Get to know Siaogang District
- Administrative area
- District · 區
- Part of
- Kaohsiung City
- Chinese name
- 小港區
- Local areas
- District guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 45.44 km²
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Temple ritual
During the temple’s Zhongyuan Festival (中元節) observances, craftspeople make a large paper effigy of Dashiye. Worshippers fold paper ingots and thread them together into strings called chuanjin (串金), which are placed around the effigy’s neck before its ritual burning. In local belief, Dashiye oversees the spirits receiving offerings during the festival.
Woodworking traditions
At Dajiangzuo (大匠座), father and son Tsai Shun-he (蔡順河) and Tsai Wei-ren (蔡維仁) make and teach wooden furniture construction. Their work uses mortise-and-tenon joints, whose fitted wooden parts hold together without nails. Ming-style furniture, with restrained forms and simple structures, is a particular focus of the father’s practice.
Sources for this guide
百年の伝統 小港龍湖廟の「大士爺祭」 - 高雄畫刊-高雄市政府新聞局 · Kaohsiung City Government Information Bureau
榫卯傳承：木匠父子共築工藝美學 - 高雄畫刊-高雄市政府新聞局 · Kaohsiung City Government Information Bureau
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-27.
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Siaogang District 小港區
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
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