Tzuhu travel guide

The Tzuhu Presidential Mausoleum (慈湖陵寢), also spelled Cihu or Cihhu, is the temporary resting place of President Chiang Kai-shek. It is located Taoyuan County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China. When Chiang Kai-shek died in 1975, he was never buried in the traditional Chinese fashion but entombed in a black marble sarcophagus since he expressed the wish to be eventually buried in his native Fenghua in Zhejiang province once the Kuomintang recovered mainland China from the Communists.
Tzuhu (慈湖 pinyin: Cíhú, literally "benevolent lake") refers to the eight acre (32,000 m²) lake located near the tomb-site. The lake is divided into two smaller lakes, 5 acres (20,000 m²) and 3 acres (12,000 m²) each with a canal connecting them together. It was called formerly Green Water Lake (碧水湖澤) until Chiang Kai-shek renamed it as Tzuhu in 1962 because the scenery reminded him of his benevolent mother and his home town, Fenghua. Chiang loved the lake so much that he had an official residence built nearby to architecturally resemble the houses in Fenghua. He also named his favorite residence Tzuhu (慈湖), which was converted to his mausoleum upon his death in 1975. Chiang's body lies in the main hall of the residence. (...) more....