This article explores the relationship between the collective memory and cultural symbols, and also examines the cultural process of symbol representation in Taiwan society. An excellent example to illustrate this symbolic representation is Kaitakelan Boulevard in Taipei. Basically, Symbols are the cultural media of the collective memory which don't always present themselves. They embody social values or some kind of collective conscience. It is important for researchers, especially of Taiwan, to make large and significant claims from small matters, for instance, symbols at first sight. The following functions of collective memory are emphasized as defining cultural boundaries and making symbols fixed in their meaning. In term of content and the nature of collective memory, we have to take power, time and space into account. It can be argued that the preservation of memories rest on their anchorage in space, and that the space of memory thrives by being subject to diverse interpretations which reveal different aspects of time. Besides, the author concludes that there are several dialogues among historical individuals, and that human subjectivity is externalized in objectified social products and, in turn, the objective reality acts back on subjectivity, influencing and even constructing it.