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Anping Old Street

The earliest Han Chinese settlement in Taiwan; Sword Lion tablets and Anping Fort carry Ming-Zheng-era memories; narrow lanes and old walls are living fossils of Taiwan's pioneering history.

Prefecture: Tainan
Province: Taiwan

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  • Fort Zeelandia (Anping Fort) in Tainan

    Built in 1624 by the Dutch East India Company, Fort Zeelandia was renamed Anping and became the Zheng family's residence after Zheng Chenggong's forces ended Dutch rule.

  • Yanping Old Street in Anping

    Often called Taiwan's first formal street, laid out by the Dutch, Yanping Old Street still hangs sword-biting lion plaques over doorways to ward off evil.

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  • Anping Kaitai Tianhou Temple in Tainan

    Zheng Chenggong invited three Mazu statues from Meizhou to protect his fleet crossing to Taiwan, and the temple built for them became known as Kaitai Tianhou Temple.