Inaugurated in October 1939, this was a large-scale unranked (無格社) Shinto shrine on the northwest side of urban Zhongli. It was converted for use by Zhongli High School (中壢高中) after the war and progressively dismantled. Nowadays the Taoran Pavilion (陶然亭) on campus stands on the site of the honden, the refurbished bronze horse (銅馬) survives on school grounds, and its original pedestal can still be seen in a flower bed near the front of campus. Additionally, a pair of komainu were relocated to Zhongyi Temple (忠義祠).
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Taiwan Visual Dictionary (台湾ビジュアル辞典)
- Wild Land Travel (-地球上的火星人-下巴 (野地旅))
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)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
Connections
- Zhongli Old Shinto Shrine (中壢遙拜所)
- Zhongli Zhongyi Temple (中壢忠義祠)
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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.