The secret passage is deliberately designed to be circuitous and curved, to avoid pursuers and bullets that advance in a straight line. (Central News Agency)
When the 14-story palace-style main building was built in 1970, the secret passages on the east and west sides were planned, which was also the escape route planned for former President of the Republic of China Chiang Chung Cheng. The Yuanshan Hotel is the only international hotel in the world today that has this design indoors.
The Grand Hotel in Taipei held a press conference on the 25th to open the East Passage, and Chairman Lin Yusheng (photo) gave a speech to affirm the efforts of the hotel staff. (Central News Agency)
After more than a year of planning and renovation works, the “East Secret Road” was officially unveiled today as a mystery for 50 years, so that the jigsaw puzzle of East and West Secret Roads of the Yuanshan Mountain is complete from now on. The “East Secret Road” is 67 meters long, with 84 steps, and the whole secret road is deliberately designed to meander and bend in order to avoid pursuers and bullets that advance in a straight line.
In addition, in addition to steel and concrete, there are uneven walls, which are designed to enhance the sound absorption effect, even if there are pursuers behind, it is not easy to locate. The secret passage is also equipped with 43 explosion-proof lights, so that if a burst event occurs, the debris will not splash and cause secondary damage.
Taipei Yuanshan Hotel held a press conference on the 25th to unveil the mystery of the East Passage. (Central News Agency)
Yuanshan Hotel in 1970 in the east and west side of each built a secret escape tunnel, the 25th to the public East secret tunnel, secret tunnel in addition to the construction of steel and concrete, there are uneven walls to enhance the sound-absorbing effect. (Central News Agency)
East secret passage from the left side of the hotel winding down, out of the outdoors is the original site of the Taiwan Shrine in The Japanese era, renovated as a secret garden, planted with mountain cherry, hydrangea and other landscape flowers, coupled with the installation art of the photo point, suitable for couples to shoot wedding or hold small parties.
At the end of the Secret Garden is the former residence of Kong Lingwei, the first general manager of the Grand Hotel in Yuanshan.
Because Miss Kong kept her Life and living highly mysterious, the Grand Hotel has specially displayed the items used by Miss Kong during her lifetime and important cultural relics in the hotel, and created a “five senses experience of cultural aesthetics” to fully recreate the important cultural and historical sites.
“The most special thing is that, in order for Chiang Kai-shek to escape quickly, the right side of the secret passage is designed with a slide about 1 person wide and 70 meters long, made of grinding stones, which is jokingly called the longest “cement slide” in the world. “.
The Grand Hotel said, because of the limited service energy of the East Secret Road, the first wave will be open for guided tours in phases in conjunction with the hotel’s wedding banquet, corporate customer tours, the East Secret National Banquet cultural meal and the East Secret Road housing project.
The West Secret Road was opened in 2019 and attracted 50,000 people to visit it in 3 months after it was opened, and the number of visitors will exceed 170,000 in 2020. From today, the East Secret Road is open to the public, which is expected to bring a new wave of visitors. The Yuanshan Hotel also launched the “Yuanshan East Secret Road for the first Time in 50 years to decipher the cultural exploration of light travel” housing program, in addition to a glimpse of the East Secret Road, but also arranged a special bus to visit the Shihlin residence and Taipei Martyrs Temple.
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