[1][2] Bengang is the historical name of a major port city along the Beigang River which flourished as both a trade center and a pirate's haven.
[1][7] In 1811,[1][4][a] Xingang residents built Fengtian Temple to house the rescued relics under the leadership of Qing General Wang De-lu.
The street-facing Sanchuan Hall, designed by Wu Haitong, has Cochin ware decorations on the swallowtail roof and stone pillars inscribed with various religious symbols.
[15] In Taiwanese folk religion, Huye (虎爺) is a tutelary deity in the form of a tiger, said to be the protector of children.
[16][17] Fengtian Temple possesses a gold plated plaque from the Imperial House of Japan dating from 1928.
The plaque was crafted in Myōshin-ji in Kyoto as a Japanization campaign and was gifted to twenty major temples across Taiwan.