The Wushe Incident Memorial Park () is a memorial park in Ren'ai Township,

Nantou County Nantou is the second largest County (Taiwan), county of Taiwan by area, located in the central part of the country. It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives from the Hoanya people, Hoanya Taiwanese aborigines, Taiwanese ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

commemorating the

Musha Incident The Musha Incident (; ), also known as the Wushe Rebellion and several other similar names, began in October 1930 and was the last major uprising against colonial Japanese forces in Japanese Taiwan. In response to long-term oppression by Japanes ...

in 1930.

History

The park was set up by the government to commemorate the

Seediq people The Seediq (sometimes Sediq, Seejiq, , , or ; ) are a Taiwanese indigenous people who live primarily in Nantou County and Hualien County. Their language is also known as Seediq. They were officially recognized as Taiwan's 14th indigenous group ...

who perished during the incident. One of the notable tomb in the park belongs to

Mona Rudao Mona Rudao, or Mouna Rudao (1880–1930; ), was the son of a chief of the Seediq tribe of Taiwanese aborigines. In 1911, he made a visit to Japan. He succeeded his father as a chief of the village of Mahebo (, in present-day Ren'ai, Nantou) and ...

, which was erected in 1974.

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Buildings and structures in Nantou County Memorial parks in Taiwan {{Taiwan-struct-stub

History

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