Cheap hotel Taichung & Attractions: Lin Ancestral Shrine

Lin Ancestral Shrine (also known as the Taiwanese Lin temple) is located in Taichung City, at 1985 (1985) November 27 announcement of three monuments.

Original Jiaqing years, the early name “Lin Lu Ancestral Hall”, built in within the new village (now new in Taichung City Osato district); colonial Taiwan Showa 5 (1930) moved to its present site.

Taiwanese-style building that traditional architecture, is binary Ssangyong courtyard-style configuration, roof shape with hard mountain, Xieshan, Juanpeng and “Yang Shen fake four vertical” in style. Located around the gate and the main hall, while retaining connections on both sides of places over the water dragon.

Only ancestral ritual function, it is not built apse, changed to horizontal surfaces nine bays (five bays around the gate and over the water and protects the dragon) facade effect.

Except courtyard plaza, Lin Ancestral binary pattern of double dragon guard over the water by a space arranged to form seven courtyard (inside the courtyard, patio).

Its building plan, you can see the concept of feng shui to conform to the formation of the former narrow width “dustpan house” special shape.

Wooden frame by a master craftsman Chen Ying Bin Zhang Ji building, decorated with sculpture, painting, writing, Jiannian with clay-based. Woodcarving weight, where the gate and the main hall of the wooden frame for the main performance spaces, and its delicate carving of cunning work is not more common, stone structure build by the Xine save.

Chen Bin is a well-known Taiwanese large carpenter division, inherited a large wooden technology Zhangzhou camp in Taiwan, a place in the history of temple architecture.

Born in Taipei, Banqiao and staff in the Hills, Nanjing, Zhangzhou, Fujian origin, his father Chen Jingquan (1819 -?) Is also a carpenter.

Taipei’s city rumored to have participated in the examination halls, gates, and the governor Yamen works.

Chen Bin is the youngest son, on top there four brothers.

He had an early tour along the ancient buildings to Zhang Quan, after returning to Taiwan was invited to participate in Pak temples all over the alterations, but in 1910 after the completion of temples, its fame is also famous, temples throughout Taiwan have invited him to preside over the temple construction, and he built temples mainly in temples as much.

He believes in Taipei Nan Temple of Lu Tung-pin, old age ordinarily resident Nan Temple.

Building structure

The main hall: veneration than dry and Lin Lin Kaishanzushi ancestral tablets, Peisi temple meritorious officers longevity riches
Left guard Dragon: worship Matsu
Right guard Dragon: Management Office

Address: South District, Taichung Evergreen Lane Guoguang Road 55
Open Monday to Friday, 9:00 ~ 12:00, 13:00 ~ 17:00