Instead they are continually renewed with the passage of time. When friends arrange to meet at the 228 Memorial Park in Taipei, they almost invariably rendezvous by the brass water buffalo at the main entrance. Now 65 years old, it was presented to Taiwan as a gift from Japanese-controlled "Manchuria" to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Japan's colonial rule over the island.
要到台北市二二八紀念公園碰面的朋友，經常就以大門口前的那一隻黃銅水牛為會合地點，這一隻已經六十五歲的水牛，是日本殖民統治台灣四十週年時，當時的「滿洲國」送給台灣的禮物。