A report on Chiang Kai-shek and Cihu Mausoleum

An ROC military policeman guards the Cihu entrance paifang.

The entrance to the former Chiang residence is flanked by guards from the ROC Army.

Sun Yat-sen and Chiang at the 1924 opening ceremonies for the Soviet-funded Whampoa Military Academy

President Chiang Kai-shek's remains lie in a black marble sarcophagus in his former residence.

Chiang (right) together with Wang Jingwei (left), 1926

Chiang during a visit to an air force base in 1945

Chiang and Soong on the cover of Time magazine, 26 October 1931

Nationalist government of Nanking – nominally ruling over entire China in 1930s

After the breakout of the Second Sino-Japanese War, The Young Companion featured Chiang on its cover.

Chiang with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in Cairo, Egypt, November 1943

Chiang and his wife Soong Mei-ling sharing a laugh with U.S. Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell, Burma, April 1942

Chiang with South Korean President Syngman Rhee in 1949

Map of the Chinese Civil War (1946–1950)

Chiang with Japanese politician Nobusuke Kishi, in 1957

Chiang presiding over the 1966 Double Ten celebrations

Chiang with U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in June 1960

The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a famous monument, landmark, and tourist attraction in Taipei, Taiwan.

Chinese propaganda poster proclaiming "Long Live the President"

Chiang Kai-shek and Winston Churchill heads, with Nationalist China flag and Union Jack

Statue of Chiang Kai-shek in Yangmingshan National Park, Taiwan

Chiang Kai-shek with the Muslim General Ma Fushou

Chiang Kai-shek as Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim

Mao Fumei (毛福梅, 1882–1939), who died in the Second Sino-Japanese War during a bombardment, is the mother of his son and successor Chiang Ching-kuo

Yao Yecheng (姚冶誠, 1889–1972), who came to Taiwan and died in Taipei

Chen Jieru (陳潔如, "Jennie", 1906–1971), who lived in Shanghai, but moved to Hong Kong later and died there

Soong Mei-ling (宋美齡, 1898–2003), who moved to the United States after Chiang Kai-shek's death, is arguably his most famous wife even though they had no children together

Cihu Mausoleum, officially known as the Mausoleum of Late President Chiang or President Chiang Kai-shek Mausoleum, is the temporary resting place of President Chiang Kai-shek.

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Chiang's body was put in a copper coffin and temporarily interred at his favorite residence in Cihu, Daxi, Taoyuan.

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Daxi District

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District in eastern Taoyuan City, Taiwan.

Daxi District office (then Daxi Township office)

Daxi is also home to the mausoleums of two Kuomintang leaders: the late president Chiang Kai-shek in nearby Cihu and his son Chiang Ching-kuo in Touliao.

Touliao Mausoleum

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Resting place for Republic of China President Chiang Ching-Kuo located in Daxi District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.

In 2006, the Taoyuan County government combined the Jiaobanshan villa, Cihu Presidential Burial Place, and Touliao Mausoleum into the "Chiang's Cultural Park".

In 2004, a request was made to move Chiang Ching-kuo's remains, along with those of his father, Chiang Kai-shek to Wuzhi Mountain Military Cemetery for interment in newly built tombs there.

Taoyuan, Taiwan

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Special municipality in northwestern Taiwan, neighboring New Taipei City to the north-east, Yilan County to the south-east, and Hsinchu County to the south-west.

Cheng Wen-tsan, the incumbent Mayor of Taoyuan.

The Skytrain shuttles passengers between Terminals 1 and 2, Taoyuan International Airport.

Cihu Mausoleum is the final resting place of the former president of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek.

Wuzhi Mountain Military Cemetery

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Taiwan's most prominent military cemetery.

Honor Guards lined up at the Wuzhi Mountain Military Cemetery, 3 September 2014

General Chiang Wei-kuo, the adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek, conceived and designed the cemetery.

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.

Soong Mei-ling or, legally, Soong May-ling (March 5, 1898 – October 23, 2003), also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek or Madame Chiang, was a Chinese political figure who was First Lady of the Republic of China, the wife of Generalissimo and President Chiang Kai-shek.

Her remains were interred at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York, pending an eventual burial with her late husband who was entombed in Cihu, Taiwan.

Project National Glory

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Attempt by the Republic of China , based in Taiwan, to reconquer mainland China from the People's Republic of China (PRC) by large scale invasion.

Despite the defeat, Chiang Kai-shek remained committed to recovering the mainland The ROC took steps to stabilize its position and prepare for the future war.

In April 1964, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the construction of a headquarters, including air raid shelters, behind his residence at Cihu.