Cheng Huang Temple

The Origin

Hsinchu Cheng Huang Temple, also known as " City God Temple," is a local landmark and has the highest ranking of all the city god temple in Taiwan. It was founded in 1748, and masterfully restored in 1924. Cheng Huang, the coty god of justice and the ruler of the underword, is responsible for the final judgement of each soul. It's said that Cheng Huang was honored as " Wei-Ling Kung " by Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty (1888) and the temple was even appointed as one of the royal temples. The Taoist temple also features a huge iron abacus, which is a tool for Cheng Huang to calculate and evaluate people's good and evil deeds in their life time.