Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall
Remnants of the Old Dictator
Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall official website http://www.cksmh.gov.tw/eng/index.php
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A CONTROVERSIAL AND HISTORICAL LANDMARK
wikipedia:
The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (traditional Chinese: 國立中正紀念堂;simplified Chinese: 国立中正纪念堂) is a famous monument 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 the Gate of Great Centrality and Perfect Uprightness. The structure is framed on the north and south by the National Theater and National Concert Hall. The entire plaza is located within sight of the Presidential Office Building.
On 19 May 2007 a new name for the structure, "National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall" (traditional Chinese: 國立臺灣民主紀念館;simplified Chinese: 国立台湾民主纪念馆),[1] was announced by then President Chen Shui-bian. The Executive Yuan set up organic regulations intending to administratively effect the name change. However, the Kuomintang-controlled Legislative Yuan subsequently blocked an attempt to amend the legislation governing the regulations. As a result, there were disputes as to whether the name change had been legally effective.[2] In subsequent legal wrangling,[3] the legislature repealed the organic regulations supporting the new name in a partisan vote.
KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou was elected the 12th President of the Republic of China on March 22, 2008.[5] Ma had earlier pledged to restore the name of CKS Memorial Hall, the original hall contents (flags and guards), and the inscription on both the central gate and door.[6] President Ma took office on May 20.
The Executive Yuan on August 21, 2008, under the new Ma Administration, officially restored the name "National Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall" to the hall.[7] As to when or whether to restore original signs throughout the memorial, the president said that public opinion would be consulted before any final decision was made.[8] As on November 2008, the inscription designating the plaza Liberty Square remains in place.
According to the news from China Times on January 22, 2009.[9], the original plaque for the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall will be reinstated in July this year. *
*The Plaque was reinstated July 20, 2009
How to Get There
The controversy of the memorial:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaming_of_Chiang_Kai-shek_Memorial_Hall
Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial: 10/16/1961
(At this time, Taipei was the capital of China, and the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan represented all of China, with its ultimate mission to retake the Chinese Mainland from communists)
I Am Legend (A famous movie in America) apparently used the memorial for its Taiwan advertisement
Added 12/8/08. Visited foreign countries listed at "credits"
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