Siyu Silin Guanyin Temple () is dedicated to GuanyinãÂÂBodhisattva, and it is located in Dachi Village of Siyu, Penghu County in Taiwan.
"Dachi", formerly called "TuÃÂ-tî-kak" (大池è§Â, literally, Cape of Big Pond) in Taiwanese, this Guanyin was originally enshrined as an accompanying deity in Dachi ZhiâÂÂan Temple.
According to records, in 1999, while the temple attendant of ZhiâÂÂan Temple was offering incense, a sudden white smoke rose from the incense burner, leaving him puzzled. He then invited Nezha (Third Lotus Prince, Chinese:ä¸Â太åÂÂ, Taiwanese:Sam-thài-tsú) to descend and provide guidance. Upon descending, the Third Lotus Prince revealed that the Guanyin of ZhiâÂÂan Temple wished to move out to cultivate in seclusion. Following this message, the villagers relocated the Guanyin and enshrined her in the lord of the land temple on the eastern side of Dachi Village.
At the time, Wang Kuo-hua (çÂÂÃ¥ÂÂè¯), then head of Dachi Village, considered that land temple, which measured only 18 Pyeong (about 60 square meters), too small, and thus planned to find a new site. After discussions with the villagers, they decided to purchase land and construct a Buddhist temple.
In 2009, newly reclaimed land along the harbor in front of Dachi ZhiâÂÂan Temple was acquired from the National Property Administration. On the 2nd day of the eighth lunar month in 2010, construction began. In 2011, Xuantian Shangdi, the principal deity of the original Dachi ZhiâÂÂan Temple, instructed that the new Guanyin temple be named "Silin Temple" (西æÂÂ寺, its name literally means "West Woods Temple"). On the 3rd day of the third lunar month in 2014, Silin Temple was completed.