Chunghwa Telecom Building (site of the Tainan Post Office)

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臺南市中西區忠義路與民生路交叉口

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1909年(明治42年)落成的台南郵便局,原為建築師森山松之助設計的典雅歐式建築,黃白相間面磚、高聳衛塔,是楊熾昌青春記憶最重要的座標——他在此地附近工作,初戀今井民子在郵局任接線生,而今井民子後來以死為這段愛情畫下句點。

1972年(民國61年)已拆除改建為現在的電信大樓,但楊熾昌此後詩作反覆出現的蝴蝶與靜脈意象,都與其初戀的美和死亡有關,可在此停留片刻,感受「建築仍在、記憶已去」的時間錯位。

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Yang Chih-chang1908–1994

Yang Chih-chang (1908–1994), pen name Shui Yin-ping, was born in Tainan. In 1933 he co-founded the Le Moulin (Windmill) Poetry Society with Li Chang-jui, Lin Yung-hsiu and others, publishing the journal Le Moulin and introducing surrealism to Taiwanese poetry. This route follows the street where he grew up and the post office of his youth.

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