水仙宮|Shuixian Temple

















Tucked away in Shuixian Temple Market is a tiny gem of a temple and a real piece of history. Located at the head of Shennong Street, this temple was a control center for much of the on-goings of the Five-Channels Area during the Qing Dynasty. When this was a busy port area just outside the city walls, several trade unions pretty much ran the show here. Three large trade unions cooperated in building Shuixian Temple as a headquarters. The combination of business and worship created a rather religious guild hall. The worship was closely linked to the business of ocean trade, of course. Sea captains, sailors and tradesmen made their way up Shennong Street to worship the five water-based deities of the temple as a means to reinforce their own safety in the shipping business. more...

水仙宮是昔日臺灣府城七寺八廟之一。廟內主祀水仙尊王,即「一帝兩王二大夫」的大禹、寒奡、項羽、伍子胥和屈原。該廟所在之地過去是臺灣府城五條港之一的南勢港,是三郊的總部所在地,該廟亦由當地商人合資興建。該廟的前身最初是在清康熙二十三年(1684年)時由該地商人集資創建供奉水仙王之廟,當時只是間茅頂竹柱篾壁的質樸廟宇。
後來於康熙五十四年(1715年),原任臺灣水師左營遊擊的卓爾壇號召泉漳商旅集資重建,並聘請潮州工匠前來主持建築工作,耗費四年方完工。完工後,臺灣府知府王珍捐獻了「著靈鰲柱」匾給該廟。
乾隆六年(1741年),臺廈商旅陳逢春等人重修廟宇,並填平廟前的南勢港道以為廟埕,又購置店鋪以供香火、立碑於廟前埕覺津寺、建造後殿及獻「萬水朝宗」匾。
日治時期後,由於三郊資助過劉永福抗日,以及與中國大陸內地間的貿易之中斷,導致三郊商號不是被查抄就是倒閉,連帶影響到為三郊所管理的水仙宮。
在第二次世界大戰時,水仙宮被盟軍轟炸,導致中、後殿毀損。後來在中後殿蓋了防空洞,而水仙宮只剩下三川門殿。而原祀奉於正殿內的五尊水仙尊王鎮殿金身,在水仙宮正殿拆除後,據傳金身被移往同屬三郊管理之大天后宮寄祀。
民國四十三年(1954年),由郭炳輝發起在僅剩的三川門殿及部分中庭重建水仙宮,僅剩一進。之後民國七十四年(1985年)又整修過,約三年後完工,並於七十九年(1990年)為此建醮。更多...