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Primary Deity: Fude Zhengshen History: Changhua Ximen Fude Temple (a county-designated historic site) enshrines Fude Zhengshen—popularly known as Tudi Gong, the tutelary deity of the land—hence the temple is also called the Great West Gate Tudi Gong Temple. Its founding date can no longer be ascertained; the only clue is an old plaque from the Qianlong era hanging inside the temple, suggesting that it was built around that period. In the history of land reclamation by Taiwan’s early settlers, belief in Fude Zhengshen was widespread: villagers revered him as the God of Soil and Grain, while merchants in urban streets worshipped him as the God of Wealth, giving rise to the saying “Tudi Gong at the head and tail of fields, at the start and end of streets.” In the past, Changhua County’s walled city had four gates: East Gate (Legeng Gate), West Gate (Qingfeng Gate), South Gate (Xuanping Gate), and North Gate (Gongchen Gate). Immediately inside each gate stood a small land-god shrine.