After the Yilan County Government removed to the new site at Hopin Road in 1997, the original building has been dismantled as an extent of grassland. The building of the county government in South-Gate Park had been planed since the 37^th year of Minchin (A.D.1904). Because the Yi Lan then was a “Tin” (a unit of government), it has been named as Yi Lan Tin (or County). The whole construction had been completed at the 39^th year of Minchi (A.D. 1906).

a great stretch of grass land after the Yilan County Government being tore down

　　Yi Lan had officially been set as the “County” in 1950, changing Yilan Tin into Yilan County. In 1974, reconstructed as a four-story build built by reinforce concrete. According to grandpa Chiang, the Yilan County Government then was the highest building in while Yilan territory. We don’t know if the Yilan County Government then was as so magnificent as the 101 building at Taipei now…even visit it with the touring bus.

New Yinlan County Government

Yilan County Government is as same as castles.

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1^st Site: A.D. 1813-1906 (the 18^th year of Jiachin, the Chin Dynasty---the 39^th year of Minchi, Japan). Location: the current site of the Yilan Hospital at Sin Min Road of Yilan City

2^nd Site: A.D. 1906-1997 (the 39^th year of Minchin, Japan,---the 86^th year of ROC). Location: the South-Gate Park at Old Chenan Road of Yilan City

3^rd Site: Since 1997 (the 86^th year of ROC). Location: No. 451, Hopin Road, Kai Xuan Li, Yi Lan City

　　The County Government’s relic in South-Gate Park now is left only a stele of founding autonomy, the origin of which is erected at the 10^th anniversary of Yilan County. The stele has been erected on Oct. 10, 1960, just right on the very day of “Double Tenth” (National Day). The quality of this stele is granite; the front of which has fours words of “Founding Autonomy” in the Chinese written by the provincial governor then, Chi-Roi Chou, and the back side has the “Monument to Commemorate the Yilan County” written by Tzai-Tien Lin, the magistrate then.

The front face of the Stele of Founding Autonomy

　　We have seen the stele-body withering a little bit of, but the four words of the “Founding Autonomy” in Chinese are clear, as to the text of “Monument to Commemorate the Yilan County” carved on back side has been blurred and illegible. We found that the whole piece of the granite was carved the words after its plane has been chiseled as a dented surface. Teacher Jun-Lian explained, it is a specifically small design to avoid the rainwater flowing along the surface of the stele that might grow moss to damage the surface.

The back side of the Stele of Founding Autonomy