A Study on the Construction and Demolition of the Taipei Walled City

• Main Authors: Guang-Wen Chen, 陳廣文
• Other Authors: Tsung Hsien Chou
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/39695134565884025463

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 歷史學系碩士班 === 97 === The building and dismantle process of the Taipei Walled City is crossed from Ching Dynasty to Japanese regime. In 19 century, China was threaten by many big powers. The invasion made Ching Dynasty take the Maritime Defense as an idea to do the Self-Strengthening Movement reformation. Besides, The Mutan Village Incident (1871) made the position of Taiwan become more important. Based on these reasons, the construction of Taiwan was the most important issue at that period of time. Among many kinds of construction, the most important one is to build the Taipei Walled City. Owing to the development of Taipei basin, it becomes the most active immigration area of Hans and prosperous commercial place during the middle period of Ching Dynasty. At the late period of Ching Dynasty, the export of Tea, sugar and camphor which contain economic values speed up the Taipei Walled City’s building process. The export activities make Taiwan re-enter to the international trade system as well. After solving the place issue, personal matters , budget problems and complete the whole construction, the Taipei Walled City developed as the capital of north Taiwan and Governor-General of Taiwan in the future. During the building period, the Sino-French War happened. The Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895) and the revolution of Taipei Walled City also happened a decade later. Under the Japanese governance of Taiwan, they decided to take apart the wall of Governor-General of Taiwan. It is no longer need the military defense, and base on doing hygiene works and urban planning, they designated it as historic relics. Under the authoritarian regime and culture govern, they changed the three walls into a palace architecture in 1966. The walls was refer as first-rank monument until 1983. This thesis based on the past history of the Taipei Walled City discusses its background, building and demolish process and the decision of how to be referred as monument by the authoritarian regime. And also points out its value during different period of wars and the development after wars. Under these historical documents and information, the writer try to doing further analysis toward the thoughts of Ching Dynasty’s staff, the strategy of two antagonistic side of wars, and the consideration of the government after wars. The writer not only attempts to give us some different research points of view of Taipei Walled City but also tries to deliver some new thoughts on old topic.