Luku Incident Memorial 鹿窟事件紀念碑

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The Luku Incident Memorial is a reflective arch statue in Shiding District of New Taipei that commemorates what is known as "the largest political event of the nation’s White Terror era." The incident involved two brothers who had started a communist party holdout in the mountains of Shiding. The resulting response, from the then martial law-era ROC government under then Dictator Chiang Kai-Shek, was thousands of police officers arresting hundreds of innocent people, with many of the people being falsely imprisoned and executed. 

Historical Background:　
Two brothers, Chen Pen-chiang and Chen Tung-ho (陳通和), created an armed communist party holdout in the Luku village of Shiding District. They also organized a youth group consisting of underage villagers, however this group did not participate in any illicit activity.
In response, on Dec. 28th, 1952, about 10,000 police officers and ROC armed soldiers raided the village over the space of four months, blocking off roads and arresting everyone while trying to remove the communists. 
Around 400 people in the surrounding areas were arrested, with 200 of those people being tortured and 35 killed. According to the Taipei Times: "Among the 200, 12 were not indicted or released for turning themselves in, while 98 were given prison sentences, 19 of whom were underage."
Due to the terrible injustice dealt to the village and the surrounding people, the Luku Incident Memorial was erected in the year 2000.

For more information on the incident, check out the articles written by the Taipei Times here andhere. You can also check out the Wikipedia article in Chinese here.

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How to get there:
​Travel south on Academia Sinica Road in Nangang, and then take Jiuzhuang Street Sec. 2 (舊莊街二段) all the way up the mountain. The memorial sits at the border between Taipei City and New Taipei City.

Map: Please see below:

Our Journey:

Check out our drone video of the area above. 

360 Aerial view near the Luku Incident Memorial in Taipei. On December 28th, 1952, the Luku Incident occurred, also...

Posted by Foreigners in Taiwan 外國人在台灣 on Saturday, January 20, 2024

You can also check out our 360 degree panorama of the area above. ​

When I first stumbled across the Luku Incident memorial while wandering through the mountains of Nangang, I did not realize the full significance of the place.

Here is an explanation of the place in faded Chinese characters that is frankly hard to read, explaining more or less what I just wrote in the background of this article.

Another explanation of the memorial.

Map of Nangang's tea field and mountain sights.

Reflection off of the memorial arch.

Sunset reflecting off of the arch.

Mystery person taking a photo.

Another view of the reflective arch.

The mountains of Shiding as seen from the memorial.

Sunset over Taipei as seen from the memorial.

Last view of the sunset. 

You can see more photos of the area above. 

Thanks for reading! This blog has just been sitting here waiting for December 28th, but that doesn't mean you can't visit any time of the year.

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