To assist digestion, we took a stroll along Jordan Street to enjoy the atmosphere of Hong Kong nightlife before we head back to our hotel to call it a day.
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The National Palce Museum (NPM) was originally founded in 1925 in the Forbidden City in Beijing, which explains why the word "Palace" is used in its name. Beginning in 1931 the collection was crated and moved into the hinterland of China to avoid the ravages of the impeding Sino-Japanese. In 1949, with civil war raging between the Nationalist government and the Communists, the Republic of China shipped about 680,000 of some of the most precious objects in the collection to Taiwan establishing repositories at Yangmei in Taoyuan and Peikou in Wufeng, Taichung. Not until 1965 were they moved to their present home in the Wai-shuang-hsi are of Shi-lin, Taipei.
Image adapted from National Palace Museum website |
The Martyr's Shrine, resting on the slopes of the Qing Mountain and overseeing the Keelung River, is located right next to the Grand Hotel. Its grand and magnificent archietectural style is similar to that of the Taihe Dian Imperial Palace in Beijing, Mainland China and symbolizes the martyr's brave spirit.
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