Former site of a hōanden (奉安殿) at Hualien Port Public School (花蓮港公學校), one of the oldest schools in Hualien County. Founded in 1897 as the Taitung Japanese Language School Qilai Branch (臺東國語傳習所奇萊分教場), the school was renamed Hualien Port Public School in 1905 and educated both Amis and Han Taiwanese students, boasting the highest enrollment in Hualien Prefecture. The campus is now Mingli Elementary School (明禮國小). No known trace of the hōanden remains.
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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)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
- Education History in Taiwan (臺灣教育史)
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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.