Ahou Old City

Date CapturedDecember 6th, 2018 at 02:15 UTCCameraNIKON D3100LensAF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR IIApertureƒ / 10Shutter Speed1/400 secFocal Length27.0 mmISO200Exposure Value15.3 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

Pingtung City, previously known as Ahou (阿猴), was protected by walls with four fortified gates in 1836. Local gentry pooled resources to build rammed earth walls and planted thorny bamboo to defend against bandit raids and internecine conflicts between Han settler groups. Nearly all of the original fortifications were dismantled during the early Japanese colonial era leaving only the east gate, properly known as Chaoyang Gate (朝陽門), preserved at the north end of Pingtung Park (屏東公園). Listed as a historic site in 1985 and damaged in the 2006 Hengchun earthquakes, the gate has since been restored.

Date CapturedDecember 6th, 2018 at 02:16 UTCCameraNIKON D3100LensAF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR IIApertureƒ / 10Shutter Speed1/400 secFocal Length27.0 mmISO200Exposure Value15.3 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

Date CapturedDecember 6th, 2018 at 02:16 UTCCameraNIKON D3100LensAF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR IIApertureƒ / 8Shutter Speed1/250 secFocal Length18.0 mmISO200Exposure Value14.0 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400