15/05/2026
🐤【你也許不知道的冷知識04 - 東沙環礁篇】🐤
🐤【Fun Facts 04 - Dongsha Atoll】🐤
原本舊有的東沙大王廟在20世紀初被侵入的日本人搗毀所以不知所奉何神，民國37年（1948年）冬季，關公神像，隨獨木舟漂流而來，神像滴水不沾，被當年駐守的陸戰隊官兵建廟奉祀，依然稱「東沙大王廟」，視為東沙的守護神。當年的獨木舟仍保存於廟側。目前該廟亦祀開基大王、中壇元帥、關平太子、周倉將軍、副尊大王、鎮殿大王、觀世音菩薩、玉面觀音、朝元宮媽祖、黑面媽祖、五令旗(五營兵將)、虎爺、龍船、海棠樹公、土地公、國軍東沙公墓。
The original Pratas Great King Temple was destroyed in the early 20th century during the Japanese occupation, leaving the identity of its original deity unknown. In the winter of 1948, a statue of Guan Gong (the God of War) drifted ashore on a dugout canoe. Miraculously, the statue remained completely bone-dry despite traveling across the sea. The Marines stationed on the island at the time built a temple to enshrine the deity, retaining the name "Pratas Great King Temple" and regarding Guan Gong as the patron saint of the Pratas Islands. To this day, the original dugout canoe is still preserved beside the temple.
Currently, the temple enshrines a diverse pantheon of deities, including:
The Founding Great King (Kaiji Dawang)、Marshal of the Central Altar (Nezha)、Guan Ping and Zhou Cang (Attendants of Guan Gong)、Guanyin Bodhisattva (Goddess of Mercy)、Mazu (Goddess of the Sea, including the Chaoyuan Palace and Black-faced versions)、Five Command Flags (Representing the celestial soldiers of the five camps)、Lord Tiger (Hu Ye)、Dragon Boat and the Elder of the Crabapple Tree (Haitang Shugong)、Tudigong (The Earth God)、The National Revolutionary Army Dongsha Cemetery.
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