archway was located. This upper section was demolished crica 1983 to make way for Ronsdale Garden (completed 1986). It was either foresight on bahlf of the Aw descendants, or just lucky happenstance because the upper portion of the garden contained quite a bit of Nationalist/Kuomintang imagery including the aforementioned gate (see below).
The concrete archway was made up of two Chinese characters for the number 10 (十十). For those not aware of this bit of history, the 10th of October (i.e. 10/10) 1911 was the start of the "Wuchang Uprising" that basically kicked off the revolution that eventually overthrew the Qing Dynasty and established China as a republic. It's still celebrated as the National Day in Taiwan, but is only marked in passing by the Communist-run Mainland of China under a different name.
I was lucky enough to see the gardens (or at least the remainder) pre-handover, and although well past its peak, it was a fun day afternoon wandering around the terraces. No post about this place can go without a plethora of other images so here they are.
True Light Middle School in the background (still there, unlike the garden)
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