The grave of Wu Sha (吳沙), the Zhangzhou-born Han Chinese settler remembered as the pioneer of Han migration into the Lanyang Plain (蘭陽平原). Wu Sha asked on his deathbed in 1798 to be interred at Sandiao (三貂), the Pacific coast staging ground from which his expeditions had set out, and the tomb has stood here ever since. Prefect Yang Tingli came to pay his respects during the Jiaqing reign and composed a couplet in Wu Sha’s honor; the structure visible today dates to a 1931 restoration, with an earlier renovation in 1888. Designated a municipal monument in 1985.
Map
Heritage Status
- Municipal Monument (直轄市定古蹟)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
Themes
- Qing Dynasty Era Taiwan (清治時期台灣)
- Contested Heritage in Taiwan (爭議文化遺產)
- Han Settlement of Taiwan (漢人移墾)
Connections
- Lady Wu Sha Tomb (吳沙夫人墓)
- Wu Sha Residence (吳沙故居)
- Toucheng Kaicheng Temple (頭城開成寺城隍廟)
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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.