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Penghu
The Penghu ( , Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī, POJ: ''Phîⁿ-ô͘'' or ''Phêⁿ-ô͘'' ) or Pescadores Islands are an archipelago of 90 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait, about west of the main island of Taiwan across the Penghu Channel, covering an area of . The archipelago collectively forms of Taiwan and is the smallest County (Taiwan), county of Taiwan. The largest city is Magong, on the largest island, which is also named Magong. The Penghu islands first appear in the historical record in the Tang dynasty and were inhabited by Chinese people under the Southern Song dynasty, during which they were attached to Jinjiang, Fujian, Jinjiang County of Fujian Circuit, Fujian. The archipelago was formally incorporated as an administrative unit of China in 1281 under Tong'an County of Jiangzhe Province in the Yuan dynasty. It continued to be controlled by Imperial China with brief European occupations by the Dutch Empire (1622–1624) and Second French colonial empire ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Penghu ( , Hokkien POJ: ''Phîⁿ-ô͘'' or ''Phêⁿ-ô͘'' ) or Pescadores Islands are an archipelago of 90 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait, about west of the main island of Taiwan across the Penghu Channel, covering an area of . The archipelago collectively forms of Taiwan and is the smallest county of Taiwan. The largest city is Magong, on the largest island, which is also named Magong. The Penghu islands first appear in the historical record in the Tang dynasty and were inhabited by Chinese people under the Southern Song dynasty, during which they were attached to Jinjiang County of Fujian. The archipelago was formally incorporated as an administrative unit of China in 1281 under Tong'an County of Jiangzhe Province in the Yuan dynasty. It continued to be controlled by Imperial China with brief European occupations by the Dutch Empire (1622–1624) and Second French colonial empire (1885), until it was ceded to the Empire of Japan in 1895. Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Kuang-fu
Chen Kuang-fu (; born 25 October 1955) is a Taiwanese politician who is the Magistrate of Penghu County, serving since 25 December 2022. He held the same position from 2014 and 2018. Early life and education Chen was born in Shagang Village, Huxi Township, Penghu County on 25 October 1955. His family moved to Kaohsiung shortly after. Chen attended Glad Tidings Bible College (喜信聖經學院) in Taichung. Early career A member of the Tangwai movement, Chen was involved in the Kaohsiung Incident, which kickstarted his career in politics. In 1979, he ran unsuccessfully for Kaohsiung City Council. He was dubbed the "Tangwai one-eyed dragon" on election flyers. He eventually ran successfully and served as city counciller from 1985 to 1993. In 1992, Chen was elected a member of the Legislative Yuan and represented Kaohsiung from 1993 to 1999. Chen joined the 2005 Taiwanese local elections, 2005 Penghu County magistracy election under Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on 3 Decem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Tungning
The Kingdom of Tungning, also known as Tywan, was a dynastic maritime state that ruled part of southwestern Taiwan and the Penghu islands between 1661 and 1683. It is the first predominantly ethnic Han state in Taiwanese history. At its zenith, the kingdom's maritime power dominated varying extents of coastal regions in southeastern China and controlled the major sea lanes across both China Seas, and its vast trade network stretched from Japan to Southeast Asia. The kingdom was founded by Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong) after seizing control of Taiwan from Dutch rule. Zheng hoped to restore the Ming dynasty in Mainland China, when the Ming remnants' rump state in southern China was progressively conquered by the Manchu-led Qing dynasty. The Zheng dynasty used the island of Taiwan as a military base for their Ming loyalist movement which aimed to reclaim China proper from the Qing dynasty. Under Zheng rule, Taiwan underwent a process of Sinicization in an effort to consoli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penghu County Government
The Penghu County Government () is the local government of Penghu County, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea .... Penghu County Hall is located in Magong City. History Penghu County government was established on 22 January 1946. Organizational structure City and township offices * Magong City Office * Husi Township Office * Baisha Township Office * Siyu Township Office * Wang-an Township Office * Cimei Township Office County government headquarter * Executive Officer * Senior Secretary * Secretary * Consumer Protection Officer Internal unit * Civil Affairs Department * Finance Department * Economic Affairs Department * Education Department * Public Works Department * Tourism Department * Social Affairs Department * General Affairs Department * Personnel De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magong
Magong (Pe̍h-ōe-jī, POJ: ''Má-keng'') is a county-administered city and county seat, seat of Penghu County, Taiwan. Magong City is located on Penghu's main island. Name The settlement's Mazu temples, temple honoring the Chinese folk religion, Chinese Goddess Mazu, the Shen (Chinese religion), deified form of Lin Moniang from medieval Fujian Province, is usually accounted the oldest in all of Taiwan and Penghu. The town was originally named Makeng () but was changed to during Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule in 1920, and was the center of the Mako Guard District. After 1945, the Wade-Giles romanization Makung was used. Taiwan officially adopted Tongyong Pinyin in 2002 and Hanyu Pinyin in 2009, leading to the romanization of Chinese, romanization Magong. History The island's Mazu Temple (Magong), Mazu temple was erected in the late 16th or early 17th century. The city Magong'ao began to grow around 1887, during the Taiwan under Qing rule, rule of the Qing dyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penghu Tianhou Temple
