Building venerating Chiang Kai-shek renamed in transitional justice push

Building venerating Chiang Kai-shek renamed in transitional justice push

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Part of Chiayi’s Suantou Sugar Factory is a distinctive baroque building that has been called Jieshou Hall ever since it was built in 1957. The name wishes a long life for its namesake, Chiang Kai-shek. But recently, it was renamed in accordance with the government’s transitional justice policy and Ministry of the Interior requirements.

Written above this classic baroque sugar factory building are the three large characters meaning Auditorium. But until recently, it was called Jieshou Hall in honor of Chiang Kai-shek.

Member of public
The renaming of Jieshou Hall is a form of transitional justice. I fully support this move.

Huang Chiang-cheng
Factory manager
We came here all the time when I was a kid. They would play movies. Cultural events were always held here.

You can see from this old picture the old characters for Jieshou Hall above the entrance. Built in 1957, this is an iconic building within the Chiayi Suantou Sugar Factory complex. It’s been used for ceremonies and performances, and in recent years has also become popular for wedding photos and Instagram.

Wei Shui-liang
TaiSugar vice regional manager
We changed the name in mid-September in accordance with the Act on Promoting Transitional Justice.

Chen Shang-wen
Chiayi director of cultural assets
Respecting the approach taken by the Interior Ministry and TaiSugar, we would recommend that in the future, Jieshou Hall—as a significant part of the entire Suantou park—should be incorporated as a key component of guided tours.

Whether named Jieshou Hall or not, it remains a historically significant site that will continue to serve the community under a new name.

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嘉義蒜頭糖廠介壽堂更名"大禮堂" 配合轉型正義拆除舊字

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嘉義蒜頭糖廠有一個極具代表性的巴洛克式建築介壽堂，創立於1957年，68年來一直叫作介壽堂，過去威權統治時期，「介壽」命名來自向蔣介石祝壽。最近這裡改名為大禮堂，原因正是因應行政院轉型正義政策和內政部要求。

糖廠內一座經典的巴洛克式建築，上方大大三個字寫著大禮堂，這裡原本叫作介壽堂，以蔣介石命名。

[[民眾]]
"介壽堂改名為大禮堂，這是轉型正義的一種，我非常支持這種作法。"

[[工廠村長黃江正]]
“在小時候我們就經常在這裡出入，他都會放一些電影，是有一些文化活動都會在這邊。”

透過舊畫面來看，原本高掛在上方的字樣是介壽堂，1957年興建，是嘉義蒜頭糖廠內，非常具有代表性的建築之一，之前會當作典禮、藝文表演等場地使用，近年來，也是拍攝婚紗與打卡熱門景點。

[[台糖雲嘉區處副處長魏水涼]]
"上個月(9月)中旬把它改的，我們依照促進轉型正義條例來作修改。"

[[嘉義縣文化觀光局文資科長陳尚文]]
"尊重內政部以及台糖公司的做法，那我們會建議，未來針對這個介壽堂，其實在整個蒜頭園區裡面，是一個重要文化景觀的元素，未來在相關導覽，其實可以把介壽堂納入一個重要的區塊。"

從介壽堂改名變成大禮堂，歷史意義依然存在，經典的建築，將以新名稱繼續陪伴當地民眾。

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