Dalinpu (Chinese: 大林蒲; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tōa-nâ-pô͘) is a coastal settlement located in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
It is bordered by the Taiwan Strait to the southwest, Kaohsiung Linhai Industrial Park to the east, Hongmaogang, which has been relocated, to the north, and Bangkeng and Fengbitou to the south.
Large-scale factories in or adjacent to Dalinpu include CPC Dalin Refinery, Taipower Talin Power Plant and China Steel.
[1] In 1661 (15th year of Yongli Period), the founders of Dalinpu followed Koxinga, Prince of Yanping, to expel the Dutch East India Company from Taiwan.
[2] Residents in Zhonglinzi and Zhuigangzai were superstitious and believed the dragon veins were damaged, and they felt a sense of foreboding in the place, so they moved to Dalinpu one after another to settle down.
In the traditional era when "everything else is low-grade, only reading is good", it is rumored that during the Jiaqing period, there were two Jinshi scholars that came out of Dalinpu, including Wu Fengming and Chen Made, as well as a scholar-official called Qiu Wen.
[15] The preliminary plan is to resettle the residents of Dalinpu to 52.4 hectares of land on the north side of Kaohsiung International Airport, managed by the Maritime and Port Bureau and the Taiwan Sugar Corporation.
[16] After taking office in 2020, the new Kaohsiung mayor Chen Chi-mai became more active in communicating and coordinating with the central government and ministries, and confirmed matters such as expropriation compensation and rental subsidies for village relocation.
The history of Fenglin Temple can be traced back to 1697 (36th year of Kangxi'sreign), it mainly enshrines three Ong Yah deities, Wenfu, Zhufu and Chifu Qiansui.
In 1974 (Minguo 63rd year), in order for the government to develop the Linhai Industrial Park, part of the land at the old site of Fenglin Temple was expropriated.