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Jiguopai Church

Phone:886-3-3322101 Address:336 Taoyuan City336Fuxing Dist.No.96-3 Neighborhood 18, Sanmin Village, Fuxing District, Taoyuan City
The Jiguopai Church is situated at the upstream of Dahan River in Taoyuan's Fuxing District; it was built in 1964. In the early church construction period, in the hopes of passing down the spirit of Christianity through future generations, rocks from the bat cave nearby were chosen as the construction material, these rocks were to be excavated by local residents and carried up the mountain one at a time for the construction of the building. Based on the concept of "a key to enter heaven", the pastor designed the unique church entrance; combined with the unique design of the walls, its simple elegance is even more obvious. The Council for Cultural Affairs has listed the church as one of the century-old historical sites; it was also selected as one of the "100 Religious Attractions in Taiwan" by the Ministry of the Interior in 2013.Jiguopai Church is located on the tribal grounds of the Dawuo Tribe. Back then, due to the growing number of followers having no set location for church meetings, it was decided that a church will be built within the tribe. To ensure that the church will flourish throughout the ages, under the suggestion of an American missionary Jacob Sun, and the organization of the local missionary Pastor Chen Zhong-Hui, it was decided that the church will not be constructed using the traditional Atayal tribal building material of timber and bamboo. Instead, stone masons from Beitou were asked to come and teach the tribe how to work with rocks; it took about half a year to resolve the issues related to stone cutting. Through the cooperation and hard work of the people of the Atayal tribe, where each person was responsible for one rock, this religious center constructed from rocks was finally completed and named "Jiguopai Church" after the local tribe.After the wear and tear of 50-plus years, the church still stands firm today. Even with the construction of a new church in...
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