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Though Zhenxing Temple’s exterior looks plain and unremarkable, it enshrines the ancestral tablet of the founder of Qikān martial arts—Master A-shan. Beside the temple, Zhenxing Society is the former training hall he established. From the first archway to Master A-shan’s cemetery behind the temple, every step traces the historical ties between Xiluo’s Qikān and the town’s own development. When speaking of Xiluo Qikān martial arts, one must mention Master A-shan (Liu Mingshan). After arriving in Taiwan in 1828, the eighth year of Emperor Daoguang’s reign, he settled in Xiluo. A consummate martial artist, he opened a school and trained disciples, turning Xiluo into a thriving center of martial spirit. The graveyard behind Zhenxing Temple is not his original burial site; it was relocated here by later generations.