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Tansui Pavilion (with over 200 years of history) is located in Tanyang Village, Tanzi District, Taichung City, and serves as the faith center of the area. During the Qianlong period, a wooden Guanyin statue floated down the lower pond and glowed at night; the ancestors built a small stone temple under the bamboo grove by the pond to house the statue. In the sixth year of the Jiaqing reign (1801), local villagers, recognizing the growing number of worshippers, funded the construction of a pavilion named “Tansui Pavilion,” which marks the beginning of the site. In the fourth year of Daoguang (1824), the pavilion was renovated, and the villagers erected a plaque to commemorate the work. In the fourth year of Guangxu (1878), the village of Dapu and the families of Lin Zhenchun and others donated funds for restoration and expansion of the worship hall. Since then, the temple has retained its complete appearance, and pilgrims have continued to visit in great numbers. In the ninth year of the Republic (1930), a flood damaged the temple walls and columns. Village members Lin Qionzhang, Fu Qunqi, Lin Xiwa, and others advocated relocating the temple. They acquired 2.5 acres of land from Yaozi Lin Fengyuan to serve as the new temple grounds. The temple was rebuilt in April of the same year and completed in the twelfth year of the Republic (1933). In the fifty-seventh year of the Republic (1958), the temple’s tiled roof was constantly leaking. Local gentleman Dai Chunbo proposed a major repair; generous donors, both male and female, eagerly contributed, and devoted believers Wu Tiankang donated 41 ping of land in front of the temple for roads and easier access. The renovation and expansion were completed in July of the same year. In the winter of the sixty-fifth year (1966), the new structure was finished, and a management committee was established in the seventieth year (1975). In a blink, half a century had passed. Dai, the committee chairperson, worked tirelessly with the villagers to purchase eleven houses behind the temple in the eighty-first year (1982) and converted them into a Great Hall, which was completed in the ninety-first year (1992). The original rear hall and side halls had constantly leaking tiled roofs. In 1995, a repair team was formed, and the structure was demolished and expanded into a central hall, preserving the main hall (Guanyin Hall) as a rare “temple within a temple” building. In May 1996, 160.8 ping of land in front of the temple was purchased, and the project was completed by the end of that year. The temple’s current appearance dates from then, and a grand ceremony was held in the year of the Goat to celebrate the opening of the Anlong, Xietu, and Qiangfu Three-Generations Qing Jiao. Tansui Pavilion Expansion Album: Completed from January 2005 to July 2008. Tansui Pavilion features a unique “temple within a temple” design. The front hall houses Guanyin Bodhisattva and the dragon maiden, splendid and magnificent, with the “Water-flowing Guanyin” also enshrined here. The second floor of the rear hall enshrines Shakyamuni Buddha, Medicine Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, Manjushri Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva Veerabhadra, and the Guardian Deity Kasyapa. The sides house the Eighteen Arhats and the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Buddhas. The first floor enshrines Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Buddhas. The third floor of the central hall enshrines the Jade Emperor, the second floor enshrines the Three Officials Emperor, the Emperor of Agriculture, the Supreme Heavenly Deity, Dou Lao Star King, Southern Dou Star King, Northern Dou Star King, the sixty Jiazi Tai Sui Star King, while the first floor enshrines the Celestial Mother, Guan Sheng Emperor, Zusheng Lady, the Most Holy Sage, Wang Chang Emperor, Qiao Sheng Sage, City God, Shiming True Deity, Fortune and Goodness Deity, Zhong Zhen Emperor, and the Central Hall Marshal. The sides contain meeting rooms, offices, service counters, etc. The temple grounds are vast, the architecture magnificent, a solemn and uplifting place for the dissemination of Dharma and the benefit of beings. Its structure is complete and full of ancient charm. At the northern end, a green-tiled cultural corridor once stood (now demolished). To the southwest, a charming hexagonal pavilion is built, surrounded by lush grass and trees, green and pleasant—this was the original site of Tansui Pavilion before the relocation. Today, it has become a place where villagers entrust their spirits and pray for blessings. Text source: Tansui Pavilion Guanyin Mother Temple.