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111th Academic Year The Avenue of NCKU Heritage – Area of Cultural Assets The Avenue of NCKU Heritage – Area of Environment and Ecology From country to city: Taveron and Han integration Kyrie: Pestilence and faith in the salty area Highlighting Western Chu-Wei Ginza: Commercial tracks from harbors to modern streets Tavocan and the Town of Hills The Museum: Ecological village and eco-museum The Stories about Major South Gate of Fu-Chen (Tainan) Modern new generation 110th Academic Year The Route of NCKU Students - The Cultural Assets Area NCKU Students' Route – Area of Cultural Assets Migration and Settlement of the Siraya Tribe Zengwen Creek’s nine bends and 18 turns, with astronomy, hydrology and humanities Exploring the Old Industries of Tainan City Journey of Beauty The Narrations of Water Resources, Agriculture and Livestock Industries Exploring Old Yuejin Harbor Area Lâu-Nuā Sió Sai Kha Highlighting Western Chu-Wei Area, Yu-Ler Street & Eastern Gate 109th Academic Year NCKU Students' Route – Area of Cultural Assets NCKU Students' Route – Area of Environment and Ecology Migration and Settlement of the Siraya Tribe Old Taijiang Inner Sea: Its Previous and Current Existence Lâu-noā Sió-sai-kha Exploring the Old Industries of Tainan City The Exploitation of the Works of Nature-Journey about The Frost and The Flower of Salt Badlands and the Mountain City Age-old Stories from the South of the City The Magnificent of Zheng-Xing Street 108th Academic Year The Route of NCKU Students─The Cultural Assets Area NCKU Students' Route – Area of Environment and Ecology Ecology of Fishery and Sea Salt Harvesting─ The Nature and Culture of Tai-Jiang Lagoon Migration and Settlement of the Siraya Tribe Age-old Stories from the South of the City Exploring the Old Industries of Tainan City The Narrations of Water Resources, Agriculture and Livestock Industries Technology and Humanities Science Park and Cultural Archeology From Kū-Lâu to Sin-Lâu Hospital Folk Delicacy around Minor West Gate Area 107th Academic Year The Avenue for NCKU Students Exploring Old Occupations in Tainan Secret Literary Path of Tainan Migration and Settlement of the Siraya Tribe Old Tai Jang Inner Sea: Its Previous and Current Existence Five-Canal Harbor Area: The Water Gods and Import-Export Tradesmen Tradition and Innovation: Zhengxing Street and the Grand Market(Da Caishi) The Water Resource of Tainan Area The Grace of Yanshui Harbor: Rejuvenation of Yanshui and Hopi Settlements 106th Academic Year The Avenue of NCKU Students Gate of Urn-Shaped Castle and the Stony Plates Siraya People’s Migration and Their Journey to Settlement Zeelandia and the Retrospective Anping Old Taijang Inner Sea (Taijang Nei Hai ) : Its Previous and Current Existence Tradition and Innovation- Zhengxing Street and the Grand Market (Da Caishi ) Qing Dynasty Government Official’s Trail-Chunan Old Street and Zhenbei Fang Five-Canal Harbor Area, the Water Gods and Import-Export Tradesmen Fantastic Trips to Know Sugar and Salt production Chikan Park Area and Historical Traces Secret Garden of Literature- From Taiwan Administration (Taiwan Fu) to Tainan Prefecture Hall (Tainan Zhou Ting) The Water World of Tainan Area

The Water Resource of Tainan Area

Route Introduction

Aqueduct Bridge of Guantian Creek

East to Guantian Bridge, Guantian District, Tainan City

An aqueduct bridge is a called a “shuilu” bridge in Taiwanese, meaning a “water way”. The important function of the bridge is to transport water, so that the high- lying water source can be transported north- south through the irrigation system and the aqueduct bridge.

Since 1921, a total of seven aqueduct bridges had been built on Jianan Plain. From south to north: there are "Zengwun Creek Aqueduct", "Dutou Creek Aqueduct", "Guantian Creek Aqueduct", "Guizhong Creek Aqueduct", "Jishui Creek Aqueduct", "Bazhang Creek Aqueduct", and "Puzi Creek Aqueduct".

Water can be transported from Zengwun Creek to areas that were only used for dry-farming before. The system also helped to reduce the excessive salt in the non-arable salt-damaged areas. Crop has therefore been increased significantly.

In 1930, four years after the completion of the water supply of Wushantou Reservoir, rice production was increased by four times! The aqueduct bridges has been playing a key role for distributing water in Jianan Irrigation system.

The lower level of the aqueduct bridge was a water channel, and the upper level was a reinforced concrete bridge for pedestrians and motorcycles. The Zengwun, Dutou and Guantian Creek aqueducts are listed as the city-level monuments of Tainan, which even allow cars passing in one direction and were important north-south traffic passage then.

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