Heroes' monument in Taroko Gorge. After the Kuomintang troops retreated to Taiwan, General Chiang Kai-shek, to keep them occupied and out of trouble with the locals, made them carve out a road linking this part of Taiwan with the Western Seaboard using very simple implements like chisels and rods. In the process, 222 of them lost their lives. Their memorial tablets are enshrined in this monument.