In the 48th year of Emperor Qianlong in Qing Dynasty (1783), people from Nanjing County, Zhangzhou Fu, Fujian invited the statue of Guan-Sheng Dijun to Taiwan and built a temple near Lukang Ganqian. Main Deity enshrined in the Main Hall is Guang-Sheng Dijun; the temple also enshrines Guang Ping and Zhou-Cang.

Nanjing Temple once was extended in the 5th year of Emperor Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (1800) and renovated in the 20th year of Emperor Daoguang in Qing Dynasty (1840). Until 1970, the temple was inclined and worn down by the years without repair. Thus, believers suggested to renovate and then established an administration committee. On July 14th, 2000, the temple was appointed as county level historic site. The restoration work was carried out in 2003 and finished in 2004 to keep Nanjing Temple’s cultural assets.

Nanjing Temple’s structural layout is single shop width, two structures, and one yards; the structures are Sanchuan Hall and Main Hall respectively. The Door God’s color painting works in the Sanchuan Hall are works by Lukang Master Wang, Xi-He. And in the Main Hall, the Door-God’s painting style adopts Lukang’s Kuo Sect. Couplets at both sides of front door was composed by Lukang scholar Zhu, Qi-Nan and written by Calligrapher Chen, Bai-Chuan. The calligraphy at the dragon side of the courtyard was written by Wang, Han-Ying and at the tiger side was written by Wang, Chong-Wu.

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