Eighteen Lords Temple. Perched on a cape at the entrance of Kaohsiung Port, offering a wide and beautiful view. The temple architecture retains traditional Min-style aesthetics, with a steep and precipitous staircase in front. Legend has it. Perched on a cape at the entrance of Kaohsiung Port, offering a wide and beautiful view. The temple architecture retains traditional Min-style aesthetics, with a steep and precipitous staircase in front. Legend has it that this is meant to test the sincerity of devotees, implying "those without true faith should not ascend." According to the stone tablet within the temple, during the Kangxi era of the Qing Dynasty, 18 Chinese merchants crossed the sea to Taiwan and landed at what is now Sizihwan to cultivate the land. However, they were mistaken for rebels and collectively executed. Local residents, moved by the spirit of these 18 pioneers, gathered their remains and enshrined them in a memorial hall for worship, marking the earliest origin of the Wanggong Temple. During the Japanese colonial period, the Japanese authorities, in their efforts to develop Kaohsiung Port, excavated the current Sizihwan tunnel. Unexpectedly, the project encountered numerous difficulties, resulting in countless casualties. Following the suggestion of the residents, the Japanese government offered incense to the 18 Lords to pray for protection, after which the project was successfully completed. Local figures then raised funds and built the first Eighteen Lords Temple on the land currently occupied by the National Sun Yat-sen University sports field. Later, in coordination with the university's construction, the temple was relocated to its current site on the cape in 1984. As the number of visitors to Sizihwan to view the sea at night increased, the temple's incense offerings also flourished.
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