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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

From Kū-Lâu to Sin-Lâu Hospital

Route Introduction

1Tainan Theological College and Seminary

2Medical Memorial Hall of Dr. James L. Maxwell, Sin-Lâu Hospital

3Underground Section of Tainan Railway at Lane 232 of Qing-Nian Road

4Taiwan Church News Press
Loving Taiwan with many firsts on the island; Ancient lanes and alleys convey a special feeling.

Tainan, with ancient lanes and old streets in every direction, is full of intriguing and infinite stories. Old stories and new stories intertwine, and they have been woven into the collective memories of local people and those from other places.

After the Anglo-French coalition defeated the Qing Dynasty's army, Taiwan was requested to open up its ports for business in 1858. An-Ping Port was therefore opened as a trading port in 1860 and turned a new page of Taiwan's foreign trade. With the arrival of foreign merchant ships, Western missionaries also came to Taiwan to preach and did field service freely. It was the second wave of Christianity belief in Taiwan after the Dutch-colonizing period.

Dr. James L. Maxwell, a missionary and preacher, sent to Taiwan by the Presbyterian Church of England, not only founded Sin-Lâu Hospital, the first Western medical hospital in Taiwan via the process of his preaching through medical service, but he also translated the Bible into Taiwanese dialect for the education of the believers. He even promoted the movement of spelling out modern Taiwan language using the Roman alphabet. In 1881, Dr. James L. Maxwell donated the first letterpress printing machine to Taiwan. In 1885, Pastor Thomas Barclay officially established and printed the first Taiwanese newspaper Dáiwán hùsinǎ Gâuhûebò (Taiwan Tainan Church Newspaper) in Ju Zhen Tang (commonly known as Sin-Lâu Study) that he established. It was the predecessor of Taiwan Church News.

From Dr. Maxwell to Pastor Barclay, from Tainan Theological College and Seminary to Sin-Lâu Hospital, we then turn to the underground passage across from the Former Tainan Magistrate's Residence at No. 1 Wei-Min Street to the crossroad of Wei-Min Street and Bei-Men Road to view the Kū-Lâu (old building) from a distance, and then turn back to Taiwan Church News on Qing-Nian Road. This area is situated around Tainan Railway Station, and the level railroad crossing of Lane 232 of Qing-Nian Road brings attention to the changes we have experienced in terms of Tainan architecture, geography, history, culture, and political economy. Moreover, at the same time, they are woven into a dramatic story regarding the southward moving of the railway.