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中庄朝中宮 county, five rooms in the house, funded by martial
Zhongzuang’s Chouzhong Temple arts student Tsai Guo-Zi in the Qian Long 33rd
year.” It is easy to see that its building history
朝中宮在當地俗稱「中庄廟」，據《鳳
is earlier than that of Kaotan’s Baofu Temple.
山縣采訪冊》云其廟「在中莊，縣東五里，
Chouzhong Temple pays tribute to “Di Gong”,
屋五間，乾隆三十三年武生蔡國治募建」，
the Northern Emperor.
可見其建廟歷史，更早於拷潭保福宮。朝中
宮所奉祀的是俗稱為「上帝公」的北極玄天
五龍山南雄代天府
上帝，此一信仰在大寮極其普遍，同祀此神
Wulongsan Nanxiongdai Temple
的廟，在翁園、義和等村落也有，就其歷史
而言，應以此廟為最早。 張簡五龍捐地興建南雄代天府，占地龐
大、廟寺雄偉，崇奉李池吳朱范五府千歲，
Chouzhong Temple is known locally
是南台灣除了北門南鯤鯓代天府之外，最具
as “Zhongzuang Temple.” According to
規模的王爺廟之一。
“Fengshan County Interview Book”, the
temple is “In Zhongzuang, five miles east of the The majestic temple donated by Zhang-

中庄朝中宮興建工程透視圖（鄭志敏提供）。