Qualla: Koxinga Shrine https://qualla.com/koxinga-shrine en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:37 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/6/koxinga-shrine-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Koxinga Shrine https://qualla.com/koxinga-shrine Koxinga Shrine: Introduction https://qualla.com/koxinga-shrine/ Photo credit Naplee12, CC BY-SA 3.0. For nearly two centuries, the people of Tainan worshipped Koxinga in secret. After the Qing dynasty took control of Taiwan in the 1680s, they banned veneration of the man who had driven out the Dutch and established the first Chinese government on the island. His grave was dug up and moved to Fujian in 1699. His temples were shuttered. But the Taiwanese simply renamed him "Prince Zhu" and kept the incense burning. The shrine that stands today on the site of the original 17th-century temple is the product of that stubborn devotion, a place where political identity and religious practice have been entangled for over 350 years.

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/6/koxinga-shrine-wp/wsj6-koxinga-shrine-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Koxinga Shrine: The Rebel Who Became a God https://qualla.com/koxinga-shrine/ Photo credit Yeehonge, CC BY-SA 3.0. Koxinga, born Zheng Chenggong in 1624, was the son of a Chinese pirate-turned-admiral and a Japanese mother. A Ming dynasty loyalist, he waged war against the Qing conquest of China and, when that effort stalled, turned his attention to Formosa. In 1661, he besieged Fort Zeelandi...

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/6/koxinga-shrine-wp/wsj6-koxinga-shrine-the-rebel-who-became-a-god.mp3 0:06 2 full Koxinga Shrine: Three Flags, One Temple https://qualla.com/koxinga-shrine/ Photo credit Rintojiang (Panoramio), Public domain. Historical records indicate the original temple was built in the 17th century as a Chinese-style ancestral shrine, though some scholars suggest it may have originally honored Wang Ye or other folk heroes. Under the Qing, it survived only through disguise. Then came the Japanese. ...

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]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/6/koxinga-shrine-wp/wsj6-koxinga-shrine-three-flags-one-temple.mp3 0:06 3 full Koxinga Shrine: Restoration and Remembrance https://qualla.com/koxinga-shrine/ Photo credit Kdm852, CC BY-SA 4.0. After Japan's defeat in 1945 and the Republic of China's assumption of control over Taiwan, the shrine was restored to its Chinese architectural form. In 1961, a major renovation expanded it to a larger scale. Chiang Kai-shek himself visited, recognizing the political value of a ...

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