Mengjia Longshan Temple

Mengjia Longshan Temple is a Chinese people religious temple in Wanhua District previously called Mengjia, Taipei, Taiwan. The temple turned into built in Taipei in 1738 with the aid of settlers from Fujian in the course of Qing rule in honor of Guanyin. It served as a place of worship and a gathering vicinity for the Chinese settlers. In addition to its Buddhist elements, it consists of halls and altars to Chinese deities including Mazu and Guan Yu. This temple originated its name from the historic Lungshan Temple hooked up in Chin-chiang county of Fukien province in the seventh century.

Immigrants from the three counties Chin-chiang, Nan-an and Hui-an of Fukien got here to Manka inside the beginning of the 18th century. As they have been pious fans of that historic Lungshan Temple of their home city, they erected this one as a department temple at Manka and named it after the basis temple after they created a new agreement right here in Taipei. Lungshan Temple of nowadays is not inside the original buildings constructed in 1738. It turned into rebuilt in 1919 and completed in 1924.