地方特色 : 台灣-台南

Brief Introduction of Tainan City
~ about our hometown




Tainan is the origin place of Taiwan.
About four hundred years ago, when Chinese immigrants ventured across the Taiwan Strait, the waves at Anping Harbor sent them to Tainan, which served as the base of their cultivation and exploration of Taiwan. For being located at a key position on the marine route, Tainan developed into Taiwan's political, economic, trade and cultural center.
The following chronicles of explain well the role Tainan played in history. In 1661, Cheng Cheng-kung, a Ming dynast loyalist, crossed the Taiwan Strait and expelled the Dutch from Taiwan. After accomplishing this, Cheng established his capital at Tainan and started to develop the surrounding areas.
In 1684, Ching's troops defeated Cheng's heir and brought Taiwan under Ching rule. Later in 1875, the Ching court added another seat of government in Taipei. Hereafter, Tainan began to lose its status as the political and economic capital of Taiwan.
The year 1895 brought about the period of Japanese occupation, when Japan defeated the Ching dynasty and Taiwan was ceded to the Japanese conquerors. Thus, up until the end of the 19th century, from the period of the Dutch navigators through the Cheng administration, the Ching court and Japanese rule, Tainan remained the capital of Taiwan. Finally, in 1920, the Japanese administrators redesigned Taiwan' s system of local government and began to use the name of " Tainan City ".
Old streets, conventional properties, temples, churches, endemic snack food and souvenirs near the monuments are into a historic region. It provides sightseers to roam around, pay a visit, and luxuriate.
We would like to invite you to Tainan to understand the once most prosperous city in Taiwan.
※Reference：
Tainan City Govemment Cultural Affairs Bureau
http://culture.tncg.gov.tw/english/index.php