Changhua County National Defense Education Site Introduction
The 1895 Bagua Mountain Anti-Japanese Memorial Museum tells a story intertwined with blood and tears. On August 1, 1894, the Qing Dynasty and the Japanese government officially went to war over issues in Korea. According to statistics, the Qing Dynasty mobilized 600,000 troops while Japan dispatched 240,000 soldiers, leading to a world-shaking land and sea battle by the Yalu River and in the Yellow Sea. Due to outdated equipment and insufficient training, the proud Beiyang Fleet and the 35th Army fell apart from the start of the conflict, suffering heavy casualties, a war referred to as the First Sino-Japanese War.
Air Raid Shelter Transformed into a Historic Museum
The process of the Japanese government taking over and governing Taiwan was not as smooth as anticipated. After the people of Taiwan, three thousand kilometers away, realized they had been sacrificed by China, they were outraged and could not accept the Qing Dynasty's resignation that "Taiwan is important, but compared to the capital, it is less significant." After continuous protests and petitions, the Taiwanese gradually recognized the reality and decided to resist on their own. "The Taiwanese must unite the masses to defend it, willing to die in battle rather than hand over Taiwan." Unwilling to be ruled by a foreign power, the people of Taiwan decided to unite their strength and began their path of resistance from north to south, regardless of age, after May 29, 1895... This period of history was filmed into a movie.
