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The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (Chinese: 中正紀念堂; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-chèng-kí-liām-tn̂g) is a national monument and tourist attraction erected in memory of Chiang Kai-shek, former President of the Republic of China. It is located in Taipei, Taiwan. The monument, surrounded by a park, stands at the east end of Memorial Hall Square.
Discussions to remove or relocate the 10 m seated Chiang at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall started in 2007, [14] followed by the renaming of the memorial hall in March 2007. [25] In response, the Taipei City Government classified the memorial hall (including the statue) as a temporary historical site, which prevented any alteration or damage ...
Liberty Square serves as a major site for public gatherings in Taipei and is home to three major landmarks as well as civic parks. At the east end of Liberty Square stands the National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. The square is flanked by the National Concert Hall on the north and the National Theater on the south. A park surrounds the plaza ...
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan will withdraw the military honour guards at the memorial hall for former leader Chiang Kai-shek as part of ongoing efforts to end the "veneration of authoritarianism ...
Side view shortly after the renaming ceremony in May 2007. The images evoke the Wild Lily student movement of 1990.. The renaming of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan to National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall (Chinese: 國立台灣民主紀念館; pinyin: Guólì Táiwān Mínzhǔ Jìniànguǎn) [1] was announced by President Chen Shui-bian on 15 May 2007.
Chiang was succeeded as president by Vice President Yen Chia-kan and as Kuomintang party ruler by his son Chiang Ching-kuo, who retired Chiang Kai-shek's title of Director-General and instead assumed the position of chairman. Yen's presidency was interim; Chiang Ching-kuo, who was the Premier, became president after the end of Yen's term three ...
Taiwan's nationalist party is looking to the purported great-grandson of Chiang Kai-shek to refurbish its image. Looking for a boost, Taiwan's oldest political party turns to the great-grandson of ...
At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek statues from around Taiwan were relocated to the hillside park near the mausoleum. [4] Prior to the late 1990s, visitors would line up hours for the chance to pay their respects to Chiang Kai-shek (either by bowing three times or saluting before the sarcophagus). Schoolchildren were often bussed in to do the same.