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Looking back to the early days of Taiwan, Hokkien people from Fujian crossed the Taiwan Strait to settle here. Leaving their hometowns behind, they faced an unknown and thorny new world. Their only spiritual reliance was their ancestral deities and the various gods of their hometowns. Migrants brought with them their hometown's religious rituals and purchased Buddhist statues to make the deities in their hearts more concrete. This led to the development of the Buddhist statue carving industry in the first section of Xi Yuan Road, next to Longshan Temple. From the Guangzhou Street intersection to the Guilin Street intersection, this short section of Xi Yuan Road has become the most famous Buddhist goods street in Taiwan. There are a total of 20 Buddhist goods shops on both sides of the street, including one century-old renowned shop that was established as early as 1895, and many other family-run shops passed down through generations. Longshan Temple has been an important catalyst for the gathering of Buddhist statue carving businesses on Xi Yuan Road. As people's livelihoods gradually improved, their devotion to deities became more sincere, and temples kept increasing, making it more common to bring deities back home for worship. These factors contributed to the clustering effect of the Buddhist goods street. In addition to statues of deities, other related items such as altar tables, stoves, and lamp stands are also essential items in Buddhist goods shops, together writing the most splendid chapter of the Buddhist goods industry on Xi Yuan Street.