A Shinto shrine built beside the intake of Baileng Canal (白冷圳), completed in May 1932, in association with Baishui Sugarcane Breeding Institute (白水蔗苗養成所). It was mostly destroyed sometime after the war; around 1954 its foundation stones were repurposed to build a monument marking the completion of the canal’s backwater irrigation works (回水紀念碑). The original landscaping can still be discerned, and the steps of the visiting path are also mostly unchanged except by exposure to the elements. It may have been known as Suibun-sha in the original Japanese. The site is now located in Heping District, Taichung.
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Details
- Status:Remnants (遺跡)
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
Sources
- Kaneko Nobuya, Japanese Deities Overseas, Yeren Publishing House, 2020金子展也，《遠渡來台的日本諸神：日治時期的台灣神社田野踏查》，野人，2020
- Taiwan Shinto Shrines App, Kuona Lab.《台灣神社遺構地圖》
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
- Irrigation in Taiwan (台灣農田水利)
Backlinks
- Baileng Canal Intake (白冷圳入水口)
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