A second-generation monument at the corner of Yong’an Street (永安街) and Wenjian Street (文建街), site of a former Japanese colonial era slaughterhouse. The original monument, estimated to date from after 1931, has been lost; the current stone stele (洗石子) was erected in the mid-1970s and rebuilt again in 1986. The slaughterhouse was demolished in 2003 after operations shifted to Xihu, but the monument was retained. A mural nearby by local artist Jiang Hongming (蔣鴻銘) depicts traditional ceremonies at the stele.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Keepon (登山補給站)
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- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Animal Spirit Monuments in Taiwan (台灣畜魂碑)
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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.