臺灣 南山公墓 墓群紀實

17世紀在台南府城大南門近郊外，曾有法裔美國人李仙得因工作之需途經台南，映入他眼簾的是一望無際的墓園。在他的遊記裡頭，寫著未曾在歐洲或是美洲看過如此景象，夏季黃昏時分悠悠鬼火在墓區飄盪。鄰近臺南機場的墓地隨時聽得見飛機橫空掠過的噪音，此處葬著臺南四百年來的歷史發展脈絡與族群遷徙記憶。臺南市政府一紙公文下達，命墓區有主墳家屬於限定時間內遷葬，為的是要重新塑造一處廣袤公園、停車場、住宅建地，讓都市的紋理能夠更現代化與美觀。而無人認領的無主墳墓，則由市政府代為遷葬、起掘並另為安置。團隊進入該田野地記錄下正在被拆遷的墓群，也呈現該墓區的現況。

引用自法裔美國人李仙得之書籍

Notes of travel in Formosa Charles W. Le Gendre (1830 - 1899) Outside the great south gate is an immense grave yard, which is mostly build on the sides of a series of mounds, and extends more than a mile and half into the country.Before entering the gay and animated city of the living, is difficult to describe,especially when the whitish-blue flames caused by the warm evenings of the summer, move about in the atmosphere and give to the spot an air of sadness and mystery seldom met with in similar places either in Europe or America.