Completed in 1956 to honor the 70th birthday of Chiang Kai-shek, this hall in Yangmingshan became a private theater and ceremonial hall for the KMT elite. Later on it was converted for use by the Qingcun Cadre under the Ministry of National Defense (國防部青邨幹訓班). When the military vacated the space in the mid-2000s it was left to the elements and quickly decayed due to the sulfurous environment.
Warning: this location is abandoned, hazardous, or otherwise neglected and may be unsafe and even dangerous! Exercise appropriate precautions when visiting.
警告：此處已廢棄或長期無人管理，可能存在潛在危險。造訪時請務必提高警覺，並做好相關安全防護措施。
Map
Heritage Status
- Historic Building (歷史建築)
Recorded On
Links
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Earth Photo Gallery Team (DQ地球圖輯隊)
Sources
- Yao Jui-Chung & Lost Society Document, Mirage: Disused Public Property in Taiwan, Garden City Publishing, 2016 姚瑞中，失落社會檔案室，《海市蜃樓：台灣閒置公共設施抽樣踏查》，田園城市文化事業有限公司，2016
Themes
- Theaters in Taiwan (台灣老戲院)
- KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
- US-ROC Alliance Period (中美共同時期)
- Mosquito Halls in Taiwan (台灣的蚊子館)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.