This is the site of the base camp for the Japanese punitive mission against the Taiwanese Indigenous people of the Hengchun Peninsula in 1874, part of what is generally known as the Mudan Incident (牡丹社事件). A monument was constructed on this site prior to the Japanese withdrawal but it was subsequently destroyed by the Qing. After Japan conquered Taiwan a monument was again established on this site around 1914. After the war the original inscription was defaced, but it has since been designated a historic site, and neatly cleaned up.
Map
Heritage Status
- Historic Building (歷史建築)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
- Wild Land Travel (-地球上的火星人-下巴 (野地旅))
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Contested Heritage in Taiwan (爭議文化遺產)
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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.