Mengchia Lung-shan Temple was built in 1738 during the Ch'ien-lung period of the Ch'ing dynasty (1644-1912). It is a Kuan-yin temple, named after the Lung-shan temple in Anhai County, Ch'uan-chou Fu, and was erected as a protective temple for the immigrants from Chin-chiang, Nan-an and Hui-an of Ch'uan-chou Fu in Fukien Province. Craftsmen from Hui-an built the temple, and the camphor- wood statue of the Kuan-yin (the Goddess of Mercy) came from An-hai County. A rather large scale temple it has been restored and rebuilt many times; the existing temple building was restored in the T'ung-chih period (1862-1874) of the Ch'ing Dynasty (or Qing Dynasty - modern pinying system), and again in 1920, the ninth year of the Republic of China.

The temple buildings include the Front Hall, Bell and Drum Tower, Main Hall and Rear Hall. Besides the main statue of Kuan-yin, there are also statues of Matsu (the Goddess of the Sea), Wen-chang Di (the God of Literature), and Kuang-kung (Historical Hero God). Architecturally one of the richest temples in Taiwan, the Lung-shan Temple has very delicate decorations with several pairs of solid stone dragon columns; the white and azure granites from Ch'uan-chou used for the sculpture are quite rare. There are also many stone tablets.

Classification: Temple, Second Class Historical Site
Location: 211 Kuang-chou Street, Wan-hua District, Taipei City

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