In Taiwanese communities, constructing a house of worship or temple relies mostly on efforts, dedication and participation of the local religious groups and the followers out of their wishing power and often is the results of their striving and joint endeavors. The residents having tried to seek for mind shelter or protection feel secured in daily life and this leads to frequent local festival events and activities nothing short of aggregation between the daily living custom and the religious rituals. This study aims to fully depict and demonstrate the whole picture of the target historic temple and the communities around it, including the architecture and cultural heritage of the temple - Bodhisattva Kuanyin Temple at Shoushanyen Hill and the local religious culture and ritual activities; therefore begins with literature reviews on the history and artifacts, follows with the field study and the interviews with local elderly leaders, and finally with discussion and conclusion. This study puts emphases on key elements such as the origin of historical development of both Kuanyin Temple and Gueishan Township where it is located, its immortals and beliefs tracing, the most valued historical and aesthetic artifacts, and its worship ritual as traditional culture; so as to lead the residents to appreciate the beauty of the historical sites and artifacts. This study firstly examines the development history of Gueishan Township and the timeline of the temple structure construction, improvements and renewals, also examines the immortals one after another separately to their respective location of their figures or statues digging into its origin and timeline, popularity among the followers and the possible time of its introduction. Next, the study tries to define and describe the interactive relations between the large scale religious events and the local events and the contributions to the public interests made by the temple management, and both demonstrate the social service functions of the religious practice. Indeed the religion development is not only closely related to the local social classes but also mutually fosters each other. At last the study investigates the in terms of cultural heritage how has the Kuanyin Temple develop and promote the tangible and intangible value of religious tours and thus making most out of the invaluable historical and heritage resources. The study comes to the conclusion that it is the opportunity and obligation of the management of the Bodhisattva Kuanyin Temple at Shoushanyen Hill to host and organize charity and public interest centered programs and events steadily to the religious beliefs of devotion to mercy, compassion and joy of giving that the Kuanyin Temple relies on as the very foundation.
