The ancestral hall of the Zhangliao (張廖) family, a Zhao’an Hakka family that migrated to the Xiluo area of Yunlin beginning in 1701. The original site, named Jishu Hall (繼述堂), was built in the village of Xianan (下湳) in 1848 but destroyed by a typhoon in 1891. The present structure was rebuilt on a new site in 1926 and completed in 1928, at which point it was renamed Chongyuan Hall (崇遠堂). It was restored with government funding between 2013 and 2016 and is regarded as one of the most important Zhao’an Hakka ancestral hall in Taiwan.
Map
Heritage Status
- Historic Building (歷史建築)
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)
Themes
- Qing Dynasty Era Taiwan (清治時期台灣)
- Hakka Culture in Taiwan (台灣客家文化)
Connections
- Pitou Zhang Chongyue Residence (西螺埤頭張崇岳古厝)
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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.