| dc.description.abstract | This paper is a case investigation of Ganquan Temple, Guanyin Township, Taoyuan County. I’m going to discuss the interaction and development between Ganquan Temple of Guanyin Township in Taoyuan County and Hakka Settlements through document analysis and field investigation. To discuss Ganquan Temple of Guanyin Township from history and religious worship to the interview of government organizations, temples, local Hakka elders and people who study literature and history and documents analysis to figure out more about Ganquan Temple.
The origin of the name of Guanyin Township reflects the habitual behavior, religious belief and social group conscious of its inhabitants. Though it’s actually not seen much in Taiwan history, in this case, we can clearly see that Guanyin Ganquan Temple does influence the local development, and it also manifests the special quality of local humanism and religious belief. The half-Minnan and half-Hakkan Guanyin Township is divided into three big areas, Guanyin, Caota and Xinpo. I will try to discuss a topic, of which the main research is about the Hakka Settlements, and also the relation of local politics, economy, and social culture development through observing the temples like Guanyin Temple.
The ritual spheres of Ganquan Temple are Guanyin, Baiyu, Guangxing, Daitan, Wuwei, Baosheng, Sanhe, Xinxing, Kengwei, Jinhu. They use the religious activities like ritual spheres to not only solid the settlements but also reinforce the importance of temples in Hakka Guanyin Settlements. The temples are rooted in the local areas, and they develop an inseparable relation that produces the development of the temple surroundings and local areas.
The Ganquan Temple was reconstructed into a splendid and magnificent one in 1996. I aspire this paper can rearrange the history documents of Ganquan Temple by bibliography analysis and field investigation, and ensure the religious followers of Ganquan Temple can understand the interaction between Ganquan Temple and local Hakka Settlements. To make Hakka descendants value their own hometown Hakka culture and belief more. | en_US |