Yongjing Animal Spirit Monument

A second-generation animal spirit monument at the corner of Yong’an Street (永安街) and Wenjian Street (文建街) in Yongjing, site of a former Japanese colonial era slaughterhouse. The original monument, estimated to date from after 1931, has been lost. The current washed terrazzo stele 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, and local historians blocked an attempt to remove it in 2018. A mural nearby by local artist Jiang Hongming (蔣鴻銘) depicts traditional ceremonies at the stele.