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When Chiang Kai-shek died in 1975, he was not buried in the traditional Chinese fashion but entombed in a black marble sarcophagus, since he expressed the wish to be eventually buried in his native Fenghua in Zhejiang province once the Kuomintang (KMT) recovered mainland China from the Communists.
In 2005, it was announced that his remains, along with those of his son Chiang Ching-kuo, will be re-interred at Wuchih Mountain Military Cemetery in Hsichih, Taipei County. However, due to conflicts between the wishes of his family and the government, the move has yet to be made.
On April 5, 1975, at 23:50 TWT, Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo and President of the Republic of China, died of a heart attack resulting from kidney failure caused by advanced heart failure and pneumonia at the Taipei Veterans General Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, at the age of 87.
Chiang Kai-shek was born and raised as a Buddhist, but became a Methodist upon his marriage to his fourth wife, Soong Mei-ling. It was previously believed that this was a political move, but further studies of his personal diaries suggest that his faith was sincere.
Sep 9, 2004 · Madame Chiang Kai-shek's body is in a temporary repository in Hartsdale, N.Y. Family members said last year that it was her wish to be buried someday in mainland China after its...
May 19, 2024 · Chiang Kai-shek (born October 31, 1887, Fenghua, Zhejiang province, China—died April 5, 1975, Taipei, Taiwan) was a soldier and statesman, head of the Nationalist government in China from 1928 to 1949 and subsequently head of the Chinese Nationalist government in exile on Taiwan.
Jun 30, 2014 · The main entrance to the Liberty Square, with Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall on the east end. Trivia: Chiang Kai-shek’s body is not buried here but in the Cihu Mausoleum in Daxi Township, Taoyuan County. It’s best to enter from the side entrance, which is nearer the memorial hall.
