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An imperial portrait hall (奉安殿) established in 1928; also known as the Sansasho Public School Hōanden. One of only a handful of Hōanden remaining in Taiwan, these purpose-built structures were designed to house the imperial script on education and portraits of the emperor. It is located on the grounds of Sanyi Jianzhong Elementary School (三義建中國民小學) and you may need to visit outside of regular hours.
A stele from an associated enshrinement site (奉安所), dating from a different year, now stands in front of the hōanden. After the war it ended up on the bank of the nearby Shuiwei Creek (水尾溪), where it served as a public washboard until 2007, when someone flipped it over, noticed the inscription, and returned it to the school via the local police.
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)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Wild Land Travel (-地球上的火星人-下巴 (野地旅))
Sources
- 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)
- 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.