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Jinsha, Kinmen
Jinsha Township (Kinsha) () is an urban township in the north-eastern corner of Greater Kinmen Island (Quemoy), Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). It is in the Taiwan Strait, on the coast of mainland China. Geography Jinsha has a population of 19,465 and an area of . The township is the second largest by area of the six townships of Kinmen County. The township includes Cao Islet (Ts'ao Hsü; ), Hou Islet (), and other small islets. At low tide, the coast near Mashan () in northern Jinsha is from Jiaoyu (Chiao I., Reef I.; /), an island originally part of Kinmen County in Dadeng Subdistrict, Xiang'an District, Xiamen, Fujian, People's Republic of China. Rock-filled waters make passage between the two areas difficult. Politics and government Administrative divisions Jinsha Township is divided into eight urban villages: * Dayang Village () * Hodo / Hedou Village () * Kuanchien / Guangqian Village () * Guanyu Village (), northernmost village; includes C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Township (Taiwan)
Townships are the third-level administrative subdivisions of counties of the Republic of China (Taiwan), along with county-administered cities. After World War II, the townships were established from the following conversions on the Japanese administrative divisions: Although local laws do not enforce strict standards for classifying them, generally urban townships have a larger population and more business and industry than rural townships, but not to the extent of county-administered cities. Under townships, there is still the village as the fourth or basic level of administration. As of 2022, there are totally 184 townships, including 38 urban townships, 122 rural townships and 24 mountain indigenous townships. 174 townships with 35 urban and 118 rural townships are located in Taiwan Province and 10 townships with 3 urban and 4 rural townships are located in Fujian Province. Penghu and Lienchiang are the only two counties that do not have urban townships. Statistics of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Republic Of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Islands Of Taiwan
The islands comprising the Taiwan Area under the jurisdiction of the Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC) are classified into various island groups. The Geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, is the largest island and the main component of the ROC-controlled territories. Islands that are claimed by the ROC but not administered, including List of islands of China, those under the control of the People's Republic of China, and those disputed with other countries such as Senkaku Islands and most of South China Sea Islands, are excluded from this list. At the adoption of Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China in the 1990s, these islands collectively form the "Free area of the Republic of China" or known alternatively as "Taiwan Area", which legally defines the territorial extent under the actual control of the ROC government. Some Taiwanese islands have various translations in English due to different systems of Chinese language romanizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Chin-cheng's Western House
The Beishan Old Western-style House () is a historical house in Jinsha Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan. History Construction of the house began around 1918 or 1919 for the Wang family and was completed in 1932. The house was seized by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1937 and returned to the family in 1946. In 1954, the house was taken by the Republic of China Army. From 1956 to 1965, it was used as a storage depot for engineering materials. In 2015, the house was declared a historical building. On 29 September 2021, restoration work on the house began in a ceremony attended by Magistrate Yang Cheng-wu and descendants of the original owners. The restoration work was expected to cost around NT$40 million. Architecture The house was constructed with Western and Hokkien architectural elements. Its exterior walls feature relief sculptures and the front of the house features totems. See also * List of tourist attractions in Taiwan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mashan Broadcasting And Observation Station
The Mashan Broadcasting and Observation Station () is a historical broadcasting station and observation tower in Jinsha Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan. History The station used to send out propaganda message to the People's Liberation Army soldiers on Mainland China to surrender and join the Republic of China Armed Forces. Features Xiamen can be observed from the station which located 1,800 meters away during low tide and 2,100 meters during high tide. See also * List of tourist attractions in Taiwan * Beishan Broadcasting Wall * Dadeng Subdistrict Dadeng Subdistrict () is an insular subdistrict in Xiang'an District, Xiamen, Fujian, China. During the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1958, the islands were designated by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as the "Hero's Tri ... References Buildings and structures in Kinmen County Jinsha Township Observation towers Propaganda in Taiwan Tourist attractions in Kinmen County {{Taiwan-struc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinmen Folk Culture Village
The Kinmen Folk Culture Village () is a cultural center in Jinsha Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan. History The culture village was designed by an architect from Jiangxi and built by Wang Kuo-chen, a successful businessman who created his wealth while he was in Japan. The construction started in 1876 and it took 25 years to complete all buildings in this area in the year 1900. During the martial law period, the village was renovated to become a folk culture village and later in 1995 was included into the Kinmen National Park. It was the first village in Kinmen which was turned into a tourist destination. Architecture The culture village has the most complete range of types of Fujian buildings and consists of 18 house buildings, which are 16 symmetrical two-courtyard historic houses, an ancestral shrine and a school academy named Hai Jhu Tang. All of the buildings were built on the hillside of Mount Wuhu facing the sea in three orderly rows on a solid granite rock bed. It consis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longfeng Temple
