Department of Cultural Affairs

Dizang Temple, Mengjia

Dizang Temple of Mengjia, dedicated to the bodhisattva Kshitigarbha (Dizang), comforter of the underworld, also venerates the city's guardian deity god and the folk deity Master Tiandu. Built in 1760 and renovated in 1838, the temple still retains the single-structure design of the mid-Qing Dynasty. Its architectural style is simple, its sculptural ornaments plain and straightforward. A shrine dedicated to the souls of the unknown departed is located to one side. On August 19, 1985, it was designated the 11th historical site of Taipei City.