Gaoshi Shrine

Gaoshi Shrine
高士神社
Religion
AffiliationOriginal: Shinto
Current: None
Deity
Location
LocationMudan, Pingtung
CountryTaiwan
Geographic coordinates22°07′21″N 120°50′20″E / 22.12250°N 120.83889°E / 22.12250; 120.83889
Architecture
Date established
  • First: 1939[2]
  • Reconstructed: 2015
MaterialsHinoki wood and concrete

Gaoshi Shrine (Chinese: 高士神社; pinyin: Gāoshì Shénshè), formerly known as Kuskus Shrine (クスクス祠, Kusukusu Jinjya), is a Shinto shrine located in Gaoshi, a Paiwan village in Mudan, Pingtung, Taiwan. With the original shrine destroyed by typhoon in 1946, a new shrine was rebuilt in 2015, making it the first Shinto shrine constructed in Taiwan in the post–World War II era, following the end of the island's Japanese rule.[3][4] The current shrine is not affiliated with the Shinto religion (or any other deity) but serves as a memorial for the Taiwanese population lost in wars such as World War II.[5]

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  2. ^ 郭シセン (7 May 2018). "初の台湾人神職が例祭執り行う 「夢への第一歩」に喜び" (in Japanese). Central News Agency. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. ^ "台版「靖國神社」 明牡丹鄉揭幕". Apple Daily (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 10 August 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. ^ 劉建邦; 程啟峰 (14 September 2019). "陸男網路稱來台毀損高士神社 移民署：未入境" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Central News Agency. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. ^ 蔡宗憲 (11 August 2015). "祖靈祈福加日本儀式 高士佛神社揭幕". Liberty Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 18 May 2020.