The two sides of the Taiwan Straits have been separated by politics for 60 years. Today, tensions have eased but, in the Cold War period, especially the first few decades, at a time when daggers were drawn and the ROC was desperate to “reclaim the mainland,” the ROC Marine Corps was the force that would strike the first blow in the campaign to liberate the people of China.

Several giant sea turtles, a protected species, are kept in the basement of Dayi Temple. They are green turtles, the species most commonly seen around Taiwan. According to the records of the National Museum of Natural Science’s digital museum, four species of turtle can be seen around Taiwan: the green turtle, loggerhead, Pacific turtle and Hawksbill turtle.