Shrine of Loyalty in Taibei

[Kim Sung]

I've just come back from my 5 day trip to Taiwan during Lunar New Year's holiday. In Taibei I visited 'The Shrine of Loyalty' (忠烈祠) and had a very impressive time. Here are photos I took there.

The Main Gate




The Main Hall

[Kim Sung]

In the Shrine of Loyalty, more than 330,000 Chinese soldiers and civilian martyrs who had fallen in the Xinhai Revolution, the Northern Expedition, the Civil Wars, the Sino-Japanese War and the Battle of the Jinmen Island are enshrined. In 2003, soldiers of the Qing Dynasty who had falled in the Chinese-French War were added to the list of the martyrs.


Guards at the Main Hall




A memorial tablet at the Main Hall

[Kim Sung]

The Gate to the Main Hall




The Shrine for Civilian Martyrs

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Memorial tablets for the Martyrs

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Fallen Chinese soldiers

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Civilian martyrs

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Boards showing battles the Republic of China have experienced so far

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Uprisings for toppling down the Qing Dynasty and founding the Republic of China (中華民國)

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The Huichow Uprising

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The Xinhai Revolution (辛亥革命)

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The Eastern Expedition in 1925

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The Battle of Nanchang in 1926 during the Northern Expedition

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Rendezvous in the Beijing-Tianjin area at the final stage of the Northern Expedition in the summer of 1928

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Five mopping-up operations against communist rebels

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Suppression of mutiny in the Fujian province in the winter of 1933~1934