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Sung Chiang Battle Array is a kind of temple folk art performance that is practiced in southern Taiwan。
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Traffic：By Bus: Take the bus to Chishan or Meinung operated by Kaoshiung Bus at Kaoshiung Rail Station. Get off at Chishan and transfer buses to Nanhua operated by Kaoshiung Bus and then get off at Kuan Yin Pavilion. Driving: Go south by the Second Freeway and get off at Guanmiau Interchange. Then, take Provincial Route-19 to Guanmiau. Turn left and take County Route-182 to Neimen. Then, turn right and drive along Provincial Route-3. You will arrive at Chichu Temple very soon.
Place：Chenlan Temple, Tachia, Taichung County
Tel：07-6812433
Reference Site
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●Origin
Surrounded by mountains on four sides, in the early days the ancestors living at Neimen were always robbed by bandits. From the Ching Dynasty on, the people began to establish martial arts studios and learn martial arts in order to defend themselves. In addition, they also practiced many different arrays to repel the robbers. In order to coordinate with Kuan Yin Bodhisattva's inspection tour around town, people began to blend martial arts into "Sung Chiang Battle Array
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" which has been used until now. With 300 years of history, there are some 15 Sung Chiang Battle Array teams in Neimen. "Shiameilin" at Tung Village is famous internationally.
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Neimen Township is widely known as the biggest "Song Chiang Den" in Taiwan, including Sung Chiang Battle Array
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,Che Ku show, Niu Li dance
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, 7-Mile Echo, Plum Blossom Passage, Be-Kuan and Nan-Kuan, Dragon Dance and Lion dance, and many different types of martial arts. In the township, there are some 50 arrays. Meanwhile, Sung Chiang Battle Array is based on the story of the Water Margin (Shuihuchuan) therefore it is named after it. Even the weapons used in the performance are imitations of those used by the 108 heroes in Liangshan Swap described in the novel. The "Chungputou Sung Chiang Battle Array" of Neimen, whose "Sung Chiang Battle Array" imitates the costumes of the heroes in Liangshan Swap, is the one responsible for the "opening show" of the ritual. Situated at the center of Neimen Township, Chichu Temple is right at the geographical location of "floating water lily." In front of the temple, the environment is excellent; it is described as the harbor that both dragons and shrimps struggle for it. Before the birthday of Kuanyin in February 19 of the Lunar Calendar, around February 14-19, the Kuan Yin at Chichu Temple will inspect some 40 villages and townships around Neiman, Chishan, and Tienliao on a tour. During that time, the arrays formed by the people will gather around the parade. At the most there are tens of arrays that join in the parade, with more than 100 thousand believers, rendering it a magnificent ceremony. It has the highest number of arrays formed by the people in the ritual in Taiwan.
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