Qualla: Donglong Temple https://qualla.com/donglong-temple en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:18 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/e/v/x/donglong-temple-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Donglong Temple https://qualla.com/donglong-temple Donglong Temple: Introduction https://qualla.com/donglong-temple/ Photo credit 阿道, CC BY-SA 4.0. The deity worshipped at Donglong Temple carries a name that makes a linguistic joke of danger. In Hokkien and Mandarin, Wen — Lord Wen, the temple's presiding spirit — sounds identical to the word for plague. Whether the founders intended the irony or simply inherited it from the folk religion traditions they brought from Fujian, the result is a temple whose entire ritual life revolves around turning disease and evil away from the community. Every three years, that intention becomes a bonfire.

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/e/v/x/donglong-temple-wp/wevx-donglong-temple-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Donglong Temple: Three Centuries of Flood and Faith https://qualla.com/donglong-temple/ Photo credit 阿道, CC BY-SA 4.0. The temple's history is inseparable from the geography of its surroundings. Donglong Temple was originally built in 1706 in Yanpu, a fishing village across the river from Donggang — a location that made it vulnerable to the flooding that plagued the low-lying coastal plain. In 17...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/e/v/x/donglong-temple-wp/wevx-donglong-temple-lord-wen-and-the-wang-ye-tradition.mp3 0:06 3 full Donglong Temple: Eight Days, One Fire https://qualla.com/donglong-temple/ Photo credit Fcuk1203, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Donggang King Boat Ceremony unfolds over eight days, organized by the temple on the 2nd, 5th, 8th, and 11th year of the Chinese calendar — meaning the community marks time not just by the Western calendar but by a three-year liturgical rhythm unique to this place. The prepara...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/e/v/x/donglong-temple-wp/wevx-donglong-temple-eight-days-one-fire.mp3 0:06 4 full Donglong Temple: A Living Landmark https://qualla.com/donglong-temple/ Photo credit 總統府, CC BY 2.0. The temple today is active, colorful, and unmistakably the center of Donggang's communal identity. Its architecture follows the southern Taiwanese temple tradition: layered rooflines with upturned eaves, ceramic figures along the ridge tiles, the interior thick with incense smoke...

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