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First Guesthouse
第一賓館
Di Yi Bin Guan 2 peiiunwu.jpg
General information
Type Former guesthouse
Location Magong, Penghu, Taiwan
Completed February 1943
Building interior Di Yi Bin Guan -Yang Shi Kong Jian Zou Lang .JPG
Building interior

The First Guesthouse (Chinese :第一賓館; pinyin :Dì Yī Bīnguǎn) is a historical building and former guesthouse of President Chiang Kai-shek in Magong City, Penghu County, Taiwan. [1]

Chinese language family of languages

Chinese is a group of related, but in many cases not mutually intelligible, language varieties, forming the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Chinese is spoken by the Han majority and many minority ethnic groups in China. About 1.2 billion people speak some form of Chinese as their first language.

Hanyu Pinyin, often abbreviated to pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in mainland China and to some extent in Taiwan. It is often used to teach Standard Mandarin Chinese, which is normally written using Chinese characters. The system includes four diacritics denoting tones. Pinyin without tone marks is used to spell Chinese names and words in languages written with the Latin alphabet, and also in certain computer input methods to enter Chinese characters.

Chiang Kai-shek Chinese politician and military leader

Chiang Kai-shek, also known as Generalissimo Chiang or Chiang Chungcheng and romanized as Chiang Chieh-shih or Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese politician and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975, first in mainland China until 1949 and then in Taiwan until his death. He was recognized by much of the world as the head of the legitimate government of China until 1971, during which the United Nations passed Resolution 2758.

History

The beam raising ceremony was held on 26 October 1942 and the building construction was completed in February 1943. On 17 May 1949, former ROC President Chiang Kai-shek flew to Penghu for the very first time and stayed at the guesthouse, hence it became one of his long-term guesthouses and was later renamed to the First Guesthouse. The building was declared a historic monument on 10 December 1998. In 2009, it underwent restoration for the main architecture and was reopened to the public on 18 May 2011.

Architecture

The interior wall of the building was constructed by coral rock. There are many plants, trees and pavements on the courtyard as well. Additionally, there is huge grass plaza for star observation during the night. [2] [3]

See also

The Guesthouses of Chiang Kai-shek were built in order for the former President of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek, to have places to stay while travelling on inspection tours and holidays around Taiwan. According to current Republic of China statistics, there are 30 Guesthouses on Taiwan which were used by Chiang during his lifetime. Many have been transformed into museums, art and literature centers, and tourist hotels.

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References

  1. ↑ "The First Guesthouse". 澎湖縣政府文化局. 2018-02-21.
  2. ↑ http://tour.penghu.gov.tw/en/Attractionscontent.aspx?id=10227
  3. ↑ "第一賓館". 澎湖國家風景區管理處. 2018-02-21.


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