A tiny island in the middle of Sun Moon Lake that was once a much larger landmass. It was flooded when the Sun Moon Lake Hydroelectric Project went online, and part of what remained sank beneath the waterline during the 921 Earthquake. In the Japanese colonial era it was named Jade Island (玉島) and was home to Tamashima Shinto Shrine (日月潭玉島社), completed in 1931. After the war the shrine was dismantled and the island was renamed Guanghua Island (光華島) in support of ROC nationalism. More recently it was renamed Lalu Island to honor its central position in the mythology of the Thao Indigenous people.
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Japanese Deities Overseas (遠渡來台的日本諸神：日治時期的台灣神社田野踏查)
Sources
- Kaneko Nobuya, Japanese Deities Overseas, Yeren Publishing House, 2020 金子展也，《遠渡來台的日本諸神：日治時期的台灣神社田野踏查》，野人，2020
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
- Indigenous People of Taiwan (台灣原住民)
- 921 Earthquake (九二一大地震)
- Sun Moon Lake Hydroelectric Project (日月潭水力電氣工事)
- Natural Wonders in Taiwan (台灣的自然奇觀)
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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.