Touliao Mausoleum

History

The Mausoleum building was originally known as the "Touliao guesthouse" and was constructed by RSEA Engineering and completed on July 17, 1966. The building's function was later changed to the presidential palace archives, and then to the Chiang family collection of information.

When Chiang Ching-kuo died on January 13, 1988, preparations were made to bring his body here for interment on January 30. The name of the building was subsequently renamed to Daxi Mausoleum.

File:頭寮賓館正門 20250514.jpg|Entrance of the Mausoleum File:Changing of the Guard at Mausoleum of Late President Chiang Ching-kuo 29 20250514.jpg|A guard mounting ceremony in front of the Mausoleum

On January 13, 2001, the Taoyuan County Cultural Affairs Bureau announced the Mausoleum as a regional historic building. In 2006, the Taoyuan County government combined the Jiaobanshan villa, Cihu Presidential Burial Place, and Touliao Mausoleum into the "Chiang's Cultural Park". The Touliao Mausoleum building is about one kilometer from the Cihu Presidential Burial Place building. The two places are now linked by a footpath.

In 2004, a request was made to move Chiang Ching-kuo's remains, along with those of his father, Chiang Kai-shek to Wuzhi Mountain Military Cemetery for interment in newly built tombs there. However, political disputes held up the reinterment process. As of 2016, the reinterment has not occurred.

File:Chiang Ching-kuo Memorial Hall 03 20250514.jpg|Chiang Ching-kuo Memorial Hall File:Chiang Ching-kuo Memorial Hall 06 20250514.jpg|Interior of Chiang Ching-kuo Memorial Hall

References

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