Tahsi

The committee also decided that the remains of President Chiang will be entombed temporarily by Tzu Lake, at Tahsi township of Taoyuan County in northern Taiwan, and will be buried on the mainland after it is recovered.

1975 April 13, “Late President funeral service set for April 16”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVI, number 14, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1

Although the ruling party, the Kuomintang, insists that its basic policies have not changed, uncertainty about this island nation's political direction has increased since the death of President Chiang Ching-kuo on Wednesday. The Government announced today that Mr. Chiang's funeral would be held on Jan. 30 and that he would be buried in the town of Tahsi, 20 miles southwest of Taipei.

1988 January 17, Clyde Haberman, “Taiwan Imprisons 2 Backing Independence”, in The New York Times (World section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2011

To reach Tzuhu from Taipei, first take a train to Taoyuan (táoyuán) or Chungli (zhōnglì). From there you can get a bus directly to Tzuhu or else to the nearby town of Tahsi (dàxī), from where you’ll have to get another bus to Tzuhu. Buses from Tahsi to Tzuhu are not very frequent so you might have to take a taxi. Fortunately, it’s not very far so it’s not too expensive.

1994 July, Robert Storey, “North Taiwan”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OL, page 187, column 1

6.6 Tak’ok’an (Tōakhokhām in Holo) on the uppermost reaches of the Tamsui River, was a collection point for tea transport in the late Ch’ing period. The town is today called Tahsi.

2015, Wan-yao Chou (周婉窈), translated by Carole Plackitt and Tim Casey, A New Illustrated History of Taiwan, Taipei: SMC Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 118

Soldiers stand guard in front of the late President Chiang Kai-shek’s mausoleum in Tahsi, Taoyuan county, in northern Taiwan in this file image.

2018 April 4, Agence France-Presse, “10 Taiwanese protesters charged with vandalising Chiang Kai-shek’s tomb”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2018

I did run into him a little later though when I was on my way down to the beach, and when I asked him how many people had drowned over the years at Tahsi, all he could do was shake his head and say, "too many."

2002 June 16, David Frazier, “Beachcombers beware”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2026, Features, page 17

I told my editor on Monday of this past week that I wanted to write a travel article about Tahsi, a sleepy seaside hamlet on the Ilan County coast.

2003 May 11, David Momphard, “A tale of two townships”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2026, Features, page 18