Wude Hall

The auditorium of Zhongyi elementary school was originally the Wude Hall of Tainan during the Japanese occupation period, designed by the Department of civil engineering of Tainan state hall. It is located in the northeast corner of the outer court of the then Tainan shrine, next to the Confucius Temple in Tainan. Wude hall is a place for Japan to publicize its traditional martial arts. At that time, similar facilities were set up in all major towns in Taiwan. Today, except Tainan, there are still Taichung Wude hall, Changhua Wude hall, Kaohsiung Zhenwu hall, Qishan Wude hall, etc. among them, Tainan Wude hall has a large scale, high quality of architectural design and construction, and at that time In addition to Wude hall, there is also a Dagong Daochang in waiyuan.

It is located in Zhongyi primary school on the south side of Youai street, facing south in the north, with the entrance as the center, four bays wide on the left and right sides, two stories high, reinforced concrete like wood structure, protruding into the mother house in the form of wind breaking, forming a Cross Ridge composite root, with dovetail as the main ridge kiss and a vertical ridge with ghost tile as the end. In addition, five rectangular windows are opened into the mother house to break the wind, with tortoise shell shaped hanging fish ornaments and flower shaped floating on them. The first floor is for various ancillary service spaces. The main space on the second floor is wudaochang in the west, Kendo field in the East and altar in the north.

Wude Hall

Wude palace is the name of Taiji palace in Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is also a place for Japanese to hold martial arts performance meetings. In order to promote the spirit of Bushido and maintain the inherent martial arts skills of Japan, Japanese people have established martial arts halls in important towns all over Taiwan, as well as in Tianjin.

Name of Taiji Palace

Wude palace is the name of Taiji palace, which is more famous in Sui Dynasty. It is adjacent to the east palace. Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty abolished the prince Yong as a commoner. He announced an imperial edict in this palace. At the beginning of Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan granted Li Shimin the palace of juchengqian and Li Yuanji the palace of Wude, which facilitated his communication with Prince Li Jiancheng. At the beginning of Li Longji's accession to the throne in the first year of Xianxian (712), he also listened to politics in this hall, which shows that his status is not general.

Wude hall, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

brief introduction

Wude hall originated from the Japanese police system, is a place to practice martial arts, and then extended to cities and schools. Taiwan used to be a Japanese colony, so the rulers naturally introduced various Japanese cultures to shape the culture of their home country in the colony. This is true in culture, and it is no exception in architecture. Under the influence of this factor, the temple of Wude was introduced into Taiwan.

geographical position

No. 197, No. 196 and No. 195 of the second section of South drum section in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, covering an area of about 3500 m2

Human history

The police shoulder the responsibility of social stability and people's safety, and often have to face bandits and outlaws. Therefore, they must learn self-defense skills in order to protect themselves and the people. Therefore, Wushu is particularly important and necessary for the police to maintain public order. Therefore, in 1895 (Meiji 28) in Kyoto, Japan, the "Greater Japan Takeshi Association" was founded. Its members were mainly policemen. The Takeshi hall built by it was called "Takeshi hall". When Japan ruled Taiwan, the Japanese police system affected Taiwan. Therefore, Taiwan's martial arts culture was introduced, led and developed by the Japanese police at that time. With the promotion of the police system, Taiwan's prefectures, departments and counties built "martial arts hall" one after another. In 1924 (the 13th year of Taisho), the Wude hall in Kaohsiung was completed in sidingmu, Kaohsiung, which was managed and used by the Kaohsiung police department. It is a Japanese brick building behind the Gushan elementary school, No. 36, mountaineering street, today's Gushan District, and on the left side of xiziwan cave, Sun Yat sen University. Japan has built martial arts halls all over Taiwan to provide civil servants, police and students as training places. Boys must learn judo, Kendo or wrestling (Xiangpu), while girls mainly shoot arrows. In order to carry forward the martial arts spirit of Bushido, a martial arts conference or a martial arts performance conference is held every year in Taiwan to select the winners and then concentrate on the finals of the local martial arts ethics Association in Taiwan. The interior of the building is mainly divided into two parts: the Kendo learning area in the East and the judo learning area in the west, which can accommodate about 100 people. It was under the jurisdiction of the then police department (yongguangxing at the intersection of Linhai Second Road and Linhai first road). After the National Government took over Taiwan, it was managed by Gushan Guomin school. It once served as a dormitory for teaching staff, but no one entered it State. In 1999, Gaoshi Civil Affairs Bureau approved it as a historic site. After the establishment of the Cultural Bureau in 2003, it actively carried out renovation planning and design. After one year of restoration, it was completed in December 2004. In April 2005, it entrusted the corporate body, Kaohsiung Kendo Culture Promotion Association, to operate and manage. It is the first non-profit historic site in the city and the first historic site in Taiwan to be reused with its original function.

Famous scenic spot

Wude hall has three kinds of space elements of "Buddhist temple", "Palace" and "Shrine", and adds the function of martial arts activities to form a unique space form. The roof of the Wude hall in Kaohsiung is in the form of "entering the mother house" (the same as "Xieshan" in China), and the front entrance is in the form of "Tang pofeng". Under the eaves, there are symmetrical columns, with three columns in a group in the front and one column and two wall columns in the back, which are similar to the "Tuscan column" There are arrow shaped and target shaped reliefs on the cylinder, which also metaphors the original traditional martial arts activities of Wude hall.

building material

The wall of Wude hall is made of brick. The middle section of the facade is made of fair faced brick. The upper and lower sections are made of concrete and washed stones. The roof is paved with high-pressure "cement tiles". There are "ghost tiles" at the ends of the vertical ridge and the middle ridge. Under the roof, there is a "Juezi" (called "Juezi" in China) parallel to the direction of the roof. The section is rectangular. Under the "Juezi", there is a "strip" of wood perpendicular to the direction of the roof.

Tourism information

Wude hall, originally used by the police department of Kaohsiung Prefecture, is one of the few grand martial arts schools still preserved in Taiwan. It is a traditional Japanese building. Compared with the traditional Minnan style building in Taiwan, it has its own characteristics.

Wude hall in Tianjin

geographical position

228 Nanjing Road, Heping District, Tianjin

architectural style

It's Japanese style

Historical use of Architecture

Because this area used to be a Japanese concession in history, this hall is a Japanese building. Now the building function has been changed to Tianjin General Hospital Library. Before that, he was a kindergarten affiliated to the general hospital.

Address: Zhongyi primary school, south of Youai street, Tainan City

Longitude: 120.203964

Latitude: 22.991899

Tour time: 30 minutes

Chinese PinYin : Wu De Dian