Shishi Town God, Taiwan Province Province;
As early as the early years of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, Shishi immigrants soon introduced the faith of the city god into Taiwan Province Province, and first built the "Aoting Palace" in Lugang. Later, incense spread to Tainan and Taichung, and believers from Taiwan Province Province organized more than 20 delegations to Shishi. In particular, Shanxin, from Tainan, Kaohsiung, Changhua and Taichung, organized a delegation to visit Shishi Ancestral Temple almost every year to worship their ancestors. The management committee of Shishi Chenghuang Temple was also invited to visit Taiwan Province Province on June 5438+09965438+February 17-27 to enhance the friendship between the two places and promote cross-strait religious and cultural exchanges.
Shishi Town God in the Philippines;
In the seventh year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1868), the Shishi Chenghuang Temple was rebuilt, and Cai Ruquan and others were entrusted to raise funds in the Philippines, which won the full support of overseas Chinese. According to the inscriptions on the East and West Halls of the rebuilt Town God Temple, 6 19 overseas Chinese in the Philippines donated money to rebuild the Town God Temple in Minnan 100 villages, which fully showed the influence of Shishi Town God in the Philippines. In the 24th year of Guangxu (1899), overseas Chinese in the Philippines built the Town God Temple in Shouli Street, Manila. 1989, when the Shishi Chenghuang Temple was proposed to be rebuilt again, the relatives of overseas Chinese living in the Philippines responded enthusiastically. In addition, he organized more than 20 delegations to visit and worship the ancestors of the stone ancestral hall.
Shishi Town God in Singapore;
There is a Jiang Shui Temple in Wenqing Road, Singapore, which has a thriving business and is dedicated to the God of Shishi Town and the Seven Ancestors. According to the person in charge of Jiang Shui Temple, as early as 60 years ago, Qian Qing Road was still a wasteland, where many overseas Chinese and Fujian Chinese lived. Being remote, things often go wrong. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Mr. Sun Pishun, who was originally from Tatou, Jinjiang, returned to his hometown and went to the Shishi Chenghuang Temple to make pilgrimages. I want to invite Shishi Town God and Kaishan Temple to take them to Singapore for worship. Since then, the environment has been calm. The residents are grateful for their kindness and raised more than S $2 million to build the Jiang Shui Temple.
Shishi Town God in Malaysia;
There is a "Dapugong Temple" in Sidao Road, Penang, Malaysia. It turned out that an overseas Chinese in Hui 'an offered sacrifices to Dapu Gong at home. Later, the overseas Chinese in the settlement discussed donating money to build the altar. From 1980, it is said that "Da Pugong" has repeatedly "shown dreams" to local residents, asking to go to Shishi, Fujian to welcome Chenghuang Gong to Penang. After careful inquiry, overseas Chinese in Penang visited the Shishi City God Temple, welcomed Huang Cheng, and enshrined him in the Dapugong Temple in Penang. For more than ten years, overseas Chinese in Penang have organized a delegation to visit the stone ancestral hall every year. On April 26th, 2000, the "Tai Po Gong Tan" in Penang and the Jiang Shui Temple in Singapore jointly came to the ancestral temple of Shishi to offer pilgrimages, which became another wonderful story for Shishi to communicate with overseas Chinese and relatives.