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西公厝（覡公厝） crossed the ocean to Taiwan. When he arrived at
Shigong Old House Fenghuang Mountain (Fengshan) and laid eyes
on this blessed land, he moved the entire family
西公厝，覡公之諧音，其渡台開基始祖
to settle here for future development. This was the
為張世英；當他來到鳳凰山（鳳山），見此
beginning of Shigong Old House.
地福地，便將家族遷移至此發展，為西公厝
的開端。 Zhang Yuan-Hong had seven children
when this was passed down to him, and fully
傳至張元紅時，育有七子，全栽培為
cultivated them to become professional Taoist
專業道士。之後，立張家祖厝，名為「清河
priests. After that, he established the Zhang family
堂」，後取其「持齋做功課」，超渡之意，
ancestral home called “Ching He Tang” (Clear
又稱為「齋公厝」。經相傳至諧音為「獅公
Water Hall), which was later renamed “Tzu Ji
厝」、「師公厝」、「司公厝」或「西公
Does Homework” and later became known as
厝」，而有現在之名。
“Jigung House.” After passing through the
日治殖民政府採「扶佛滅道」政策，鼓 grapevine, it became the homophonic “Hsihgung
勵台灣民眾改信佛教，再加上日人破壞西公
厝原本的風水，張家一度沒落。光復後，張

家子孫張瑞益爬上刀梯，首先晉升為道長；
接著有幾個子弟也都通過道長考驗，張家才
又漸漸復興。

註：覡公（男為覡、女為巫）
Shigong Old House, a word play on

Shigong, is Zhang His-Ying, the ancestor that first 西公厝。