Originally established on the former site of Datianhou Temple (臺北大天后宮) as Taihoku Park in 1903, this is the oldest large public park in Taiwan. It became the flashpoint of the 228 Incident on 28 February 1947, when crowds stormed the Taipei Broadcasting Bureau (台北放送局) to broadcast their grievances against the KMT administration, igniting island-wide uprisings. The 1930 broadcasting building survives as the Taipei 228 Memorial Museum, inaugurated in 1996 along with a renaming of the surrounding park by then-mayor Chen Shui-bian.
Map
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Tourist Attractions in Taiwan (台灣旅遊景點)
- Taiwan Photo Hotspots (台灣IG打卡景點)
- 228 Incident in Taiwan (二二八事件)
Connections
- National Taiwan Museum (國立臺灣博物館)
- Huang Memorial Archway (黃氏節孝坊)
- Taiwan Gokoku Shrine (台灣護國神社)
- Taihoku Tenmangu Shinto Shrine (台北天滿宮社)
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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.