The temple was scorched black by the fire. (Picture source: Taiwan's "Dongsen News Cloud")
According to Taiwan's "Dongsen News Cloud" report, a fire alarm was reported at Fengshan Temple, a county-designated historic site in Lukang Town, Changhua County, Taiwan, at 5:30 a.m. on the 24th. Because the temple was The entire temple, which is a wooden building, was instantly engulfed in flames. After the police and firefighters received the report, they immediately sent more than 20 fire trucks to put out the fire. The fire was extinguished half an hour later, but precious cultural relics such as King Guangze, a plaque from the Qing Dynasty, and Cochin pottery were all burned to black. The police are currently working to further clarify the cause of the fire.
According to reports, the Changhua County Fire Department in Taiwan received a report at 5:30 this morning that people discovered flames coming out of Fengshan Temple. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found that the temple, which was about 10 square meters in size, had been engulfed in flames. Since the temple is a wooden building and there are many flammable cultural relics in the temple, the fire got out of control. After emergency watering, although the fire was controlled after half an hour, the entire temple was burnt to black. The statue of King Guangze was Cultural relics such as the statues, plaques and Cochin pottery are probably not protected either. Fortunately, no one was injured in the fire.
After preliminary investigation by fire fighters, it was found that the flames were suspected to be escaping from the main hall. It is suspected that the fire may have been caused by the residual flames left by the pilgrims after paying their respects. The real cause of the fire still needs to be further clarified.
Fengshan Temple, Lukang Town, Changhua County, Taiwan, was completed in 1824. It is a temple dedicated to King Guangze, and is also dedicated to Concubine Miaoying (Madame Mother). In the temple, there is the " Jinjiang Yi Jingtang Cai Tengying" in Quanzhou during the Xianfeng period. Jiaozhi pottery is the oldest Jiaozhi pottery preserved in Taiwan. It was declared a county-designated historic site on October 25, 2000.
Firefighters suspected that the fire may have been caused by residual flames left by pilgrims after paying their respects. (Picture source: Taiwan’s “Dongsen News Cloud”)
