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Daitian Temple (Daitian Fu), Shuili

Daitian Temple (Daitian Fu) is a neighborhood Taoist house of worship in Beipu Village, on the quiet agricultural plain of Shuili Township in Nantou County. Its name, 代天府 — "Palace that Patrols on behalf of Heaven" — signals the deity it honors: the Five Royal Lords (五府千歲), collectively known as Wang Ye, the "King Consorts" who, in folk belief, ride out from heaven to tour the land, dispel plague and misfortune, and bless the villages under their care. Unlike the grand, floodlit tourist temples of Taiwan's cities, this is a place of lived, everyday faith — a local sanctuary where the rhythm of incense, festival offerings and family prayers is set by the community it serves rather than by visitor schedules.