Children play baseball at the primary school facing the old temple, and cycle to the floodway riverside on days off
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Children around here go to Xinggu Elementary School, directly in front of Xianse Temple; the school's name is taken from a phrase meaning "may the five grains flourish". Baseball runs deep at the school, which has produced several professional players.
Xianse Temple, popularly called Wuguwang Temple (the Temple of the Five Grains King), is dedicated to Shennong and is a municipal-designated monument. "Wuguwang" is also the local place name. The MRT's Xianse Temple Station is named after the temple, but the station is at the junction of Chongxin Road Section 5 and Guangfu Road, about 650 metres from it.
For shopping you depend on the big stores: real-estate listings describe few traditional markets here, with only scattered fresh-food shops and small stalls in the lanes. For a big shop, go to Carrefour on Chongxin Road Section 5; for a walk, head to the riverside parks along the Erchong Floodway, with lawns, cycle paths and a softball field.
Going by our street-view photos, sidewalks rank 7th among New Taipei's 100 neighborhoods, near the top. Greenery ranks 17th, also near the top.
School is close: Xinggu Elementary School's base catchment is Wugu, Guwang and Dehou villages, all entirely inside this neighborhood. Families in Zhongxing Village can choose Xinggu or Touqian Elementary School in Xinzhuang.
Daily shopping ranks 72nd among New Taipei's 100 neighborhoods, toward the bottom. Healthcare ranks 81st, also toward the bottom.
Real-estate listings also warn that homes near the expressway or on the edge of the industrial area may get traffic noise, and occasionally factory smells. Tangcheng Park, inside this neighborhood at Lane 609, Chongxin Road Section 5, opened in the 1990s and has since turned into an office and technology park.
In 1745, settlers of the Li family brought Shennong over from Fujian, and in 1755 they built a temple at Sankandian on the bank of the Dahan River, roughly behind today's Jinling Girls' High School. Because the Dahan River flooded it again and again, the temple moved to Wuguwang.
In 1850, local gentry rebuilt it and expanded it to two halls, and in the Japanese colonial period it was renamed Xianse Temple. When it was rebuilt again in 1925, two rival teams of craftsmen each built one half, so the left and right sides differ in style; this is called duichangzuo, "facing-off construction". A full restoration was completed in 2004, and the deities were reinstalled in a ceremony on 31 December.
When Xinggu Elementary School was founded in 1969, it first borrowed the buildings left behind when Mingzhi Junior High School moved, and only in 1970 moved to its current site directly facing the temple.
New Taipei City's Second Administrative Center is being built in Wugu Village, inside this neighborhood, and the city government expects it to open at the end of 2026. The police, fire and health departments, among others, will move in over time, as will the Sanchong Health Center. Its second basement level will connect directly to Xianse Temple Station by an underground passage.
Compared with the 100 New Taipei neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
NHI-contracted hospitals, public elementary and junior high schools whose catchment covers this area (estimated from the New Taipei City Education Department's 2026 school-year catchment lists, treating every neighborhood in a village as equal in size; "Shared catchment" marks a free-choice zone where families can pick between two or more schools), high schools and universities within 1 km, stations, parks of 1 ha or more (OpenStreetMap), and large shopping malls and department stores (OpenStreetMap).
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