In 1947, following the mishandled arrest of a woman selling contraband cigarettes, rioting broke out throughout the whole of Taiwan. Countless lives and property were lost in what has come to be called the 228 Incident.
民國卅六年，因緝查私菸不當，所引發的全台大規模暴亂事件，人民生命、財產損失無數，一般稱為「二二八事件」。