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天后宮前「照壁」 麒麟彩繪白牆
「澎湖天后宮」的廟埕前面有一堵漆著彩繪麒麟的白牆，一般人看到這堵白牆，都會誤以為是廟會時放電影用的，或認為是廟方當公佈欄，用來貼告示或神明的諭示用，其實這堵牆的名稱叫「照壁」，也有人稱為「照牆」、「照屏」、「影壁」等。
「照壁」的設計，最早在西周時期（距今已超過三千年以上的歷史）就已經存在了。通常「照壁」是單獨聳立在建築的前面，而且不論在公有建築物如：寺廟、衙門，在私用的民宅前也常常可以看到它的身影。它最主要的功用一般認為是「排除干擾」。寺廟是奉祀神靈鬼魅的地方，之所以設置「照壁」，就是自我設限，使對外干擾人民百姓的程度減到最低。而設在民宅前的「照壁」主要是具屏風、遮蔽的作用，以收阻隔外界「對內」的干擾。
一般廟宇、廟埕前的「照壁」都朝內，也就是面對廟宇的這一面會做一番的美化，通常是做浮雕或彩繪之類的裝飾，所以也稱之為「內照壁」，而民宅所使用的「照壁」通常沒有像廟宇一樣隔了一大片的廟埕，所以它的裝飾大都擺在外部，所以稱之為「外照壁」。
根據民俗學者的研究，他們又有另一種詮釋：「傳說中認為『內照壁』設置是為了阻隔廟內的神光煞氣衝到前方，會影響到百姓的安寧；而『外照壁』的作用則剛好相反，『外照壁』的設置，為的是抵擋妖魔鬼怪的入侵。」這樣的說法的確讓人覺得比較人性化。
但「照壁」通常會有浮雕或是彩繪之類的裝飾，為什麼「澎湖天后宮」這麼重要的一座廟宇，「照壁」之前竟然沒做任何裝飾，只是一堵白牆？直至最近才漆上彩繪麒麟！其實根據在地耆老口述，西元一九二三年（大正十二年、民國十二年）大廟重修時，「照壁」是有「麒麟」（另有一說是龍形）的彩繪裝飾，而現在「麒麟昇天」空白一片的情形是因為民國六十八年「澎湖天后宮」被行政院文建會評定國家一級古蹟後，民國七十二年委託台灣大學規劃整修，該單位以「殘蹟保存」為原則進行整修，換句話說就是：「以整修當時的殘蹟現狀，依所有能蒐集到的可信資料，儘可能的恢復原貌。找得到完整的原始資料（譬如：原稿或照片等）的部份，依樣修補，沒有可信資料的情形下，寧可以『補白』的方式，留待他日找到可信資料再作處理。」到目前為止，除了口述外，還沒有找到積極可信的資料可以補畫，所以照壁只能『補白』處理了。
聽說「殘蹟保存」原則的修護，此處還是台灣官方修護古蹟的首例，也是目前最經典的作品呢！
資料來源：澎湖時報 [2006/07/18]
