Tang Te-chang Memorial Park
park in Tainan, Taiwan
The Tang Te-chang Memorial Park (traditional Chinese: 湯德章紀念公園; simplified Chinese: 汤德章纪念公园; pinyin: Tāngdézhāng Jìniàn Gōngyuán) is a memorial park in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan to commemorate late lawyer Tang Te-chang.
History
Empire of Japan
In 1907, local residents erected a statue of Kodama Gentarō, the fourth Governor-General of Taiwan, one year after his death. The statue was imported to Taiwan from the Kingdom of Italy in 1904 and shipped to Tainan in 1905. In 1911, the park became a traffic circle and the wall surrounding the park was torn down. In 1916, the park was named Kodama Park(児玉公園) and subsequently Taisho Park (大正公園).
Republic of China
After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, the park was renamed Min Sheng Green Park. On 13 March 1947, lawyer Tang Te-chang was shot dead at the park as part of the February 28 Incident. In 1997, the park was renamed Tang Te-chang Memorial Park by Tainan Mayor George Chang to honor Tang. He erected a bust of Tang.
On 10 March 2013, various organizations and the PCT Church and Society Committee convened at the park to commemorate the life and legacy of Tang.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Tang Te-chang Memorial Park” as park in Tainan, Taiwan. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as park in Tainan, Taiwan. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15901413. Authority coordinates are 22.993, 120.205. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1907, 1904, 1905 and 1911.
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