Tainan Grand Mazu Temple, West Central District, Tainan City, Taiwán
The Tainan Grand Matsu Temple is a major religious and tourist site in Tainan. Almost any visitor to Tainan would have heard if not visited the place.
Behind this first class historical monument is a tragic story of shattered ambitions, sacrifice and political resistance.
After the fall of the Ming dynasty in 1644, the surviving Ming princes and loyalists established several resistance fronts in southern China.
These movements are collectively referred to as Southern Ming and the last of these to fall was the Kingdom of Tungning.
This Kingdom was founded by Ming loyalist, Zheng Cheng Gong, in Taiwan after he ousted the Dutch. His son invited a Ming King, Zhu Shu Gui, to Taiwan as a symbol of their resistance movement.
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