Address: No. 24, Wanxing Rd., Wanjin Vil., Wanluan Township, Taiwan
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The Wanchin or Wanjin Church
March 2, 2019... First Saturday
The Wanchin or Wanjin Church,
Wanchin Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (萬金聖母聖殿; pinyin: Wànjīn Shèngmǔ Shèngdiàn), is a Basilica church in Wanjin Village, Wanluan Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan.
It's also the first basilica church in Taiwan.
Founded in 1863 by a Spanish-Dominican missionary, Wanjin Catholic Church located in Pingtung is known to be the oldest Catholic church in Taiwan. In 1984, Pope John Paul II declared the church to be a basilica minore, which then made it to the world stage. Within the Holy Mother Park, a plumeria tree has been standing as long as the church itself, and over the years, it has also witnessed two significant festivities of a Catholic church — the parade of the Holy Mother and the Christmas celebrations.
The Wanjin Catholic Church has two towers on the front with a church bell suspended in the bell-cot at the apex of the nave roof, which is said to be delivered all the way from Spain at the very beginning of its establishment. Having been in use for more than a century, the sizable palanquin with the Holy Mother sitting within is paraded through the streets of Pingtung on the second Sunday of December, and this grand celebration is no doubt a perfect combination of the East and the West
萬金耶誕擠爆人 公所今年禁設攤 Wanchin Seeks to Highlight Religion in Christmas Festival—英語新聞
►訂閱節目 Subscribe： ＃主播 Anchor：張家福 Jeff Chang Taiwan's oldest basilica church, the Wanchin Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, is located in the village of Wanchin in Pingtung's Wanluan Township. The village hosts a Christmas festival every year, which has attracted millions of tourists in recent years. However, the influx of people as well as messy stall keepers, have incited the anger of locals. Therefore, this year the Wanluan Township Office is organizing the festival and will not allow any public booths. 擁有全台最古老聖母殿的屏東萬金社區，過去舉辦耶誕季行銷觀光，吸引百萬人潮，但是人潮跟攤販也引發社區反感，今年改由鄉公所主辦，決定不再提供攤位，希望能回復社區傳統。