Wuzhi Mountain Military Cemetery
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The Wuzhi Mountain Military Cemetery (Template:Zh, sometimes romanized as Wuchih) is Taiwan's most prominent military cemetery. The cemetery is located on Wuzhi Mountain (Template:Zh) at an elevation of Template:Convert<ref name=AFRCeng /> 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.<ref name=AFRCeng>Template:Cite web</ref>
History
General Chiang Wei-kuo, the adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek, conceived and designed the cemetery.Template:Citation needed Prior to the construction of the cemetery, the land was used as a golf course.<ref name=AFRCeng /> Planning for the cemetery started in April 1980, with construction starting on March 20, 1981; the cemetery opened on March 29, 1982.<ref name=GuojinCemetery />
A four-story columbarium named the Memorial Palace (Template:Zh) was opened on January 20, 2002 after two years of construction. It has a total capacity of 19,537 niches<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> on the four named floors:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Issues
Capacity
Although the cemetery has nearly 226 hectares total area, the terrain and building codes restrict interment to only 78 ha of the land.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:As of, the cemetery, which has 9,236 grave plots, is nearly full;<ref name=Chang04>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref name=Chang04 /> However, the plan did not receive universal support from the Chiang family, and despite the completion of their tombs at Wuzhi,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Chiang Kai-shek and his son remain at Cihu and Touliao, respectively.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Notable interments
Most are senior generals who served under KMT from mainland China or dignitaries
- Chiang Wei-kuo,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=general-3>Template:Cite web</ref> general and adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek
- Huang Baitao
- Gu Zhutong,<ref name=minister>Template:Cite web</ref> a senior general who followed Chiang from Shanghai
- He Yingqin,<ref name=minister /> a senior KMT general who was chief staff and chief instructor from Whampoa Military Academy.
- Huang Chieh,<ref name=minister /> general and former Taiwan Governor who brought servicemen from western Hunan Province.
- Liu Yuzhang,<ref name=general-2>Template:Cite web</ref> general from Tsingtao
- Tang Enbo
- Sun Zhen
- Sun Lianzhong
- Cheng Wei-yuan
- Yen Chia-kan,<ref name=Chang04 /> former President of the Republic of China<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Xue Yue,<ref name=general-2 /> General from Kwangtung
- Wang Shuming
- Ding Delong,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> General from Hunan
- Wang Sheng
- Louie Yim-qun
- Chuang Ming-yao
- Nelson Ku
- Chiang Chung-ling
- Chen Hsing-ling
- Hau Pei-tsun, former Premier of the Republic of China
- Lee Teng-hui, former President of the Republic of China
- Tang Yao-ming
- Liu Ho-chien
- Hsu Li-nung
See also
- Cihu Mausoleum
- Touliao Mausoleum
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
- Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery
- Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery
- Seoul National Cemetery