Erected in 1917 to commemorate 29 porters killed in a Tayal ambush while transporting supplies along the Old Official Road (老官道) in January 1899. The attack stemmed from a trade dispute between Hoklo settlers and Taiwanese Indigenous people of the area. It was relocated and restored when Liyutan Reservoir (鯉魚潭水庫) was constructed.
Map
Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Indigenous People of Taiwan (台灣原住民)
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Author
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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.