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32-635: The Ketagalan aborigines called the location around modern Tamsui Hoba , meaning "stream's mouth." Hoba transliterated into Taiwanese Hokkien as Hobe . Historical works in English have referred to the place as "Hobe," "Hobé," or "Hobe Village." 17th-century Spanish colonists labeled the region Casidor and the Tamsui River Kimalon . Dutch records reference the names Tamsuy and Tampsui but also refer to another " Lower Tamsuy " in southern Taiwan. Pastor George Leslie Mackay popularized "Tamsui" as

64-575: A Taiwanese aboriginal people originating in what is now the Taipei Basin . Their language has now become extinct. On 21 March 1996, the road in front of the Presidential Office Building was renamed from "Long Live Chiang Kai-shek " Road (介壽路) to Ketagalan Boulevard (凱達格蘭大道) by then-mayor of Taipei City , Chen Shui-bian , to commemorate the people. Traffic signs banning motorcycles and bicycles from that road were abolished at

96-569: A grandson of Zheng Keqiao (鄭克塙), and the latter was the youngest brother of Zheng Keshuang. Zheng's descendants served as Bannermen in Beijing until 1911 when the Xinhai Revolution broke out and the Qing dynasty's fell, after which they moved back to Anhai and Nan'an in southern Fujian. They still live there to this day. A poet Zheng Chouyu (鄭愁予; born 1933), claimed to be one of Zheng's descendants,

128-418: A local administrative and cultural center. In the early years of Japanese rule (1895–1945), the population of the city was nearly 6,000. From 1920, under the prefecture system, Tamsui was called Tansui Town ( 淡水街 ) , and was governed under Tansui District of Taihoku Prefecture . Following the end of World War II in 1945, Tamsui reverted to being a small fishing town as township of Taipei County . With

160-526: A surrender document to the Qing Empire. About ten days later, Feng sent Zheng Keshuang to meet Shi Lang. On 13 August, Shi Lang entered Taiwan and received the official surrender, the Ming Dynasty Zheng family perished. Noble titles were given to the dynasts and officers of the formerly reigning House of Koxinga . Zheng Keshuang and his family were taken to the Qing imperial capital, Beijing , to meet

192-462: A year later in Chengtian Prefecture. After Zheng Jing's death, Feng Xifan allied with Liu Guoxuan, Zheng Cong (鄭聰) and others to slander Zheng Kezang in front of Queen Dowager Dong , Zheng Jing's mother. They claimed that Zheng Kezang was not Zheng Jing's biological son, and launched a coup to kill Zheng Kezang and seize power. Following the coup, a 12-year-old Zheng Keshuang was installed on

224-564: Is the main building of the Fort Santo Domingo museum complex. In addition to "pacifying" the aboriginal tribes in the area, the Dutch also encouraged the immigration and settlement of the area by Han Chinese , as well as expanding the production and trade of sulfur , animal skins, and other indigenous resources. The Dutch left Fort Zeelandia in Taiwan in 1662 following their defeat by Koxinga at

256-836: The Qing government opened Tamsui to foreign trade under the terms of the Treaty of Tientsin , exporting tea , camphor , sulfur , coal , opium , and dyes. By the mid-19th century Tamsui had become the largest port in Taiwan , boasting a sizable foreign population as well as a British consulate at Fort Santo Domingo. Canadian medical doctor and missionary George Leslie Mackay arrived in Tamsui on 9 March 1872, proceeding to establish Taiwan's first hospitals in Western medicine and formal educational facilities, including Oxford College (now part of Aletheia University ),

288-590: The Siege of Fort Zeelandia , who continued the policy of increasing Han Chinese immigration until the surrender of his grandson Zheng Keshuang to the Qing Dynasty in 1683. In 1668, the Dutch left Keelung after getting harassed by aboriginals from Tamsui. Because of its proximity to mainland China , as well as its location in a natural harbor, Tamsui quickly became a major fishing and trade port. The Qing naval patrol also established an outpost in Tamsui in 1808. In 1862,

320-770: The English-language transliteration in his 1895 book From Far Formosa. "Tamsui" is consistent with Hokkien literary readings , and (possibly by chance) is equal to the Church Romanization of an older pronunciation ( Tām-súi ) minus tone markings and hyphen. By 1900, the "Tamsui" variant was already well-known and featured prominently in two English-language maps of the area. However, some naming confusion persisted, as evidenced by United States diplomat James W. Davidson's 1903 book The Island of Formosa . Davidson lists "Tamsui, Tamshuy, Tamshui, Tamsoui, [and] Tan-sui" as acceptable spellings and pronunciations. Historically,

