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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.
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Map
Points
- South Gate (南門)—Vanished (已消失)
- West Gate (西門)—Vanished (已消失)
- North Gate (北門)—Vanished (已消失)
Details
- Heritage designation:City Monument (縣(市)定古蹟)
Recorded On
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
Sources
- Li Tianlong, The Truth Emerges? Unraveling the Historical Mystery of Ahou City's Contours, National Pingtung University, 2017利天龍，《水落石出？解開阿猴城輪廓的歷史謎團》，國立屏東大學，2017
Themes
- Qing Dynasty Era Taiwan (清治時期台灣)
- Military Fortifications in Taiwan (台灣碉堡)
Series: Southern Taiwan Ride 2018
Dispatches from a weeklong bicycle trip around southern Taiwan in late 2018. I began the ride in Tainan, crossed into Qishan, headed into the mountainous interior as far as Liugui, did a loop through Pingtung, and finished around Zuoying, visiting the sites of nearly 25 old movie theaters. Many entries remain to be added; this series is far from over.
- Yancheng Salt Office (原臺灣總督府專賣局臺南支局鹽埕分室)
- Hunei Wenxian Theater (湖內文賢戲院)
- Gangshan Shinto Shrine (岡山神社)
- Fengshan Dongya Theater (鳳山東亞大戲院)
- Lower Tamsui River Iron Bridge Kaohsiung Section (下淡水溪鐵橋高雄段)
- Zhuliao Water Intake Station (大樹竹寮取水站)
- Changle Theater (大樹昌樂大戲院)
- Gushan Village Old House (姑山里老屋)
- Meinong Aqueduct (美濃水橋)
- Pengtangcheng Tobacco Barn (彭堂城菸樓)
- Zilai Theater (自來大戲院)
- Neipu Xingnan Village Ritual Paper Incinerator (屏東內埔興南村敬聖亭)
- Neipu Qinghe Theater (清河大戲院)
- Chaozhou Tiantaibao Temple (潮州天台寶宮)
- Chaozhou Mingde Private High School (潮州鎮私立明德中學)
- Chaozhou Wanbao Theater (潮州萬寶戲院)
- Wandan Canal No. 1 Pump House (萬丹圳第一抽水廠機房)
- Liutui Martyrs’ Shrine (六堆忠義亭)
- Ahou Old City (阿猴城)
- Pingtung Academy (屏東書院)
- Pingtung Yamato Hotel (屏東大和旅社)
- Pingtung Dapeng No. 7 Village (屏東大鵬七村)
- Former IJN Fongshan Communication Center (原日本海軍鳳山無線電信所)
- Zuoying Guomao Community (左營果貿社區)
- Zuoying Qingshui Theater (左營清水大戲院)
Backlinks
- Pingtung Tianhou Temple (屏東市天后宮)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.