英文摘要:The purpose of the study was to explore the history of the Phoenix halls in the period of Japanese ruling in area of Kaoshiung(高雄). From the abundant materials, such as books supported by every Phoenix hall, inscription on a tablet, brief introduction and periodicals issues, the history of development of Phoenix halls and the faith intension of halls could be probed. By means of interviews with people in Phoenix halls, the omission and doubtful points appeared in the materials could be filled and distinguished. The backgrounds of Phoenix books and phenomenon and situation in the society at that time could be understood via the local newspaper-- “Everyday News of Taiwan.”(臺灣日日新報). The dawn of Phoenix halls in the period of Japanese ruling in area of Kaoshiung was Ciming(啟明) hall in 1899. After that, four halls named Sioushan(修善), Yicheng(意誠), Shanhua(善化), and Jingwu(警悟) were set up gradually. The five Phoenix halls were significantly connected with the sports of giving up smoking then. Also, these halls are highly interacted. In addition, as shown in Phoenix books, they had close relations with the Phoenix halls in area of Tainan, too. In 1926, many halls were founded to preach good will. Hakkas’ Phoenix halls were also expanded and established independently. They were clearly diffusive. Besides, the special skills of dang-gi/ki-tong(童乩) in Phoenix halls came from the area of Sinjhu(新竹) and Miaoli(苗栗). In the study, fairly high communality was found between Phoenix halls from the southern part of Fukien Province and those form Hakka in many aspects, such as creeds, mythology, forms of the hall, hall organization and social stratum, principles about entering the hall, supports of the hall, and preaching good will. However, the two types of Phoenix halls retained the differences from the common in ways of gods of faith, sacred ceremony, women in the halls, and standards about entering the halls. Finally, via the newspapers in the period of Japanese ruling, it could be seen that many serious social problems such as drinking, whoring, gambling, and misjudgment by quacks emerged in an endless stream. Standing on the ground of concern, Phoenix halls continually published books teaching and reminding people to quit bad habits. In the meanwhile, Phoenix halls strongly denounced superstitions, blindness, and darkness. Also, they asserted to release souls from purgatory. The pity on the whole society exactly came from the thoughts of saving and was exteriorized into practice and concrete concern. In short, the common features and characteristics of Phoenix halls were mainly demonstrated and the diversity was also presented in the study. It is hoped that the section of blanks of the development history of Phoenix halls in area of Kaoshiung since the period of Japanese ruling could be filled up through the study.