During the reign of Emperor Yongli in the Ming Dynasty, a Matsu-worshipping monk crossed the Taiwan Strait from Fujian and landed in A-Ho (today’s Pingtung City). Initially, the Statue of Matsu was temporary placed in the City Office for the public to worship, but ever since then, a flash of red glare would appear every mid-night. At first no one could comprehend the meaning behind such phenomenon. It was not until some times later that the public realized that it was a miracle and decided to build a temple to enshrine Matsu. The miracle brought TziFong Temple into existence in the year of 1737 (2nd year of Emperor Qianlong’s reign in Ching Dynasty) and was praised by the worshippers for generations.For over 200 years since TziFong Temple’s establishment, the Temple experienced only one major disaster in 1983, fire as a result of electric wire sparking which almost burned down both front and rear hall. Despite the devastating damage, what stunned and comforted the faith of the worshippers was that the statue of Matsu came out unharmed. After the fire, a major-scale reconstruction which lasted for 15 years took place, giving birth to today’s TziFong Temple.Up in the rooftop above TziFong Temple’s horizontal inscription, one can see the elaborate and grandeur cut-and-paste craftsmanship with life-like koji ceramic figures and dragons and various auspicious creatures of many colors; plafonds of the Nave ceiling was painted in gold with overlapping corbel brackets to display the building’s magnificence and splendor; there are also many historical artifacts in the Temple with more than 100 years of history which were remnants of the Ching Dynasty such as the delicately-crafted stone drums and dragon columns in the Sanctuary Hall, horizontal inscription hanging above the Temple and stele inscriptions which documented historical events.In addition to its glamorous appearance, the reconstructed TziFong Temple also held many creative cultural activities to show the public