A memorial at the final resting place of 54 Ryukyuan sailors who perished at the beginning of what is generally known as the Mudan Incident (牡丹社事件) in 1871. During the 1874 punitive expedition against the Taiwanese Indigenous people their remains were interred at this location, and the current monument was constructed in 1906.
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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)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Ghost Island (鬼島)
- Contested Heritage in Taiwan (爭議文化遺產)
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Alexander Synaptic
Curator, Spectral Codex
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.