The town also hosts Donglong Temple (Chinese: 東隆宮; pinyin: Dōnglóng Gōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tang-liông-kiong), which is dedicated to "Lord Wen" (Chinese: 溫王爺; pinyin: Wēn Wángyé; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Un-ông-iâ.

Donggang was opened as a port by the Chinese admiral Koxinga in the 17th century.

The township comprises 23 villages: Bade, Chengyu, Chuantou, Dapeng, Datan, Dingxin, Dingzhong, Fengyu, Gonghe, Jialian, Nanping, Tunghe, Tunglong, Xiabu, Xinghe, Xingnong, Xingtai, Xingtung, Xingyu, Xinsheng, Zenghai, Zhaoan and Zhongxing.

[1] The town has a tourism industry which peaks during April to June, due to the availability and increasing popularity of the southern bluefin tuna for sashimi.

The town's other delicacies include karasumi (desalinated mullet roe) and sakura shrimp.