English: The view of Fangliao Yimin Temple(枋寮義民廟) in Xinpu Township (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).Xinpu Baozhong Yimin Temple is the religious center for Hakka communities in Northern Taiwan. Its origins can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty. In 1786, the Qing emperor was trying to suppress an anti-Qing organization called Tiandihui (literally the Society of the Heaven and the Earth). Lin Shuangwen (1756 — 1788), the society’s leader in Taiwan at the time, gathered and led a militia against the imperial soldiers in what later became known as the Lin Shuangwen Rebellion. The militia started out from its base in Changhua City and moved northward to attack the Tamsui Sub-prefecture, which included the entirety of northern Taiwan at the time. They eventually advanced into Liuzhangli Village in northern Hsinchu (today’s Liujia Area), pillaging along the way. To protect their own lands from the militia, Lin Xian-Kun (1725 – 1806), one of the local gentry, organized a group of men known as the Yimin troops, or “Righteous Citizens,” to help the imperial soldiers defend the area. By the time the rebels were subdued, over 200 local men had died in battle. These men were buried at a site that became known as the Main Cemetery (dàzhǒng). Emperor Qianlong of China bestowed a plaque with the inscription “Honored for Loyalty” (bāozhōng) in recognition of the people who contributed to the government’s defense. Local gentry then proposed to construct a temple to honor these men. Construction began in the winter of 1786 and was completed in two years. In 1835, Yimin Temple established the Yue Don I-min (Yimin) Temple Investiture Offering Ceremony Register, a registry that enlisted local citizens to help with temple maintenance and event organization. This then established a tradition for the Hakka people of Taoyuan and Hsinchu to regularly hold festivals together. In 2006, Yimin Temple was registered as a Hsinchu County historical site.