The Taipei Xia-Hai City God Temple () is a temple dedicated to the City God or Cheng Huang Ye (城隍爺) in

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

, Taiwan.

History

The Xia-Hai City God Temple was built in 1859, and maintained by a single family to the present day. The

Ministry of the Interior An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministry ...

designated the site an historical monument in 1985. It is located on

Dihua Street Dihua Street () is a street located in Twatutia, Dadaocheng, Datong District, Taipei, Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan, winding from the south of the district to the north near Dalongdong. The street, then known as ''Centre Street'' (中街), was ...

Dadaocheng Dadaocheng is an area in Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan. It was also known as Twatutia (a transliteration of the Taiwanese Hokkien ''Tōa-tiū-tiâⁿ''), Daitōtei during Japanese rule, and Tataocheng (Mandarin) during the Kuomintang era. ...

, which is today part of Datong District in

. The temple houses over six hundred deities in its 152 square meters of area, resulting in the highest statue density in Taiwan. Republished as

References

1859 establishments in Taiwan Religious buildings and structures completed in 1859 Taoist temples in Taipei {{Taiwan-religious-struct-stub