Chiang Kai Shek (CKS) Memorial, Taipei

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The CKS Memorial Hall was built in 1975 in the memory of the leader of Chiang Kai Shek, who is an important figure in the Taiwanese history. The site occipies a huge area of 250,000 square meters. The Memorial Hall is built upon three stoies. Each side of the octagonal roof design represent one of the eight moral principles: loyal, piety, altruism, love, trust, knighthood, harmony, and peace.

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On April, 1975, Taiwan mourned the passing of President Chiang Kai-shek. In June, the government decided to build the CKS Memorial Hall in Taipei to honour the great leader. The project took 26 months to complete, starting from November 1977 and lasting to March 31, 1980. On April 4 of the same year, the inauguration ceremony was held and the Hall was officially opened to the public on April 5.
Inside the memorial is a museum dedicated to the late President Chiang. These include a display of personal items, clothes, military honours and photographs of state visits and overseas visits. The most conspicuous item on display in the center of the building is the late President's limousine.

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It's a memorial to the first leader of Taiwan.
Here's some info on him:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek

If you are at all interested in Taiwan's political and military history, this will interest you.

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Thsi centerpiece of the park of the same name is a tribute Chiang Kai-shek had built for himself. Inside is 70m tall statute of the dictator and inside is a museum dedicated to his memory. Their is changing of the Guard ceremeny here.

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Below the statue of Chiang Kai-shek one can find an interesting museum that displays the various stages of Chiang Kai-shek's life, some of his posessions and pictures of him and his wive. On show are also some of his cars that he used.

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This memorial hall was built in memory of Chiang Kai-shek, the first president of the Republic of China. Work on the hall began in 1976, a year after President Chiang passed away. Design by C.C. Yang, who was also the architect for The Grand Hotel, the memorial hall is white with a blue roof, representing the dominant colors in the ROC flag; while the emblem of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) adorns the vaulted ceiling. A bronze statue of Chiang looks west symbolically to the Presidential Office Building and mainland China. The front plaza of the hall is also a major venue for democratic assemblies.

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Although the displays on Chiang Kai Shek are guilty of not mentioning any of the bad things he was involved with, the top part has excellent displays on the history of democracy in Taiwan.

The surrounding park, and the hall itself are spectacular. A must do if you are in Taipei.

The grand archway leads to the memorial honouring Chiang Kai Shek, the first president of Taiwan. The octagonal blue roof and white wall building really stand out in the square as it's situated high up.

The bronze statue of Chiang Kai Shek is inside the memorial, with soliders standing on guard. It's amazing that those soliders hardly move during their shift.

The memorial was renamed to National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall in May 2007. The archway used to have the four Chinese characters (as shown in the photo) meaning Great Centrality and Perfect Uprightness were removed in December 2007. It has changed to another set of four characters meaning Liberty Square.