Padre III

The National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is the Taiwanese counterpoint to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing.

The sign is written in Traditional Chinese, but I’m able to guess that the first two characters (from right to left) mean “Father of the Country” and people looove building memorials to the fathers of their countries.  Makes sense, since Sun Yat-sen was the founding father of the Republic of China (i.e. current day Taiwan and not to be confused with the People’s Republic of China i.e. mainland China.  Long story.)
The Taiwanese take the changing of the guards very, very seriously.
I always wondered why “Taiwan” used to be called “Formosa.”  I found the answer on this placard!