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This stone obelisk commemorates the thirteen workers, seven Japanese and six Taiwanese, killed in the 1936 “golden gourd” explosion (金瓜大爆炸) at the Erjie Paper Mill (二結紙廠), where an overheated bagasse digester boiled dry and burst under pressure. Erected in 1938 some 300 metres from the blast site in Shangsi Village (上四村), it records the victims’ names, ages, and origins on its right face. The paper company maintained the rites until its dissolution in 2001, after which local residents revived offerings during Ghost Month beginning in 2006. It was designated a county monument in 2015.
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Map
Heritage Status
- City Monument (縣(市)定古蹟)
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)
- Yilan Notes (宜蘭‧天晴‧風雨香)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
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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.