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Xia Tai Shan Yan, also known as Xia Miao or Xian Ying Zu Shi Tai Shan Yan. There are two Tai Shan Yans in the Tai Shan District. Due to the terrain of Tai Shan being higher in the southwest, known as Ding Tai Shan, and lower in the northeast, known as Xia Tai Shan, the two temples are distinguished by their locations as Ding Tai Shan Yan and Xia Tai Shan Yan. Both Tai Shan Yans worship the same main deity, Xian Ying Zu Shi. Ding Tai Shan Yan was built in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, approximately 250 years ago, in Qi Zi Jiao. It was founded by Li Fu Ji's grandfather, Xu Yan, and uncle, Xu Yuan, who brought the deity from their hometown in Anxi, Quanzhou, Fujian, to Taiwan for worship. Later, due to the flourishing incense and the increasing number of believers, the followers in the Xia Tai Shan area felt that it was inconvenient to visit the temple, and they planned to separate and worship. 128 years ago, in the first year of the Guangxu period (1875), Huang Yonglai and Cai Wuzhu, two directors, initiated and obtained donations from believers to separate from Ding Tai Shan Yan and establish Xia Tai Shan Yan. Xia Tai Shan Yan was expanded in the 10th year of the Taisho period (1921) and rebuilt in the 56th year of the Republic of China. The reconstruction was completed in the 65th year, and the main hall's circular columns were repaired in the 71st year. The reconstruction stele from the Taisho period is embedded in the wall of the bell and drum tower, recording the names of donors, amounts, materials, and income and expenses. The stele on the left and right walls of the front hall was erected in the 65th year of the Republic of China. In front of the temple, there is a stele of Tai Shan Bridge. Across the street, there is a stage with a couplet that reads: "Like false and real, performing sad and happy separations, is it ancient or modern, distinguishing good and evil, loyalty and treachery."