Pegasus Tea House Introduction
A famous café founded by Jan Tien-ma, who was a renowned film narrator during the Japanese colonial period. On February 27, 1947, agents from the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau conducted an inspection near the Tien-ma Tea House, where a tobacco vendor, Lin Jiang-mai, was arrested, and money and cigarettes were confiscated. Lin pleaded with the crowd, and during the argument, inspector Yeh Teh-kun injured Lin, leading to public outrage. Inspector Fu Hsueh-tung fired a warning shot, accidentally killing a bystander, Chen Wen-hsi, which further escalated the situation. The next day, people gathered at Taipei Bridge and marched to the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau to petition, eventually escalating into the February 28 Incident.
