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A granite stele erected around 1936 on Aofengshan (鰲峰山) to commemorate the 330 people who perished in the Qingshui area during the 1935 Hsinchu-Taichung Earthquake, which also destroyed 1,401 houses and left another 1,973 half-collapsed. The monument stands near the former Qingshui Shinto Shrine. Its original inscription, which included the characters for “imperial grace” (皇恩), was covered with marble panels in 1976 following a 1974 government edict ordering the removal of Japanese colonial relics. Descendants of the victims petitioned for heritage listing and restoration of the original inscription in 2001; the monument was subsequently registered as a historic building.
Map
Heritage Status
- Historic Building (歷史建築)
Recorded On
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
- 1935 Hsinchu-Taichung Earthquake (新竹台中地震)
Connections
- Qingshui Shinto Shrine (清水神社)
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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.