In the 15th meeting of the 7th Historic Monument Review Conference held on August 30, 2019, the Ministry of Culture approved Lukang Tianhou Temple to be promoted to a National Historic Monument. On the morning on the 3rd, Minister Cheng, Li-Chiun presented the National Historic Monument in person. Deputy Magistrate Hung, Jung-Chang of Changhua County, Director-General Shih, Kuo-Lung of the Bureau of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture (BOCH), and Chairperson Chang, Wei-Tung of the Lukang Tianhou Temple Management Committee attended the ceremony to witness the memorable moment.

Worshipping Matsu, Lukang Tianhou Temple is a local religious center. In accordance with the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act, the Changhua County Government filed the application to list “Lukang Tianhou Temple” as a national historic monument on November 20, 2017. Magistrate Wang, Huei-Mei was very concerned about the case after her inauguration. The Ministry of Culture approved the application to be a National Historic Monument in the review meeting on August 30, 2019.

At present, there are seven National Historic Monuments in Changhua County, including the Lukang Tianhou Temple, Changhua Confucius Temple, Lukang Longshan Temple, Yuanching Guan, Daodong Academy, Maxing Chen Yi-Yuan Family Mansion (Yi Yuan Mansion), and Shengwang Temple. Lukang Tianhou Temple is the 106th National Historic Monument in Taiwan. Worshipping Matsu, Lukang Tianhou Temple is a local religious center. In 1985, it was listed as a Class 3 National Historic Monument. In 1997, due to the amendment of the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act, it was changed to a County Historic Monument. With the endeavor of the central and local government and private sector, Lukang Tianhou Temple has been promoted to a National Historic Monument. Deserving its renown and importance, the wood crafts, stone engravings, and paintings were all done by superb artisans. For example, the wood crafts were made by Wang, Yi-Shun, Wu, Hai-Tong, Wang, Shu-Fa, and Huang, Lian-Ji. The stone engravings were the work of the Jian, Xing family of Huian. The paintings were done by Kuo, Hsin-Lin and Ke, Huan-Zhang, both of whom were excellent artisans of their time. With the careful protection of the Tianhou Temple Management Committee, the architecture and crafts are preserved in good condition.