A temple honoring a group of Qing dynasty soldiers who were killed in this vicinity in the chaos that followed the 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki and the subsequent Yiwei War. Two original komainu from the former Zhongli Shinto Shrine were relocated here in 1950; the back of each pedestal is inscribed with dates matching the shrine’s October 1939 inauguration. The temple was most recently rebuilt in 1976.
Map
Links
- Wild Land Travel (-地球上的火星人-下巴 (野地旅))
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)
- Qing Dynasty Era Taiwan (清治時期台灣)
- Yiwei War (乙未戰爭)
Connections
- Zhongli Shinto Shrine (中壢神社)
Nearby Locations
Author
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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.