Taipei City Walls
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The Taipei City Walls were established in 1884. In 1875 the Qing Dynasty
established the Taihoku Prefecture. Shortly thereafter, the Taihoku Prefect Chen Xing-ju ordered the foundation of a new prefectural capital, with enclosing wall in 1879. However the soil proved too soft to support so heavy a structure, and the project was halted. Subsequently, governor of Fujian
Cen Yu-ying and Taiwan
magistrate Liu Ao undertook successive surveys to determine the proper location of the wall's foundations. Craftsmen were recruited for the construction in 1842, and the wall was completed in 1884. Nearly five kilometers in length, it could be accessed by five gates. Jieng Fu Gate to the East; Bao Cheng Gate to the West; Li Zheng Gate to the South; Cheng En Gate to the North; and an auxiliary southern entrance known as Chueng Xi Gate. The North Gate Auxiliary South Gate, and the buttresses of the East Gate were of particularly exquisite design. In the first years of the Japanese colonial rule, the city's walls and the West Gate were destroyed as part of the cities restructuring plan. After Taiwan's retrocession in 1945, the East, South, and Auxiliary South Gates were rebuilt, but the original appearances were not maintained. The North Gate alone retains its original appearance. It's design is a 2-story closed blockhouse of solid construction with traditional Chinese wooden roof truss and streamlined carved ornamentations.
Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....
established the Taihoku Prefecture. Shortly thereafter, the Taihoku Prefect Chen Xing-ju ordered the foundation of a new prefectural capital, with enclosing wall in 1879. However the soil proved too soft to support so heavy a structure, and the project was halted. Subsequently, governor of Fujian
Fujian
' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
Cen Yu-ying and Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
magistrate Liu Ao undertook successive surveys to determine the proper location of the wall's foundations. Craftsmen were recruited for the construction in 1842, and the wall was completed in 1884. Nearly five kilometers in length, it could be accessed by five gates. Jieng Fu Gate to the East; Bao Cheng Gate to the West; Li Zheng Gate to the South; Cheng En Gate to the North; and an auxiliary southern entrance known as Chueng Xi Gate. The North Gate Auxiliary South Gate, and the buttresses of the East Gate were of particularly exquisite design. In the first years of the Japanese colonial rule, the city's walls and the West Gate were destroyed as part of the cities restructuring plan. After Taiwan's retrocession in 1945, the East, South, and Auxiliary South Gates were rebuilt, but the original appearances were not maintained. The North Gate alone retains its original appearance. It's design is a 2-story closed blockhouse of solid construction with traditional Chinese wooden roof truss and streamlined carved ornamentations.