352-720: The French down at Keelung in an eight-month-long campaign before the French withdrew. In 1884, the harbour of Tamsui was blockaded by the French Navy under the command of Admiral Amédée Courbet , during the Sino-French War . The French were defeated at the Battle of Tamsui by the Chinese and, according to traditional accounts, with the divine assistance of the Goddess Mazu . By the time Taiwan

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384-541: The Kangxi Emperor. The emperor made Zheng Keshuang a member of the Plain Yellow Banner and awarded him the hereditary title Duke of Hanjun (漢軍公; lit. "the duke of Han Eight Banners "). Some former Tungning military units, such as the rattan shield troops, were inducted into the Qing military and deployed in the battle against Russian Cossacks at Albazin . Zheng Keshuang died of illness in 1707 in Beijing at

416-631: The Spanish were expelled from Taiwan by the Dutch. The Spanish had already abandoned their settlement in Tamsui in 1638 and the Dutch built a new fort over the ruins of Fort Santo Domingo which they renamed Fort Antonio (after the Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company Antonio van Diemen ). It is today known as Angmng Siaⁿ ( Chinese : 紅毛城 ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Âng-mn̂g-siâⁿ ; lit. 'red-hair fortress') and

448-467: The Taiwan government, Taipei Metro , and other sources, is based on the Mandarin pronunciation. Having long used "Tamsui" as the official English name, the local government of the district informed the national government in 2011 that "Tamsui" rather than "Danshui" should be used in English. The Spanish arrived in the area of Tamsui in the early 17th century. In the fall of 1629, the Spanish established

480-533: The Tungning forces, led by Liu Guoxuan, at the Battle of Penghu . After the battle, the Tungning royal court split into two factions, with one advocating war and the other advocating surrender. The "war" faction was led by Zheng Dexiao (鄭得瀟), Huang Liangji (黃良驥), Xiao Wu (蕭武) and Hong Gongzhu (洪拱柱), while the "surrender" faction was led by Feng Xifan and Liu Guoxuan. Zheng Keshuang heeded Feng and Liu's advice. On 5 July 1683, Feng Xifan ordered Zheng Dexiao to write

512-597: The administrative centre of Chengtian Prefecture was at Fort Provintia . His father was Zheng Jing , the king of Tungning and the eldest son of Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong), the founder of Tungning. His biological mother was Lady Huang (黃氏), Zheng Jing 's concubine. When Zheng Jing was leading a campaign against the Manchu -led Qing dynasty in China in the late 1670s, he designated his elder son, Zheng Kezang , as his heir apparent and put him in charge of Tungning's internal affairs. At

544-569: The age of 37. His younger brother, Zheng Kexue (鄭克壆), was ordered by the Qing government to bury the remains of Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Jing in Quanzhou , Fujian – the ancestral home of the House of Koxinga. Zheng Keshuang's mother, Lady Huang, tried to seek assistance from the Qing government to return their family property in Fujian to them, which was annexed by local officials, but she failed. Later, during

576-460: The expansion of nearby Taipei City , Tamsui slowly became a center for tourism along Taiwan's northwest coast. In the last ten years, the city has become popular as a suburb of Taipei in the local real estate market. Following the completion of the Taipei Metro 's Tamsui Line in 1997, the town experienced a sharp increase in tourist traffic, reflected in the completion of several riverside parks,

608-615: The first major non-aboriginal settlement comprising the town and mission of Santo Domingo . The Spanish occupied northern Taiwan for the purpose of securing Spanish sea trade routes from coastal Fujian to Spanish Philippines against the Dutch (who were already established in the South of Taiwan by then), the British , and the Portuguese , as well as for facilitating trade with China and Japan. In 1642,

640-447: The growth of open-air markets specializing in traditional handicrafts and street-stall snacks, the construction of a fisherman's wharf , and the increase in passenger ferries traversing across and along the river. Tamsui District administers forty-two urban villages ( 里 ). Ketagalan people Ketagalan or Ketangalan ( traditional Chinese : 凱達格蘭族 ; simplified Chinese : 凯达格兰族 ; pinyin : Kǎidágélán Zú ) are

672-544: The mountains. Thereafter, the villagers were separated into plain-dwelling and mountain-dwelling peoples. 'Ketagalen' is a generic term for all the peoples of the northern plains of Taiwan. It encompasses, among others, This article about an ethnic group in Taiwan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Zheng Keshuang Zheng Keshuang, Prince of Yanping ( Chinese : 鄭克塽 ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Tēⁿ Khek-sióng ; 13 August 1670 – 22 September 1707), courtesy name Shihong , art name Huitang ,

