In recent years, several earth gods have been housed together in various temples in mountainous areas; eleven, for example, "cohabit" the Nei-heng-kang Fu-teh Temple in Takeng Village, Kungkuan, Miaoli County. Just what reason induced the earth gods to give up their "single rooms" at home and crowd together in a "common dorm"?
近年來，許多山村土地廟，卻出現了多位土地公合祀一宮的情形；苗栗公館大坑村內橫崗的福德祠，甚至有十餘位土地公「共居一室」。到底是什麼原因使祂們離鄉背井，放著「單人房」不住，偏要去擠「通鋪」呢？