Built in 1960 to replace the older Jiaobanshan Guesthouse (角板山貴賓館) as Chiang Kai-shek’s retreat in the Fuxing area. In practice CKS still preferred the old guesthouse and would walk between the two. The compound was built on requisitioned Indigenous reserve land and included an underground bunker with escape tunnels and multiple evacuation routes. After CKS’s death, Chiang Ching-kuo continued to visit, writing the essay Meitai Siqin (梅台思親) at the pavilion overlooking the gorge in 1976. The residence was opened to the public in 1995 and is now part of the Jiaobanshan Sculpture Park. The war tunnel was opened to visitors in 2016.
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)
Themes
- KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
- Chiang Kai-shek Guesthouses (蔣公行館)
Connections
- Jiaobanshan Shinto Shrine (角板山祠)
Nearby Locations
Author
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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.