these guys will be relieved from standing guard
a huge copper relief mural depicts the fight against the communists
and the first president of the Republic of China had a prime mountain view spot
in 1987 a statue of Dr Sun-Yat-Sen stood at the main entrance to the museum
we pass a statue of Dr Sun-Yat-Sen
the gardens around the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall are meticulously maintained
this is the left hall of the museum
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is huge
will she make it safely to the other side?
fresh troops take over
the changing of the guard at the National Revolutionary Martyr's Shrine is a spectacular event
the impressive administrative building of the museum
Taipei is the capital and main city of
Taiwan, located in the north of the island.
Before Chinese immigrants and the Qing dynasty
took over the island it was home to the
Ketagalan indigenous people.
The defeated
Kuomintang army fled
to Taiwan in 1949 and named Taipei the new capital of their Republic of China.
From the 1960's onwards the
economy grew rapidly and Taipei became the center of one of the
Four Asian Tigers.
But the new prosperity brought also heavy
air pollution with serious health issues to the population.
The
Wild Lily demonstrations in Taipei in 1990 resulted in improved
democracy.
Taipei is Taiwan's political, economic and cultural center and a major high-tech industrial powerhouse.
In the 1980's Taiwan
was still a source for low cost component and I was in Taipei several times for business, but always on a very tight time-schedule.
the first view after leaving the international airport of Taipeh
the Paifang at the northern entrance to the National Palace Museum
and off they are, en route back to the main gate
time for a short rest
