Pegasus Tea House Introduction
A famous cafe founded by Zhan Tianma, 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 Tianma Tea House, where a tobacco vendor named Lin Jiangmai was arrested, and money and cigarettes were confiscated. Lin pleaded with the crowd for leniency, but during the altercation, inspector Yeh Degeng injured Lin. The crowd became enraged, and inspector Fu Xue-tong fired a gun to intimidate, accidentally killing bystander Chen Wenxi, which further escalated the situation. The next day, people gathered at Taipei Bridge and proceeded to the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau to petition, leading to the outbreak of the 228 Incident.
