A 4-meter stone monument completed in 1933 to honor Wu Tianyou (吳天祐, 1839–1911), a Hakka scholar-physician from Guangdong who settled in Zhudong and built his fortune through traditional Chinese medicine. When the Japanese colonial government acquired Wu family land for Zhudong Public School (竹東公學校) in 1925, his son Wu Jintang negotiated the right to erect this memorial to his father. The inscription was written by Taiwan Governor-General’s Chief Secretary Hiratsuka Hiroyoshi (平塚廣義) and the stonework, sourced from Touqian River, required 26 men to transport. Registered as a historic building in 2018.
Map
Heritage Status
- Historic Building (歷史建築)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Hakka Culture in Taiwan (台灣客家文化)
Nearby Locations
Author
:format(webp)/v/a-synaptic-2025-1.jpg)
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.