Wuzhi Mountain Military Cemetery


The Wuzhi Mountain Military Cemetery is Taiwan's most prominent military cemetery. The cemetery is located on Wuzhi Mountain at an elevation of in Xizhi, New Taipei City and borders Taipei City's Neihu District and Yangmingshan National Park. The cemetery has a wide open view ranging from the Taipei 101 over at Taipei's Xinyi District to the Keelung Harbor.

History

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 ; the cemetery opened on.
A four-story columbarium named the Memorial Palace was opened on after two years of construction. It has a total capacity of 19,537 niches on the four named floors:

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Capacity

Although the cemetery has nearly 226 hectares total area, the terrain and building codes restrict interment to only 78 ha of the land., the cemetery, which has 9,236 grave plots, is nearly full; further deceased military officials will need to be cremated and their ashes stored in the columbarium.

Chiang family

In 2004, Chiang Fang-liang made a request to inter the bodies of Chiang Kai-shek and his son, Chiang Ching-kuo at Wuzhi. However, the plan did not receive universal support from the Chiang family, and despite the completion of their tombs at Wuzhi, Chiang Kai-shek and his son remain at Cihu and Touliao, respectively.

Notable interments

Most are senior generals who served under KMT from mainland China or dignitaries