Lecheng Temple

The temple is also decorated with elaborate wooden sculptures by Cheng Ying-shan [zh], one of the most celebrated woodworkers of his era.

In the main hall, there is a Qing dynasty wooden plaque (bian'e) inscribed with Fǎyǔ Hóngshē (法雨宏施) that was created by Liu Chun-lin [zh], who is remembered as the last zhuangyuan in Chinese history.

[2][4][6] Every third month of the Chinese calendar, Hanxi Mazu embarks on a twenty two day pilgrimage to the eighteen neighboring villages.

Gradually, neighboring settlements began asking the temple to visit their villages as well, which became a yearly tradition.

[2][4][7] During the pilgrimage, Hanxi Mazu visits many temples and covers a total of ten districts: Wuri, Dali, Taiping, Wufeng, East, South, West, North, Nantun, and Beitun.

The Fǎyǔ Hóngshē plaque