Chiayi Cheng Huang Temple () is a Chinese temple dedicated to the City God or Cheng Huang Ye () which is located in East District,

Chiayi City Chiayi (, Taigi POJ: ''Ka-gī''; ), officially known as Chiayi City, is a city located in the plains of southwestern Taiwan. Formerly called ''Kagee'' during the late Qing dynasty and ''Kagi'' during the Japanese era (), its historical name i ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...

. The temple was founded in 1715, it is one of the oldest and prominent temples in the region. The temple applied for national monument status in 2011, but was not listed at the time. Another application was submitted to the Bureau of Cultural Heritage and approved in April 2015. The temple offers an educational fund and charity programs. The first cangue processions held at the temple in six decades started in 2014.

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