Memory of the Chiang Dynasty
Memory of the Chiang Dynasty
The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and The Two Chiangs Culture Park
This chapter looks at two sites dedicated to the memory of Chiang Kai-shek, the former KMT leader whose legacy in Taiwan today is rife with conflict. The focus of the first part of the chapter is the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (中正紀念堂), built in 1980 to honor the leader who died in 1975. But the green camp, when it was in political power, sought to “de-Chiang-ify” the site and transform it into a National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall, which mounted exhibits decrying the violence and repression of the Chiang regime. The second is the Two Chiangs Culture Park (兩蔣文化園區), a site born of a marketing strategy to combine the Chiang Kai-shek Mausoleum (which Chiang’s body is entombed) and the Chiang Ching-kuo Mausoleum (where the son of Chiang is entombed) to attract more tourists, in particular tourists from the mainland.
Keywords: Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Two Chiangs Culture Park, legacy of Chiang Kai-shek, Cihu Mausoleum, Chiang Kai-shek Sculpture Park
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