The spirit tablets of about 390,000 people killed in the Republic of China's wars rest in the National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine (國民革命忠烈祠). It was built in 1969 on Chingshan Mountain above the Keelung River, and its architecture recalls the Hall of Supreme Harmony in Beijing's Forbidden City.
Those commemorated fell in conflicts from the Xinhai Revolution and Northern Expedition to the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese Civil War and the Taiwan Strait Crises. Most of the soldiers were born in mainland China. Since a 1998 legal amendment, civilians have also been inducted. They include a teacher who died trying to save children in a 1992 tour bus fire, police officers and firefighters killed on duty, and healthcare workers from the 2003 SARS lockdown at Hoping Hospital.
Honor guards from the branches of the Republic of China Military perform a changing of the guard here. Every March 29 and September 3, the President leads the heads of the five branches of government in bowing and offering incense to the martyrs.
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