabit it in Chinese folk religion and Tao ...

in 1709 in Shulin Village. In 1741, the temple was destroyed by flood. As a result, it was relocated to its current location at Jiujia Village and rebuilt with the name Zhilan Temple by immigrants from

Zhangzhou Zhangzhou (), alternately romanized as Changchow, is a prefecture-level city in Fujian Province, China. The prefecture around the city proper comprises the southeast corner of the province, facing the Taiwan Strait and surrounding the prefec ...

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...

. In 1812, the temple was renamed Shennong Temple. The temple was once an important base during a conflict between settlers from Zhangzhou and

Quanzhou Quanzhou, postal map romanization, alternatively known as Chinchew, is a prefecture-level city, prefecture-level port city on the north bank of the Jin River, beside the Taiwan Strait in southern Fujian, China. It is Fujian's largest metrop ...

. In 1972, the temple was renovated when

reinforced concrete Reinforced concrete (RC), also called reinforced cement concrete (RCC) and ferroconcrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated for by the inclusion of reinforcement having hig ...

was introduced to construct the Three Rivers Hall and Bell and Drum Tower. In 1993, the main wall was renovated into a two-story building.

Transportation

The temple is accessible within walking distance north of

Shilin Station Shilin may refer to: China *Shilin Yi Autonomous County (石林彝族自治县), of Kunming, Yunnan **Stone Forest (石林), limestone formations in Shilin County, Yunnan *Shilinxia, scenic area in Pinggu District, Beijing Taiwan *Shilin District ...

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References

1709 establishments in Taiwan Religious buildings and structures completed in 1709 Taoist temples in Taipei {{Taiwan-religious-struct-stub

History

Transportation

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