The Penghu Tianhou Temple is a temple dedicated to the sea goddess Mazu located on Zhengyi Street in Magong City, Penghu, Taiwan. It is usually considered the oldest Mazu temple in Taiwan and, despite differences in characters, is the namesake of the surrounding city of Magong. It is open from 7:00am to 5:30pm daily.. Name The original name of the site was the Niangma Temple ("Temple of the Honorable Mother)". It was renamed the Tianfei Temple ("Temple of the Princess of Heaven") following its rebuilding in the 16th century. The present Chinese name of the temple followed Mazu's elevation by the Qing and translates as the "Palace of the Queen of Heaven" and is sometimes romanized as the Its English name is also sometimes transcribed as the History The temple claims to be the oldest in Taiwan, possibly dating to the early Ming in the 15th century. It was supposedly destroyed by "Japanese" pirates and rebuilt in the 16th century. It was enlarged following Yu Dayou's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double-Heart Of Stacked Stones
The Double-Heart of Stacked Stones () or the Twin-Heart Fish Trap is a stone fishing weir located on the north side of Cimei Township, Penghu County, Taiwan. It is a well-preserved ancient fish trap made by stacking stones to form a trap that resembles a flying heart. It is one of hundreds of ancient tidal stone fish weirs in Taiwan, the oldest known example of which was constructed by the indigenous Taokas people in Miaoli County. The heart or arrow-shaped tidal stone weir is one of the ancestral fishing technologies of the seafaring Austronesian peoples, and similar ancient stone weirs are also widespread throughout Austronesian regions, including the Philippines, eastern Indonesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia, with examples being found as far as Hawaii. The technology spread to the Han Taiwanese and the Japanese when Taiwan came under their control in the recent centuries. It is considered a potential World Heritage Site.https://twh.boch.gov.tw/taiwan/index.aspx ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan Province
Taiwan Province ( zh, t=臺灣省 , p=Táiwān Shěng , poj=Tâi-oân-séng; PFS: ''Thòi-vàn-sén'' or ''Thòi-vân-sén'') is a ''de jure'' administrative division of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Provinces remain a titular division as a part of the Constitution of the Republic of China, but are no longer considered to have any administrative function practically. Taiwan Province covers approximately 69% of the island of Taiwan, and comprises around 31% of the total population. The province initially covered the entire island of Taiwan (Formosa), Penghu (the Pescadores), Orchid Island, Green Island, Xiaoliuqiu Island, and their surrounding islands. Between 1967 and 2014, six special municipalities (Kaohsiung, New Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Taipei and Taoyuan) were split off from the province, all in the most populous regions. Taiwan was initially made a prefecture of Fujian Province by the Qing dynasty of China after its conquest of the Kingdom of Tungning in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County (Taiwan)
A county, constitutionally known as a hsien, is a ''de jure'' second-level Administrative divisions of Taiwan, administrative division unit in the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan). Under the administrative structure of Taiwan, it is at the same level as a Provincial city (Taiwan), provincial city. The counties were formerly under the jurisdiction of provinces, but the provinces were streamlined and effectively downsized to non-self-governing bodies in 1998, in 2018 all provincial governmental organs were formally abolished. Counties along with former "Provincial city (Taiwan), provincial cities" which alternately designated as simply "Cities", are presently regarded as principal subdivisions directed by the Executive Yuan, central government of Taiwan. History ''Hsien'' have existed since the Warring States period, and were set up nation-wide by the Qin dynasty. The number of counties in China proper gradually increased from dynasty to dynasty. As Qin Shi Huang reorganized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penghu County Council
The Penghu County Council () is the elected county council of Penghu County, Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea .... The council composes of 19 councilors lastly elected through the 2022 Republic of China local election on 26 November 2022. See also * Penghu County Government References External links * County councils of Taiwan Penghu County {{Taiwan-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fengguiwei Fort
Fengguiwei Fort () is a former Dutch fortification located in Magong, Penghu, Taiwan. The fort sat atop a small hill on a peninsula across the bay from Magong Harbor. As of today, little of the original structure remains. Structure The fort was built of compacted soil in a square with a side length of 55 m and a height of 7 m. On the southwest side facing the rest of the peninsula, the walls were covered with rock, and a trench was dug as well; the other three walls were covered with wood. Bastions were built on all four corners. History In 1622, the Dutch, based in Batavia, were seeking to establish a stronger presence in East Asia. A fleet of six ships led by Cornelis Reijersen attempted to capture Macau to disrupt the Portuguese's profitable Macau-Nagasaki route. However, despite outnumbering the defenders, Reijersen's fleet was defeated and repelled. Frustrated, they turned to the Pescadores (modern day Penghu) to set up a base and coerce the Chinese into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaillardia Pulchella
''Gaillardia pulchella'' (firewheel, Indian blanket, Indian blanketflower, or sundance) is a North American species of short-lived perennial or annual plant, annual flowering plants in the Asteraceae, sunflower family. Description The branching stem of ''G. pulchella'' is hairy and upright, growing to tall. The leaves are alternate, mostly basal, long, with edges smooth to coarsely toothed or lobed. It has a hairy stem, simple or branched near the base, where the leaves are essentially located towards the bottom of the plant. The pinwheel, daisy-like inflorescences are 4–6.5 cm in diameter, vividly colored with red, orange and yellow and is surrounded by 10 to 20 ray florets up to 2 cm; the ligule has three lobes. The central disc florets of the flower head tend to be more red-violet, with the outer ray florets being yellow. In one Variety (botany), variety, almost the entire flower is red, with only the barest tips of the petals touched with yellow. It typically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
