Zhang Liao Family Temple

Zhang Liao Family Temple
張廖家廟
Shrine facade
Location
Location	Xitun District, Taichung
Country	Taiwan
Geographic coordinates	24.1824°N 120.6455°E / 24.1824; 120.6455
Architecture
Completed	1911
Direction of façade	South

Zhang Liao Family Temple (Chinese: 張廖家廟; pinyin: Zhāngliào Jiāmiào) is an ancestral shrine located in East District, Taichung City, Taiwan. Built in 1904, the shrine is protected as a city monument.

History

The Zhang Liao family originated in current-day Guanbei, Fujian Province. The unique surname is a merger of the Zhang and Liao families when the Liao's only female successor married into the Zhang family. At the time, the families came to an agreement; future descendants of this clan would use the Liao surname when alive, but would belong to the Zhang family when dead.^[1]

In the early Qing Dynasty, the Zhang Liao family moved to current day Xitun District and Daya District. In 1886, Zhang Liao members began preparing to build a family shrine. Construction of the main building lasted between 1909 and 1911, and the surrounding buildings were completed in 1916.^[1]

On November 27, 1985, the Taichung City Government protected the building as a city monument.^[2] The building was renovated by the government in 1994 and is planning on renovating it again in 2020.^[3]

Gallery

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  Shrine interior
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  Two wooden plaques (bian'e) inside the shrine
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  A stone plaque in the courtyard

See also

• Chinese ancestral veneration
• List of temples in Taichung
• List of temples in Taiwan
• Zhang Family Temple
• Lin Family Ancestral Shrine

References

1. 臺中市志: 地理志 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 臺中市政府. December 2008. pp. 493–494. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
2. "臺中西屯張廖家廟". Cultural Heritage Department of Taichung City (in Chinese (Taiwan)). March 10, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
3. 張菁雅 (June 15, 2020). "市定古蹟張廖家廟修復要花近5000萬 中市府預定年底前動工" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Liberty Times. Retrieved March 4, 2021.