The First 228 Peace Memorial Monument () is a monument in East District,

Chiayi City Chiayi (, Taiwanese Hokkien, Taigi Pe̍h-ōe-jī, POJ: ''Ka-gī''; ), officially known as Chiayi City, is a Provincial city (Taiwan), city located in the plains of southwestern Taiwan. Formerly called ''Kagee'' during the late Qing dynasty and ...

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. It was built in 1989, making it the earliest 228 Memorial Monument built in the island. It is the only 228 Memorial Monument to have been built before the 1990s. It was built as a memorial of the February 28 Incident of 1947, in which more than 10,000 Taiwan residents were killed during an uprising against the

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. The monument is one of the landmarks of Chiayi City.

Memorial Building

There are more than ten memorials commemorating the February 28 Incident in Taiwan. The most famous one is located at

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. However, the first 228 Memorial Monument is arguably the most valuable, and the only monument of its kind built in the 1980s. It is located at Mituo Road, East District,

and was designed by , who had been imprisoned for anti-Kuomintang activity in 1981. The monument was completed on August 19, 1989 under the leadership of then Chiayi City Mayor,

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Location

This monument was established at Mituo Road (彌陀路) in

, which close to the boundary between

and Zhongpu Township,

Chiayi County Chiayi County (Mandarin pinyin: ''jiā yì xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Ka-gī-koān'') is a county in southwestern Taiwan surrounding but not including Chiayi City. It is the sixth largest county in Taiwan. Name The former Chinese placename was ...

originally. In 2017, to facilitate the Widening Project of Mituo Road, the Memorial Monument was moved to Chiayi City 228 Memorial Park, which is located at the intersection of Mituo Road, Qiming Road (啟明路), and Gongyi Road (公義路) .

Inscriptions

There are 3 inscriptions engraved on the surface of the 228 Peace Memorial Monument:[嘉義縣]:嘉義市全國首座二二八紀念碑~打破禁忌、記取歷史教訓、走出悲情、尊重生命、追求公義
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References

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Memorial Building

Location

Inscriptions

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