Penghu Guanyin Temple

Guan Yin Ting
觀音亭
The Front of Temple (The Pavilion of Guanyin)
Religion
Affiliation	Buddhism
Location
Location	Magong, Penghu, Taiwan
Architecture
Founder	XUE, Kui (薛奎)
Completed	1696

The Penghu Guanyin Temple (also "Guan-Yin-Ting", Chinese: 觀音亭, meaning "the pavilion of Guanyin") is a Buddhist temple, like other temples which belongs to the Integration of Buddhism and Taoism in Taiwan, Guanyin Temple does not only serve Guanyin (Buddhist God), but also Long-Wang. (龍王 in Chinese, a Taoist God, means the Lord of Sea Dragon.)

This temple was founded in 1696 during the Qing dynasty, the founder is Xue Kui (薛奎), a military officer of Penghu Navy (澎湖水師協). It is located at the noted touristic attraction, close to the beach area. Since 2003, Guan-Yin-Ting would gather thousands of visitors from everywhere for attending the Firework Festival from April to June.

Chronology

AD	Era of Rule	Local Calendar	Description
1696	Qing Dynasty	Kangxi 35th year	Founded by XUE, Kuí.
1764	Qing Dynasty	Qianlong 29th year	Repair.
1781	Qing Dynasty	Qianlong 46th year	Repair.
1805	Qing Dynasty	Jiāqìng 10th year	Repair.
1826	Qing Dynasty	Daoguang 6th year	Construction of Long-Wang temple.
1875	Qing Dynasty	Guāngxù 1st year	Repair.
1885	Qing Dynasty	Guāngxù 11th year	Destroyed by Sino-French War.
1886	Qing Dynasty	Guāngxù 12th year	Repair.
1891	Qing Dynasty	Guāngxù 17th year	Repair.
1927	Empire of Japan	Shōwa 2nd year	Construction of wayside pavilion. (Present Architecture Style)
1957	Republic of China	46th year of the Republic era	Repair.
2003	Republic of China	92nd year of the Republic era	Repair began.
2007	Republic of China	96th year of the Republic era	Repair finished.

See also

• Penghu Mazu Temple
• Magong Chenghuang Temple
• Magong Beiji Temple
• Penghu Shuixian Temple
• List of temples in Taiwan