海安五条｜Haian Wutiao

Long gone is the Great West Gate from Tainan. The Small West Gate still exists in Tainan, but it has been relocated to the NCKU campus in the east of the city. Still, the western part of Tainan does have a gate that remains in its original location. Duiyuemen was not part of the main city walls. It is a small gate that was built into outlying walls that served the expansion of the city to the west. This gate is named duì after the western direction in the eight trigrams, a key diagram in Taoist cosmology. There were two other gates in this series of western walls, but they were torn down with the rest of the gates and walls over the years. In its time, the gate was meant to strengthen city defenses. Now it is simply part of a neighborhood and a reminder of the walls that once protected the city. more... 兌悅門是昔日臺灣府城從小西門延伸到小北門之外城的三座城門之中唯一僅存者，因位於正西方而以八卦中的「兌」為名，城門橫額提有兌悅門，兌者八卦方位之西方，已應此門為往西。兌悅門今為國定古蹟，位於臺南市中西區，昔日是五條港的新港墘港所在的地方。這座城門也是現今臺南市所有城門中唯一還具有通行功能的城門。臺南市另外現存三座城門都已不位於...

清乾隆四年：興建接官亭，初建有三進，分別為大門、官廳、風神廟。 清乾隆四十二年：臺灣府知府蔣元樞重修風神廟，又因接官亭地位為府城門戶，故又建立一石坊於風神廟前，以壯大聲勢。 日大正七年：日本人為了拓寬府城時代大東大西門之間的道路（今民權路），將原官廳之後的建築拆除，原官廳則改作風神廟。 日大正十三年：居民將此官廳重建風神廟。 民國八十四年：古蹟修復，並拆除坊前民宅，重現坊前空曠風貌。修復石造鐘樓、新建石造鼓樓。 更多...

Great Well (Old Big Well Pier): Once the landing place for the early settlers from Fukien to Taiwan, the well located at the east coast of Taijian Inland Sea in 17th century. It provided fresh water for inhabitants at Saccam. The water quality was quite good, and people said that "to drink the water of the Great Well cound make one health and pretty". Later, the Taijian Inland Sea silted, the Great Well remained a witness of the geographical change and the neighborhood development. 大井頭一帶是昔日進入臺灣府城的重要碼頭所在地，雖然「大井頭」之名原意為大井旁的碼頭，是一個地名，但現在也用以指稱「大井」本身。 大井頭的大井的具體開鑿時間不明，而據高拱乾《臺灣府志》所載，宣德年間鄭和與王景弘下西洋時曾到此地汲水，而陳文達《臺灣縣志》所載則說是荷蘭人蓋普羅民遮城時因為怕有火災而鑿此井以備不時之需。由此看來，此井在明鄭時期之前便已經存在。 該井位於臺灣府城西定坊，水質十分甘美，故有俗語「飲大井水，沒肥也美」。這一帶在過去一度鄰近海邊，為府城重要的碼頭，該井也成為往來舟楫補給儲水之處。而在荷蘭史料之中，這一帶則稱做士米村（Smeerdroop）。然而隨著臺江內海的逐漸淤積，大井頭與海邊的距離越來越遠，「鎮渡頭」也遷到今接官亭與風神廟一帶（南河港上）。不過這一帶並未因此沒落，反而因南河港有著繁盛的商業活動，形成府城八景之一的「井亭夜市」，此景為府城八景之中為一一個純人文的景緻。 該井在日治初期仍有許多人打水，但隨著自來水普及，使用的人日益減少。而日本大正五年（1916年）拓寬今民權路（本町通）時填掉了一半，民國五十四年（1965年）再次拓寬民權路時將井欄整...