Here is to be found the visible evidence of the sort of suffering endured during the Cold War. It is also a significant representation of the successful democratic transformation into a model democratic country despite one of the longest martial law periods in the last half of the 20th century. Within these grounds were once locked up people from every province in China, from overseas, and from all regions of Taiwan, leaving in their wake intangible cultural assets. More than 20 prisoners served sentences of over 30 years here, perhaps a world record for an island prison. The park’s case list presents a legacy of tragedy, or “negative heritage,” comparable to that of sites on the World Heritage List, including remnants of tragedies such as Auschwitz in Poland, the Atomic Dome in Hiroshima and Robben Island in South Africa, symbol of the pursuit of freedom under the policy of apartheid.
◆The Atomic Dome in Hiroshima(photo by Ronald Tsao) Green Island’s coastal coral reef, known as the Great Mushroom Head, serves as an indicator of change in the ecology of the nearby ocean waters, a living record of the earth’s history. At least 1200 years old and the largest known Porites lobata coral reef in the world.
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