RS100 = Top 100 Religious Scenes of Taiwan.
The "Top 100 Religious Scenes of Taiwan" encompass a hundred iconic religious sites and activities that were chosen via public vote and announced by the Ministry of Interior on Nov. 22, 2013. these sites embody the history of early Taiwanese settlers and illustrate both diversity and the island's religious landscape.
Tongsiao Shinto Shrine is the world’s only Shinto shrine with a Minnan (Southern Chinese) style swallow-tail roof
In 1945, the Chinese government took control of Taiwan after Japan’s retrocession and most Shinto shrines across Taiwan were dismantled or turned into war memorials due to anti-Japanese sentiment. The Taoyuan Martyr’s Shrine and Tongsiao Shinto Shrine are the only two well-preserved Shinto shrines in Northern Taiwan. A swallow-tail roof, an element of traditional Minnan (Southern Chinese) architecture, as well as the emblem of the Chinese National Party that can be seen above its hall of worship were added to Tongsiao Shinto Shrine during renovations, illustrating the historical development of Taiwan during the post-war era. In addition to the shrine, a Russo-Japanese War Memorial sits on the mountaintop, making it a site of rich historical significance and learning.
Under the Treaty of Shimonoseki, signed at the end of the First Sino-Japanese War (1894), Taiwan was officially ceded to Japan. Upon his arrival in Taipei, Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa led the Japanese Imperial Guard southward through the island. After they made a stop in Tongsiao, the local people built a memorial to their arrival and temporary stay, which later prompted the construction of the Shinto shrine. The shrine was completed in 1937, and enshrined Amaterasu (the solar goddess) and Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa. In 1947, two years after the Chinese government recovered Taiwan from the Japanese, the shrine’s hall of worship was renovated and converted into a soldier’s memorial. The renovation saw the addition of a swallow-tail roof and the emblem of the ruling Chinese Nationalist Party. Since the enshrined Shinto deities and prince were replaced with Zheng Chenggong (a Chinese general in Taiwan from the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties) and other martyrs to the Chinese cause, the local people also called the shrine Zheng Chenggong Temple. As a Shinto shrine incorporating both Chinese and Japanese architecture, Tongsiao Shinto Shrine was designated a historical site in Miaoli County in 2002.
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