A small stone stele erected in May 1935 to commemorate the 83 villagers of Shiweiqiang (石圍牆), now Shiqiang Village (石牆村), who perished in the 1935 Hsinchu-Taichung Earthquake. The disaster was especially severe here as the morning of the quake coincided with a Mazu pilgrimage festival, drawing migrant workers home. All but one of the 142 households in this village collapsed. The inscription was composed by local writer Chen Hanchu (陳漢初), whose own younger brother was among the dead. The surrounding plot was redeveloped as a small memorial park in 1999.
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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)
- 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)
- 1935 Hsinchu-Taichung Earthquake (新竹台中地震)
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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.