Guan'ao Longfeng Temple ( zh, t=官澳龍鳳宮, s=官澳龙凤宫, first=t, p=Guān'ào Lóngfèng Gōng) is a temple located in Jinsha Township, Kinmen County, Fujian. The temple's main deity is the sea goddess Mazu. History The temple was founded in 1611, making it one of the oldest Mazu temples in Kinmen; at the time, it only housed one Mazu and was known as Tianfei Temple (天妃廟). A nearby temple named Fengshan Temple (鳯山寺), which was dedicated to , was initially located on a beach but collapsed from damage by the ocean. After being moved inland, Fengshan Temple was taken by ROC forces during the Retreat of the Republic of China to Taiwan. Therefore, the statue was moved into Tianfei Temple in 1949, and the temple was renamed to Longfeng Temple. The new name, which translates to "dragon-phoenix temple", is a reference to these two deities. On September 26, 2007, Longfeng Temple was protected as a county-level monument. Worship Longfeng Temple has three stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jindong Movie Theater
The Jindong Movie Theater () is a movie theater in Jinsha Township, Kinmen County, Fuchien, Republic of China. History The theater was built in 1950 by donation from Chang Hsiang-chuan to award the officers and soldiers in the county. The theater became popular with local people in which it turned the surrounding area into a bustling economic activities. Around the year 2000, the theater was closed but was reopened again in 2020. Architecture The theater building was constructed with bricks and cements. It also displays a white writing ''What are We Fighting for'' on its red wall. See also * Cinema of Taiwan The cinema of Taiwan ( zh, t=臺灣電影 or ) is deeply rooted in the island's unique history. Since its introduction to Taiwan in 1901 under Japanese rule, cinema has developed in Taiwan under ROC rule through several distinct stages. It has ... References 1950 establishments in Taiwan Buildings and structures completed in 1950 Buildings and structures in Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tianpu Reservoir
The Tianpu Reservoir () is a reservoir in Jinsha Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan. It is the catchment area of water supplied from Mainland China through the Jinjiang–Kinmen Pipeline. Geology The reservoir has an effective capacity of 599,000 m3. The main local source for the reservoir comes from Qianpu River in Kinmen and supply from Mainland China originated from Longhu Lake in Fujian. See also * Jinjiang–Kinmen Pipeline The Jinjiang–Kinmen Pipeline is a pipeline that supplies drinking water from Jinjiang City in Mainland China to Kinmen County in Fujian Province, Republic of China. Background Being a small island county, Kinmen had been facing water scarcity ... References Jinsha Township Lakes of Kinmen County Reservoirs in Taiwan {{Taiwan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanxi Reservoir
Shanxi Reservoir (), also known as Shansi Reservoir, is a reservoir located in Shanxi Village, Jinsha Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort .... Its water source is natural rainfall. The construction of the Shanxi Reservoir started in March 1996 and was completed in September 1997. It has a catchment area of 0.88 square kilometers and a designed effective water storage capacity of about 220,000 cubic meters. References Buildings and structures in Taiwan Buildings and structures completed in 1997 Geography of Kinmen County Jinsha Township Reservoirs in Taiwan {{Taiwan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ming Chuan University
Ming Chuan University (MCU; ) is a private university in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan, accredited in the United States of America and by AACSB. Ming Chuan University was ranked in the 451-500 range in QS Top Asia Universities Ranking 2022 and positioned 1501+ in 2023 by Times Higher Education ranking. It was founded by Pao Teh-Ming (包德明) and her husband Lee Ying-Chao. The university was named after the progressive Qing Dynasty governor of Taiwan Liu Mingchuan. History Ming Chuan University was founded in 1957 by Dr. Teh-Ming Pao and Dr. Ying-Chao Lee. It was Taiwan's first women's business school. Dr. Teh-Ming Pao, its first president, had the most significant influence on its development. When the government had just moved to Taiwan and the economy was lagging, with an urgent need to nurture business professionals, Dr. Pao founded the school in the interests of national development, at the same time raising awareness of the talents and rights of women and facilitat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinhu, Kinmen
Jinhu Township () is an urban township of Kinmen (Quemoy), Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). It is in the Taiwan Strait, on the coast of mainland China. Jinhu Township is the largest township in Kinmen County. History On July 1, 1953, Canghu Township () was renamed Jinhu Township (), a rural township. In December 1957, Jinhu was changed back into an urban township. In 1959, Jinqiong Township () was created from the two villages Zhengyi and Qionglin. On September 16, 1965, Jinqiong Township was disbanded and the major part of the two villages returned to Jinhu Township. Geography It has a population of 27,368 and an area of . The township includes Dongding Island, Beiding Island, and other small islets. Politics and government Administrative divisions Jinhu Township is made up of eight urban villages: * Lianan / Lienan Village () * Liaoluo Village () * Qionglin / Cyonglin Village (Ch'iung-lin; ) * Shanwai Village (Shan-wai; ) * Xihu / Sihu Village () * Xinhu / Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