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704-473: The oldest European-style higher-education institution in Taiwan by some measure. During the Sino-French War the French attempted an invasion of Taiwan during the Keelung Campaign . Liu Mingchuan , who was leading the defence of Taiwan, recruited Aboriginals to serve alongside the Chinese soldiers in fighting against the French. The French were defeated at the Battle of Tamsui , and the Qing forces pinned

736-466: The reign of Yongzheng Emperor , the remaining family of Zheng's was reassigned to Plain Red Banner . Zheng Keshuang was survived by three sons: Zheng Anfu (鄭安福), Zheng Anlu (鄭安祿), and Zheng Ankang (鄭安康). However, all his sons died without issue; and so, Zheng Xianji (鄭咸吉), a first cousin once removed of them, was appointed as heir to Zheng Anfu. Zheng Xianji was the elder son of Zheng Ande (鄭安德) and

768-468: The same time, he also arranged marriages between his two sons and the daughters of two of his most trusted officials: Zheng Kezang married the daughter of Chen Yonghua , while Zheng Keshuang married the daughter of Feng Xifan . Zheng Jing returned to Tungning in 1680 from a failed campaign against the Qing Empire. In the same year, Chen Yonghua died after he was ousted from the political arena by his rivals, Feng Xifan and Liu Guoxuan (劉國軒). Zheng Jing died

800-619: The same time. Beitou District in Taipei City houses the Ketagalan Culture Center , a cultural center about the Ketagalan people. Legend has it that the Ketagalan forebears originally lived on another island, Sanasay. One day, a monster appeared on the island. Every night it would appear in the village, terrorizing the villagers. Accordingly, the villagers laid traps for the monster all around their homes and fields. The wounded monster

832-458: The term "Tamsui" is ambiguous, as "it may mean the harbor, the river, the village of Hobe, Twatutia , or Banka , and it may mean the whole district." From 1950 until the 2010 creation of New Taipei City, Tamsui was officially "Tamsui Township " ( Chinese : 淡水鎮 ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Tām-chúi-tìn ; Tâi-lô : Tām-tsuí-tìn ) in the former Taipei County . The spelling "Danshui" (from Hànyǔ Pīnyīn Dànshuǐ ), formerly used officially by

864-488: The throne as the ruler of Tungning under the title "Prince of Yanping" (延平王). After his accession to the throne, Zheng Keshuang rewarded the officials who supported him in the coup by granting them nobility titles. He also gave posthumous honorary titles to his ancestors. In 1683, the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty ordered Shi Lang to lead a naval fleet to attack and conquer Tungning. Shi Lang and his fleet defeated

896-687: Was born in Shandong province in China. Zheng Xiaoxuan (鄭曉嵐), father of Zheng Chouyu, fought against the Japanese invaders in the Second Sino-Japanese War . Zheng Chouyu was born in Shandong in mainland China and called himself a "child of the resistance" against Japan and he became a refugee during the war, moving from place to place across China to avoid the Japanese. He moved to Taiwan in 1949 and focuses his work on building stronger ties between Taiwan and mainland China. Zheng Chouyu

928-532: Was ceded to Japan following the end of the Sino-Japanese War in 1895, Tamsui's position as a seaport was beginning to wane due to the accumulation of sediments in the Tamsui River . By the 20th century, most of Tamsui's port operations had moved to Keelung , and the local economy had switched primarily to agriculture . However, public infrastructure construction projects by the Japanese led to Tamsui's rise as

960-473: Was decided that they must pack up and leave the island. Following an arduous sea voyage, they sighted land. The island they landed on was Taiwan, near the Shuang-Xi river in the north. Many years later, the community was growing so one day the villagers agreed to draw straws . Those who drew long straws were permitted to remain living on the fertile plain while those drawing the short straws would have to move into

992-399: Was forced back into the mountains and the village was peaceful again for a while, but soon afterward it reappeared. Pushed to insanity by hunger, the monster went into one of the village homes and killed a child. The villagers lived in fear of being eaten and did not dare to sleep. The villagers fiercely debated but nobody could think of a way to deal with the monster. With no other choice, it

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1024-586: Was the third and last ruler of the Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan in the 17th century. He was the second son of Zheng Jing and a grandson of Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong). After surrendering to the Qing dynasty in 1683, he was ennobled as Duke of Hanjun (漢軍公), and lived the rest of his life in Beijing . Zheng Keshuang was born in Chengtian Prefecture  [ zh ] of the Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan;

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