Taipei Taiwan Travel: Taipei Martyrs Shrine 台北忠烈祠

Taipei Martyrs Shrine 台北忠烈祠
We arrived at the Taipei Martyrs' Shrine 台北忠烈祠 just in time to watch the ceremonial changing of the guards, military police officers who guard the main gate! The main entrance of the Shrine structure was under reconstruction so didn't get some nice photos out of the stop over.

This is a photo of it when it's not under reconstruction.

The Martyrs' Shrine, is located right next to the Grand Hotel. It was built in 1969 and covers a large area. Its grand and magnificent architectural style is similar to that of the Taihe Dian Imperial Palace in Beijing, Mainland China, and symbolizes the martyrs' brave spirit.

More than 33,000 square meters of grass fields surround the structure, and protected by the neighboring mountains it breathes a serene atmosphere which even more emphasizes its solemn and stately character. The 330,000 men who sacrificed their lives to the revolution before the establishment of the Republic of China and who fell during the Sino-Japanese war and the Chinese Civil war are worshipped here. Plates of these brave and loyal martyrs have been inserted into the four walls of the main building in testimony of their heroic deeds.