陳定國古厝（垂遠堂）

Passing by

Historic site

Holidays are a good place to take a walk around...

The door is not open, parking is not convenient

Chen Dingguo is the son of Chen Ruicai, the owner of "Chuiyuantang". Born in the eighth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1882), Changcuo, Xizhijie Township, in the twenty-fourth year of Guangxu (1889, the 31st year of the Meiji Period), he graduated from the Keelung Mandarin Institute, and then entered the Mandarin school as an intern. In the thirty-third year of Emperor Guangxu's reign (1907), after passing the Public School Disciplinary Examination, he served as a Disciplinary Officer at Shuihuijiao Public School. In the ninth year of Taisho (1920), Taiwan began to implement the self-government system. Chen Dingguo was recommended to serve as the head of the first Xizhijianchang Street. After taking office, he began to prepare for a number of local constructions. During his tenure, he raised water to return to the bridge and build a waterway head. Chen Dingguo's outstanding political performance laid the foundation for Xizhi's modernization, making Xizhi a political and economic center in northern Taiwan next to Taipei and Keelung at that time. Later, he continued to serve as the chairman of the board of directors of the credit association, the state agreement member, the Xizhi street agreement member, the chairman of the Xizhi credit purchase profit group, the supervisor of the Taiwan Commercial and Industrial Bank, and the chairman of the Taipei County Council. Trust and hope. In the fifteenth year of Taisho (1926, also the first year of the Showa era), Chen Dingguo decided to retire and went to Kaohsiung to manage agricultural products, and he still had outstanding performance in his career. Chen Dingguo’s descendants have produced many talents. The second son, Chen Shaoxin, founded the Department of Sociology at National Taiwan University, and he can be regarded as a pioneer in Taiwan’s sociology field. Others include the famous fashion designer Chen Songsheng, a mid-term student of the army officer and a member of the Xizhi Presbyterian Church. When Chen Dingguo passed away in 1958, Xizhi Town Hall held a grand "burial" for him. His contributions and achievements have always been cherished by Xizhi people.