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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 Grace of Yanshui Harbor: Rejuvenation of Yanshui and Hopi Settlements

Route Introduction

1Changduanshu Signal Station

2Dingchang Community

3Yuejin Harbor

4Yanshui Octagonal Building

5Yanshui Catholic Church
Rejuvenation of Yanshui and Hopi Settlements

Yanshui and Houbi went through a different course of development, compared to Tainan downtown, due to their geographical locations in the northern part of Tainan. Located between Bazhang Creek and Jishui Creek Basin, these two areas were sometimes classified to Chiayi and sometimes to Tainan County.

Once this area was even an independent administrative district: Yanshui Harbor Administration. Therefore, people living in this area identified themselves to Chiayi more than to Tainan. Yanshui is one of the oldest townships in Taiwan. It is said that Han immigrants settled in this place before the arrival of General Zheng Zhilong to Taiwan in 1621.

Zhuluo County Journal recorded in in 1717 that, "Yanshui Harbor Street, which belongs to Dakuibi zhuang, had prosperous business activities." Because the shape of the terrain resembled to a crescent, it was also known as Yuejin or Yuegang. Yue means moon and jin or gang means port.

The Changduanshu community in Houpi was a Han immigrant settlement. It received its name because of the chang (meaning, tall) and duan (meaning, short or low) shu (meaning, trees) planted in the village, according to the record in Zhuluo County Journal in 1698. This document has proved that Han immigrants settled in this area quite early with sophisticated hydraulic system to facilitate agriculture.

Before the Japanese occupation, Changduanshu Community had developed into several farming villages along Bazhang Creek. During the Japanese occupation period, Yanshui and Houbi shared more in common because they were both important aeras for planting sugar canes.

Annei Sugar Factory in Yanshui was once the headquarters of the sugar industry in Yanshui Harbor, an important regional economic lifeline. The area around Changduanshu was the sugarcane plantation of Toyo Sugar Company (later Meiji Sugar). The two areas have also been important rice fields on Jianan Plain.

Today, these two areas are both facing the problems of aging and population decrease. To search for new strategies and energy to revitalize existing building and communities, local officials and residents are working on community-based projects with professors and students from nearby educational institutes.