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施景琛/鹿港林孝女祠記
1872-1955
Shi Jingchen/ Record of Lukang's Lin Filial Piety Daughter Temple,1949
32長 × 45 cm
館藏2014-0095
【釋文】
二次歐戰發生，盟機轟炸台灣，賡續不絕。惟鹿港媽祖廟左近受炸甚烈，摧毀房屋數十棟，死傷民眾數十人。而媽祖廟則如魯殿靈光，巍然獨存，是媽祖呵護之力也。按媽祖宋時生於興化湄洲，其父兄墜水，媽祖以荏弱女子，纖纖女手，覓父尸而歸，里人視之以為神，死則以神奉之。祠宇徧設國內國外。民國十八年內政部頒發神祠存廢標準，凡合於先哲則保存之，近於淫祠則撤廢之。舉國媽祖廟援引事實，籲請保存，均已太令保存條例駁斥。適余藏有道光間楊雪滄先生所著湄洲志，內載興化陳池養太史林孝女傳一篇，余據以上聞，省府轉請內政部核斷。蒙準符合保存先哲條例，通令保存。惟應改為林孝女祠等語。台灣已歸本國版圖，自應遵照部令，改為林孝女祠，以示一律。民國三十八年五月十八日，余參謁鹿港媽祖廟貌，謹誌數語與各董事一商榷焉。
【說明】
施景琛，字涵宇，同治11年(1872)生於鹿港，早年僑居福州，光緒23年(1898)年中式舉人。
此文稿為抗戰前致力於福建各地文物保存的閩人施景琛於1949年造訪鹿港天后宮時所撰。文稿提供的訊息頗為豐富，敘及鹿港1943年的崎仔腳爆擊事件中媽祖顯靈事蹟，也提及國民政府於民國18年(1929)進行的神祠存廢標準，並以溯源媽祖林默娘神化聖蹟之有稽可考，才得以「孝道」的價值來保存媽祖信仰云云。
【Description】
Shi Jingchen, courtesy name Hanyu, was born in Lukang in 1872 and spent his early years living in Fuzhou. He was a Juren, passed the provincial examination in 1898.
This manuscript was written by Shi Jingchen, who was dedicated to preserving cultural relics across Fujian before the war, during his visit to the Lukang Tianhou Temple in 1949. The manuscript provides rich information, including the account of Mazu’s miraculous intervention during the bombing of Qijizijiao in Lukang in 1943. It also mentions the National Government's 1929 standards for the preservation of temples, asserting that the deification of Mazu, or Lin Moniang, could be substantiated, allowing the Mazu belief to be preserved for its value in promoting filial piety.