| Wei-ming temple | |
| Native Name: | 威明堂 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Religious Affiliation: | Taoist |
| Deity: | Tu'er Shen, other Taoist deities |
| Location: | New Taipei City, Taiwan |
Wei-ming temple,[1] also known as Rabbit Temple, is a Taoist temple in New Taipei City, Taiwan dedicated to Tu'er Shen (lit. "The Rabbit God"), a Chinese deity associated with gay love and sex.
Founded by Taoist priest Lu Wei-ming in 2006, the shrine is explicitly welcoming to gay congregants, and draws about 9,000 attendees per year.[2] According to Wei-ming, the temple is the only shrine in the world dedicated to homosexuals, and has stated that his intent in creating the shrine was to create a welcoming place for a demographic subject to ostracism. While praying to the gods for a lover is a traditional Taoist custom, the Wei-ming temple's focus on sexuality is distinct, and a symbol of queer identity in Taiwanese society.[3] The temple has been the target of sporadic protests by Taiwan's small Christian community, with a priest attempting to perform an exorcism of the shrine on one occasion.[4]