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Xiamen’s earliest temple to the Divine Physician, Wuxi Palace — Xiamen’s ancient aristocratic families were known by the saying “Chen in the south, Xue in the north, Sun in the east, and Ni in the west.” Among them, the Sun family had long resided in Liutang Community. According to the "Record of Donors of the Western Palace" written in 1087 (the second year of Yuanyou during the Song Dynasty) by Sun Yu, the tenth-generation descendant who had migrated to Fujian, his grandfather Sun Tiansi (the eighth generation, courtesy name Gonggu, sobriquet Rensiweng, a native of Jiahe Liutang) suffered from a strange illness that did not improve despite extensive medical treatment. That year, the wandering Taoist priest Pei Yangzhen came to Qishan Mountain in Xiamen (i.e., Huzai Mountain) to treat his illness and became close companions, as close as brothers. Soon after, Wu Tao, widely known as a miraculous healer, heard of Pei Yangzhen's profound skills and thus crossed the sea to visit Xiamen in admiration of his techniques, while also treating Sun Tiansi. The Divine Physician Wu worked wonders, curing the illness with medicine, and within three months “his limbs were strong and his complexion restored.” Tiansi offered him a hundred gold pieces in gratitude, but Wu declined to accept them. After Wu’s unfortunate passing, Tiansi was overwhelmed with grief and immediately built a small shrine on the west side of his residence in Liutang Community, naming it “Wuxi Palace,” where he enshrined a statue of Wu and held annual worship ceremonies. Later, as more and more people came to pray and pay homage, Tiansi donated four acres of land to expand the temple and provided temple property, appointing his grandson Sun Yu to manage it. The establishment of “Wuxi Palace” predates the construction of Longqiu An by the people of Qingjiao Township in 1151 by over a hundred years.

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Liutang Wuxi Palace

Xiamen’s earliest temple to the Divine Physician, Wuxi Palace

Xiamen’s ancient aristocratic families were known by the saying “Chen in the south, Xue in the north, Sun in the east, and Ni in the west.” Among them, the Sun family had long resided in Liutang Community. According to the "Record of Donors of the Western Palace" written in 1087 (the second year of Yuanyou during the Song Dynasty) by Sun Yu, the tenth-generation descendant who had migrated to Fujian, his grandfather Sun Tiansi (the eighth generation, courtesy name Gonggu, sobriquet Rensiweng, a native of Jiahe Liutang) suffered from a strange illness that did not improve despite extensive medical treatment. That year, the wandering Taoist priest Pei Yangzhen came to Qishan Mountain in Xiamen (i.e., Huzai Mountain) to treat his illness and became close companions, as close as brothers. Soon after, Wu Tao, widely known as a miraculous healer, heard of Pei Yangzhen's profound skills and thus crossed the sea to visit Xiamen in admiration of his techniques, while also treating Sun Tiansi. The Divine Physician Wu worked wonders, curing the illness with medicine, and within three months “his limbs were strong and his complexion restored.” Tiansi offered him a hundred gold pieces in gratitude, but Wu declined to accept them. After Wu’s unfortunate passing, Tiansi was overwhelmed with grief and immediately built a small shrine on the west side of his residence in Liutang Community, naming it “Wuxi Palace,” where he enshrined a statue of Wu and held annual worship ceremonies. Later, as more and more people came to pray and pay homage, Tiansi donated four acres of land to expand the temple and provided temple property, appointing his grandson Sun Yu to manage it. The establishment of “Wuxi Palace” predates the construction of Longqiu An by the people of Qingjiao Township in 1151 by over a hundred years.

Source: People's Government of Xiang'an District