Using two to four county monographs for each of six counties in west­central Fujian, this essay classifies all listed temples by dynasty and religious affiliation and tries, on this basis, to sketch the religious history of the area. Three of these counties used to belong to Tingzhou汀州府and are Hakka­speaking; the other three lie further north and are not Hakka-speaking. Among the most interesting results of the survey is the discovery that the three Hakka counties lag far behind the morthern counties in Tang and Five Dynasties foundations, no doubt a reflection of the relatively late Sinicization of the Hakka area. The tables and accompanying commentaries also show the great Buddhist and Taoist monastic establishments佛寺，禪院，道觀to date mostly to the Song or even the Tang (for Buddhism) while subsequent temples tend to be village or even lineage foundations and are typically called an庵. The mbnographs contain a surprising amount of material on disputes between lineages and monks and also about local temple festi­vals, most of which are organized around local gods housed in miao廟. Tables of the gods worshiped in temples of all kinds allow analysis of the relative importance of local, regional, and national gods and of the time when gods like Wutong五通, Zhenwu真武, Guandi關帝, Mazu媽祖, and Wenchang文昌first appear in the region. Information about temple benefactors and temple functions is sparser but still repays systematic analysis.