Eternal Spring Shrine, also called Changchun Shrine (), is a landmark and a memorial shrine complex in

Taroko National Park Taroko National Park () is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan and was named after the Taroko Gorge, the landmark gorge of the park carved by the Liwu River. The park spans Taichung Municipality, Nantou County, and Hualien County and is l ...

in Xiulin Township,

Hualien County Hualien County (Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Fâ-lièn-yen''; Amis: ''Kalingko'') is a county on the east coast of Taiwan ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...

. It is one of the major picturesque points of the park, with the view of the mountains and the waterfall, and one of the main memorials for veterans. It was planned for construction in 1958 while the

Central Cross-Island Highway The Central Cross-Island Highway () or Provincial Highway 8 is one of three highway systems that connect the west coast with the east of Taiwan. Construction The construction of the Central Cross-Island Highway began on July 7, 1956 and was ...

was built nearby. It commemorates the memory of 212 veterans who died while constructing the highway (1956—1960). The name of the temple comes from the

Changchun Falls Changchun (, ; ), also romanized as Ch'angch'un, is the capital and largest city of Jilin Province, People's Republic of China. Lying in the center of the Songliao Plain, Changchun is administered as a , comprising 7 districts, 1 county and 3 ...

that never stop running.Taroko National Park - Changchun Shrine
at the official web site of the Park The Shrine is located right above the waterfall streams. It has been rebuilt at least twice, after being destroyed by

landslide Landslides, also known as landslips, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. Landslides occur in a variety of environments, ...

s. The most recent shrine was built in 1989.

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1958 establishments in Taiwan Buildings and structures in Hualien County Monuments and memorials in Taiwan Religious buildings and structures in Taiwan Taroko National Park Tourist attractions in Hualien County {{Taiwan-religious-struct-stub

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