Barclay Memorial Park

Cemetery in East, Tainan, Taiwan

Barclay Memorial Park

巴克禮紀念公園

Details
Established| 2003
Location|

East, Tainan, Taiwan

Coordinates| 22°58′18″N 120°13′21″E﻿ / ﻿22.97167°N 120.22250°E﻿ / 22.97167; 120.22250
Type| memorial park
Size| 3 hectares

The Barclay Memorial Park (traditional Chinese: 巴克禮紀念公園; simplified Chinese: 巴克礼纪念公园; pinyin: Bākèlǐ Jìniàn Gōngyuán; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pa-khek-lé Kì-liām Kong-hn̂g) is a memorial park in Chongming Village, East District, Tainan, Taiwan.

## Name[edit]

The park was named after Thomas Barclay, a British missionary to Taiwan in 1875–1935.[1]

## History[edit]

In 1993, the park area was actually designed to be Park No. 18 by Tainan City Government in which the city government should carry out the construction project within the same year. However, due to land ownership disputes between Tainan City and Tainan County, the land failed to be developed which caused the park to remain idle since then. After a decade without proper management, the park was flooded with wild plants and trashes, which eventually turned out to be a landfill.[2]

In 2001, the chief of Chongming Village had an idea of rejuvenate the park area and turn it into a beautiful park. Thus soon afterwards, cleanup efforts was initiated by him and his friends, gradually expanded to 57 volunteers. Eventually, more and more people helped to rebuild the park. Vehicles coming in and out to dispose the rubbish. They built the slopes of the creek course, repaved the walking paths, trimmed the plants and repopulated the park with fireflies. The park was eventually fully established in 2003 and renamed Barclay Memorial Park.[3]

## Geography[edit]

The memorial park covers an area of around 3 hectares.[4]

## See also[edit]

* List of tourist attractions in Taiwan

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Barclay Memorial Park(巴克禮公園)". Travel Tainan. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. ^ "Barclay Memorial Park, Tainan, Taiwan". Archived from the original on 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
3. ^ "About Barclay Memorial Park". Hello Travel. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
4. ^ "The lovely Barclay Memorial Park". Public Works Bureau of Tainan City Government. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

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