When the 14-story palace-style main building was built in 1970, the Grand Hotel in Taipei was planned to have secret passageways on the east and west sides, which were specially planned for President Chiang Kai-shek (Chiang Chung Cheng).
After the opening of the West Secret Passage in 2019, which was planned for President Chiang Kai-shek (Chiang Chung Cheng) in case of an emergency, the Grand Hotel Taipei opened the East Secret Passage for the first Time in 50 years on March 25, so that the mysterious East and West Secret Passages of Yuanshan are fully presented to the world.
The world’s only international hotel with East-West secret passageway in the interior design is the Grand Hotel Taipei
The Grand Hotel in Taipei held a press conference on the 25th with many VIPs. The chairman of the Yuanshan Hotel, Lin Yusheng, led the VIPs and journalists to take a direct look at the East Secret Passage, which has been sealed for 50 years on the Yuanshan Mountain. Standing on Taipei’s Jiantan Mountain, the Yuanshan Hotel was founded in 1952 by Chiang’s wife, Ms. Soong Mei-ling. When the 14-story palace-style main building was built in 1970, the east and west secret passageways were planned especially for President Chiang Kai-shek at that time.
On March 25, the Grand Hotel Taipei held a press conference to unveil the mystery of the East Secret Passage, which was specially planned for President Chiang Kai-shek (Chiang Chung Cheng). The picture shows the entrance of the East Secret Road.
The Grand Hotel in Taipei held a press conference on March 25 to unveil the mystery of the East Secret Passage, which was specially planned for President Chiang Kai-shek (Chiang Kai-shek). The secret passage is 67 meters long, 84 steps, in addition to steel and concrete, there are uneven walls to enhance the sound-absorbing effect, even if there are pursuers behind, it is not easy to locate, the secret passage is also set up 43 explosion-proof lights, if a burst event occurs, the debris will not splash into secondary injuries.
Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), a native of Xikou Township, Fenghua County, Zhejiang Province, lived to be 89 years old. He inherited the legacy of Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of the Republic of China, and adhered to the Three People’s Principles throughout his Life. In 1949, when the Chinese Communist Party seized power on the mainland, Chiang Kai-shek came to Taiwan with 600,000 soldiers and civilians and spent the last 20 years of his life building Taiwan into a base for the revival of the Chinese nation.
Yuanshan Hotel said that the main personnel who designed and planned the East-West Second Secret Road, in addition to architect Yang Zhuo Cheng, also invited a German-American engineer who had participated in the construction of World War II bunkers to participate in the entire construction project. Yang was appreciated by President Chiang Kai-shek and his wife, Soong Mei-ling, and was involved in the construction of important landmarks in Taiwan such as the C.C.C. Memorial Hall, the Grand Hotel at Yuanshan and the Cilhu Mausoleum.
The Grand Hotel in Taipei held a press conference on March 25 to unveil the mystery of the East Secret Passage, which was specially planned for President Chiang Kai-shek (Chiang Chung Cheng). The secret passage is 67 meters long and has 84 steps. In addition to steel and concrete, there are also uneven walls to enhance the sound absorption effect, so that even if there are pursuers behind, it is not easy to locate them. 43 explosion-proof lights are also set up inside the secret passage, so that if a bursting event occurs, the debris will not splash into secondary injuries.
East tunnel is 67 meters long, 84 steps, and the West tunnel, the entire tunnel is deliberately designed to meander and bend, in order to avoid pursuers and straight ahead of the bullet; at the same time, in addition to steel and concrete, there are uneven walls, to strengthen the sound-absorbing effect, even if there are pursuers, it is not easy to locate. There are also 43 explosion-proof lights set up inside the secret passageway, so that if a bursting event occurs, the debris will not splash and cause secondary injuries.
The Grand Hotel in 1970 in the east and west side of each built a secret escape tunnel, the 25th open to the public east tunnel, the secret tunnel in addition to the construction of reinforced concrete, there are uneven walls, to enhance the sound-absorbing effect.
The Grand Hotel said that this section with the mystery of the East and West secret passage, in September 2019, first fully open the West side of the secret passage, just 3 months to attract 50,000 people to visit, the number of visitors in 2020 up to 170,000 people.
Subsequently, the Grand Hotel Yuanshan carried out the East Secret Path renovation and revitalization plan, in which the East Secret Path winds down from the left side of the hotel and out of the outdoor location of the shrine in the Niji era. After the renovation, landscape flowers such as mountain cherry blossoms and hydrangeas were planted, together with the installation art of the photo spot, becoming a secret garden suitable for couples to shoot wedding dresses or hold small parties.
The Yuanshan Grand Hotel said that the Secret Garden ends at the former residence of the hotel’s first general manager, Miss Kong Er-wei (Kong Ling-wei). She was the daughter of the eldest sister of the late President Chiang Kai-shek’s wife Soong Mei-ling, Soong Hsiang-ling, and Kong Hsiang-hsi. Since Miss Kong kept her life and living a high degree of mystery, the hotel has specially displayed the items she used during her lifetime and important cultural relics in the hotel, and created a “five senses experience of cultural aesthetics” to fully recreate the important sites of cultural history.
To celebrate the opening of the mysterious East Meadow for the first time in 50 years, the Grand Hotel Taipei launched the “Journey to the East Meadow” national banquet cultural feast, selecting the best dishes from more than 200 national banquet dishes and combining them into seven national banquet sets for the public to experience.
Since its establishment in 1952, the Grand Hotel has received numerous important VIPs, and is the preferred place for heads of state to hold state banquets. The Grand Hotel said that in line with the opening of East Meadow, the hotel has specially selected the best dishes from the more than 200 state banquet dishes of all presidents from Chiang Kai-shek to Tsai Ing-wen, and combined them into seven sets of state banquets, and invited the famous calligrapher Zhang Binghuang to provide the exclusive menu for the East Meadow state banquet.
In conjunction with the opening of East Meadow, the Grand Hotel has selected the best dishes from more than 200 state banquets served by presidents from Chiang Chung-Cheng to Tsai Ing-wen, and combined them into seven sets of state banquets, with Cantonese cuisine, Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine, and steak sets to choose from.
Since its establishment, the Grand Hotel has received numerous important VIPs, and is the preferred place for heads of state to hold state banquets. In conjunction with the opening of East Meadow, the hotel has selected the best dishes from more than 200 state banquets served by presidents from Chiang Chung-Cheng to Tsai Ing-wen, and combined them into seven sets of state banquets.
In addition, the Grand Hotel has also launched the “First time in 50 years to decode the East Secret Road cultural exploration light travel” housing program, in addition to a glimpse of the mystery of the East Secret Road, but also arranged a special bus to visit the official residence of Shihlin and Taipei Martyr Shrine, with the head of state package, to taste the classic flavor of the Chiang Family chef’s cuisine, the most complete experience of Taipei’s history and Culture tour The tour will be held on the 25th.
Chairman Lin Yusheng (center) led Taiwan Tourism Association President Ye Ju-lan (2nd from left), National Policy Advisor Liao Quan-ping (2nd from right) and other VIPs to launch the ceremony. (Jong-yuan / Epoch Times)
Yuanshan Grand Hotel said that the East-West Secret Road is a unique and irreplaceable new cultural experience in the world, which will allow visitors to understand the mysterious side of the hotel more deeply. However, because of the limited capacity of the East Meadow service, the first wave will be opened in phases with the hotel’s wedding banquet, corporate customer travel, the East Meadow cultural dinner and the East Meadow housing project, which is expected to bring a new wave of national travel whirlwind.
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