自古以來各行各業皆有信仰神祇，這些神祉有些亦即所謂的「行業神」，人們信仰這些神明，無非是為了要祈捄這些神明保佑他們的工作能夠平安順利，並且讓他們的心靈有所寄託。 軍工匠在清代可以說是一個特別的行業，其並非官方人員，亦非只有民間百姓身份，而是個半官半民的特殊身份。清代的軍工匠也與當時的各行各業一樣有屬於自己所信仰的神祇，這些神祇的崇拜與他們的行業是息息相關的。本文所闡述的軍工匠，是專指製造水師戰船的工匠，其職責即是製造水師戰船以及採辦軍工木料。文中對軍工匠信仰的探討則是以臺灣為主並兼論廈門地區。會以這兩處地點做為探討，是因為這兩地在清代時期所製造的戰船額數是全國最多，因此在這裡的軍工所比起其他各省之軍工匠要來的特殊及重要，再者，在臺灣還可以看到一些屬於軍工匠所留下的行腳，有些地區的碑碣及廟宇的保存還相當的完好。本文即針對軍工匠所信仰的神祇和其寺廟的興建情況做一淺略性的概述。

Every industry has had its own god that people believe in since time immemorial. Each of the gods is so-called “professional god”. People worship these professional gods on account of they hope that the gods will bless then safe and smoothly when they are working. In addition, they can commit themselves to God and feel tranquil for soul. “Naval shipyard worker” is a special kind of job during Qing Dynasty. The shipyard workers do not only belong to the government or the private organization. They consisted of government of officials and civilians. The shipyard workers have their own professional god the same as other industries. Besides, these professional gods are related to their jobs. The naval shipyard workers in this paper are those responsible for making warship of the navy and the wood material. We discuss the shipyard workers’ beliefs in Taiwan and Fujian because the shipyard workers in these two provinces are more important than others; moreover, the beliefs of the shipyard workers in Taiwan is the most diversified one. Up to now, Taiwanese have preserved the temples related to naval shipyard workers. Accordingly, we gave a summary description on the professional gods of the shipyard workers and the buildings of these temples in Taiwan in this paper.