The construction planning for the temple began in 1825. In 1864, the Wenwei and Wenping community school raised funds to construct the temple to raise the cultural standards, promote Confucianism, improve local literacy, train scholars for the imperial examinations and encourage education in the area. The temple was completed in 1871 as a Confucian Temple, retaining the two original shrines in name, operation and assets distribution, which were the Wenwei and Wenbing Shrines. Extra funds were also raised to purchase the temple land and agricultural process went towards the temple expenses and staffs salary.[1]
During the Japanese rule of Taiwan, the temple was changed to Wenchang Temple. In 1904, the Japanese took over the wing and converted into a public school, which today becomes the Beitun Elementary School. The left and right studios were converted to teacher dormitories. In April 1996, the Taichung City Government made reparation by commissioning the Architectural Research Center of Tunghai University for the renovation work. The project was completed in March 1998 with a cost of NT$34 million.[2]
Architectureedit
The temple faces south in a complex which consists of five shrine rooms, two rooms and two wings with small shrines attached to them. The front hall consists of three shrine rooms. The main hall has a four-columned pavilion in front. On the left and right is a low wall that is connected with the classroom in the two wings.
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beitun, wenchang, temple, traditional, chinese, 北屯文昌廟, simplified, chinese, 北屯文昌庙, pinyin, běitún, wénchāng, miào, temple, renmei, village, beitun, district, taichung, taiwan, 北屯文昌廟locationlocationbeitun, taichung, taiwanshown, within, taichunggeographic, coor. The Beitun Wenchang Temple traditional Chinese 北屯文昌廟 simplified Chinese 北屯文昌庙 pinyin Beitun Wenchang Miao is a temple in Renmei Village Beitun District Taichung Taiwan Beitun Wenchang Temple北屯文昌廟LocationLocationBeitun Taichung TaiwanShown within TaichungGeographic coordinates24 11 27 4 N 120 41 05 1 E 24 190944 N 120 684750 E 24 190944 120 684750ArchitectureTypetempleGroundbreaking1825Completed1871 Contents 1 History 2 Architecture 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory editThe construction planning for the temple began in 1825 In 1864 the Wenwei and Wenping community school raised funds to construct the temple to raise the cultural standards promote Confucianism improve local literacy train scholars for the imperial examinations and encourage education in the area The temple was completed in 1871 as a Confucian Temple retaining the two original shrines in name operation and assets distribution which were the Wenwei and Wenbing Shrines Extra funds were also raised to purchase the temple land and agricultural process went towards the temple expenses and staffs salary 1 During the Japanese rule of Taiwan the temple was changed to Wenchang Temple In 1904 the Japanese took over the wing and converted into a public school which today becomes the Beitun Elementary School The left and right studios were converted to teacher dormitories In April 1996 the Taichung City Government made reparation by commissioning the Architectural Research Center of Tunghai University for the renovation work The project was completed in March 1998 with a cost of NT 34 million 2 Architecture editThe temple faces south in a complex which consists of five shrine rooms two rooms and two wings with small shrines attached to them The front hall consists of three shrine rooms The main hall has a four columned pavilion in front On the left and right is a low wall that is connected with the classroom in the two wings See also editList of temples in Taichung List of temples in Taiwan List of tourist attractions in TaiwanReferences edit Taichung City Government taichung gov tw Archived from the original on 2015 12 08 Retrieved 2015 11 12 Taichung Wenchang Temple culture tw Retrieved 19 August 2021 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beitun Wenchang Temple Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Beitun Wenchang Temple amp oldid 1059406285, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
