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Wuzhi Mountain Military Cemetery

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General Chiang Wei-kuo, the adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek, conceived and designed the cemetery. Prior to the construction of the cemetery, the land was used as a golf course. Planning for the cemetery started in April 1980, with construction starting on March 20, 1981; the cemetery opened on March 29, 1982.

A four-story columbarium named the Memorial Palace (忠靈殿) was opened on January 20, 2002 after two years of construction. It has a total capacity of 19,537 niches on the four named floors:

  1. 吉地廳; Jí De Tīng; 'Auspicious Hall'
  2. 乾黃廳; Gān Huáng Tīng; 'Dry Yellow Hall'
  3. 九玄廳; Jiǔ Xuán tīng; 'Nine Mysteries Hall'
  4. 浩天廳; Hào Tiān tīng; 'Good Heaven Hall'

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