Taipei - Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

This is a memorial of Chiang Kai shek who is the founder of Taiwan; the Republic of China.  I've read in the wiki that this memorial had built in 1980 which is relatively new monuments.  It represents the philosophy of Chinese ideology and I've found the place is extremely massive.

I actually had never faced the Chinese culture before even though I've lived in Hong Kong for many years, never visited mainland China.  Then I began to wonder what makes them build something like this.

「中正記念堂」ここは蒋介石の記念館。１９８０年に出来たというから比較的新しい名所だ。中華民国の中華思想を反映して作られたということだが、この建造物の巨大さにとても驚いた。とにかくものすごい大きさなのだ。なぜこんな物を造るのだろうか。そこで私があまり知らない中国文化に興味が湧いてきた。