The yinyangsi is in charge of accepting the cangue-bearers’ spiritual petitions on behalf of the City God. Many of the earlier City God Temples in Taiwan were set up by Qing officials, who built them in the administrative center of each new district. At the end of Qing rule of Taiwan in 1895, there were 15 state-built City God Temples and 16 private ones. Today there are over 90 temples across Taiwan with the City God as main deity. According to the book Interaction Between Humans and Ghosts (人與鬼之交流) by Tsai Yi-hsin (蔡翊鑫), the Hsinchu City God Temple’s cangue ritual was first held in 1854.

Source: Taipei Times August 15, 2020 15:56 UTC