{"id":727,"date":"2010-04-14T23:24:57","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T04:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/?p=727"},"modified":"2010-04-14T23:24:57","modified_gmt":"2010-04-15T04:24:57","slug":"grandpa-chiang-slept-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/?p=727","title":{"rendered":"Grandpa Chiang Slept Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the outskirts of Yilan County is a forest preserve. Back in the 1960s, President Chiang Kai-Shek visited a few times, and spent the night in one of the forestry department&#8217;s cabins. The cabin was renamed the Grandpa Chiang Cottage \u00e8\u201d\u00a3\u00e5\u2026\u00ac\u00e8\u00a1\u0152\u00e9\u00a4\u00a8 in his honor, and it&#8217;s preserved in its original state as a historical site. Reminds me of how houses in the US like to brag &#8220;George Washington slept here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-728\" title=\"chiang0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/chiang0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/chiang0.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/chiang0-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_729\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-729\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-729\" title=\"chiang1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/chiang1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/chiang1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/chiang1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grandpa Chiang slept here!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_730\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-730\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-730\" title=\"chiang2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/chiang2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/chiang2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/chiang2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireplace in the bedroom<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s a photo in the cabin of President Chiang and his son, Chiang Ching-Kuo at the cabin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-731\" title=\"fatherAndSon0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fatherAndSon0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fatherAndSon0.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fatherAndSon0-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are our versions of the photo. I didn&#8217;t have my walking stick, so I had to fake it:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-732\" title=\"fatherAndSon1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fatherAndSon1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fatherAndSon1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fatherAndSon1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-733\" title=\"fatherAndSon2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fatherAndSon2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fatherAndSon2.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/fatherAndSon2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, we&#8217;re nerds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the outskirts of Yilan County is a forest preserve. Back in the 1960s, President Chiang Kai-Shek visited a few times, and spent the night in one of the forestry department&#8217;s cabins. The cabin was renamed the Grandpa Chiang Cottage \u00e8\u201d\u00a3\u00e5\u2026\u00ac\u00e8\u00a1\u0152\u00e9\u00a4\u00a8 in his honor, and it&#8217;s preserved in its original state as a historical site. 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