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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

Yanshui Octagonal Building

In 1847, Ye Kai-Hong, a rich merchant in sugar business, and his son Ye Rui-Xi, employed craftsmen from China to construct this building. It took ten years to complete the structure. At the beginning, the building was used for running their business, "Ye Lien- Cheng Store", with a tea room in the north and a garden behind.

In 1895, the Fourth Brigade of Japanese Army landed from Budai Harbor. Japanese soldiers entered Yanshui, and turned this building to the temperate residence and command post of Prince Fushimi Sadanaru. During the war, the octagonal building was renamed "Prince Fushimi Sadanaru Memorail Hall", with a stone plaque in the front to mark the page of colonial history.

The first second and second sections of the grand house of Ye Family had been destroyed. The first section was a two-story street house, referred to "one and a half floor", because of its rather low ceiling on the second floor. The second section took the Fukien-style architecture with three rooms in one row. The central room was used to as the ancestral shrine.

The third section is the octagonal building preserved till today. It is a wooden pavilion building which was rarely seen in Qing Dynasty. The first and the second floor were pierced through and supported by 12 great Chinese fir logs. The hallway on the second floor adopts an octagonal shape with gable and hip roof.

Similar to the structure of the first floor, there are a living room and four rooms on the second floor. The facade of the first floor is built from wood, but the upper half of the rear wall is made of bricks and the lower half made of stony bars. The Octagonal Pavilion is one of the landmarks of Yenshui.

Some architecture components, such as wall locks (also known as "iron scissors") are displayed in the first floor, but the second floor is not open for the public.

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