A small monument of uncertain age standing inside the Taoyuan City Meat Market (桃園市肉品市場) in Luzhu. The pedestal and railings are modern but the stele itself appears old, and it is plausibly the original 1924 monument erected at the former Taoyuan Slaughterhouse (桃園屠獸場) by a group of local butchers and later relocated to the new market. Awaits further investigation.
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Sources
- Masayuki Manabe, Cenotaphs Erected for the Repose of Animals’ Soul during Japanese Colonial Era, 2017, Vol. 62, pp. 347–373 真辺将之、『日本統治時代台湾の動物慰霊碑─畜魂碑・獣魂碑を中心に─』、2017、第62巻、347–373頁
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Animal Spirit Monuments in Taiwan (台灣畜魂碑)
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