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The New Taipei SanShanGuanWang Temple was built in the 45th year of the Qianlong Emperor (1780) by donations from Cantonese people. It is the earliest temple built for the belief of Hakka people in northern Taiwan, witnessing the early immigrant development of New Taipei with the participation of Hakka people. The Guangfu Palace, formerly known as "SanShanGuanWang Temple", is not the oldest temple in New Taipei, but it is the only national second-class ancient monument and the most well-preserved among the four ancient temples on the old street. SanShanGuanWang is the guardian deity of people from Chaozhou, Guangdong, mainly worshiping the three mountain gods, JinShan, MingShan, and DuShan. It was revered and worshiped by the local Cantonese people, becoming a universal belief in the Chaozhou area. As the Chaozhou Hakka people immigrated to Taiwan, they also brought the "incense" of their hometown SanShanGuanWang Temple, praying for protection. The SanShanGuanWang gods are natural worship deities, originally without images, and the statues were created after arriving in Taiwan. The temple was built in the 45th year of the Qianlong Emperor (1780) and was destroyed by a large fire in the 8th year of the Guangxu Emperor (1882). It was rebuilt in the 14th year of the Guangxu Emperor (1888) by Chen Chaowang, a Cantonese from Hsinchu, and was renamed Guangfu Palace after being repaired in the 25th year of the Republic of China.