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Lingguang Hall is located in Guangrong Village's Lingguang Temple, commonly known as the “Huo Shaoping Palace.” Its founding has a legend: around the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the Huo Shaoping villagers discovered three drowned corpses by the sea and buried them at the current site of Lingguang Temple. Since then, any resident’s petitions have always been answered, and the place was revered as “All Spirits Grandfather.” During the Japanese occupation, a group of eight villagers attempted to carve a golden statue for All Spirits Grandfather but failed. In 1929 (Showa 4), Mr. Chen Jiangcheng of Baozheng established the Luantang “Hua Xin She Yi Shan” at home. After All Spirits Grandfather was repeatedly promoted to king by the Jade Emperor, in 1932 (Showa 7) the deity instructed that it was time to build a temple. The villagers hurriedly raised funds, and the new temple was named “Zi Leng,” dedicated to the King of the Zhu Family, and it also housed the Holy Emperor alongside the temple’s guardian deity. In 1934 (Showa 9), the temple management felt that the name “Zi Leng Hall” seemed out of place compared to other clan temples, so they changed it to “Lingguang Hall,” a name that has persisted to this day. Source: Ministry of Culture National Cultural Memory Database – Lingguang Hall, 1934 (Showa 7) visual record.