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Shihgong Temple is situated on Zhongyiang St. in Magong City.
According to the inscription on the General Shi Temple Tablet, Shi Gong Temple is a “live shrine (a shrine built when a person is still alive to honor his contribution)” built after General Shi was bestowed the title Marquis of Jinghai for his success of
claiming
the sovereignty of Taiwan. In the Daoguang Period, soldiers and officers sacrificed at sea were also enshrined in the temple. Since the temple no longer exclusively enshrined General Shi, it was renamed Shi Gong Temple.
It was constructed during the Kongxi Era in the Qing Dynasty, and now has been recognized as a third class heritage site.
There is a well at the right hand side of the temple. It was originally known as the Magong (Mazu) Well. Legend has it that General Shi Lang pray to Heaven Empress Mazu for water and spring gushed out to supply for tens of thousands of soldiers. Therefore,
it is also called the General Well, Shi Well, Well of Shiquan and Well of Ten-Thousand Soldiers. This well is now a designated county historic site.