East Dist.

Based on the structure and appearance, the ruin of the city wall located between Da Dongmen (grand east gatehouse) and Xiao Dongmen (minor east gatehouse) in Guanghua Street should have built in 1788, the same year of the Xiao Dongmen ruin in the Guangfu Campus of National Cheng Kung University. After the Zhu Yigui armed rebellion, the Qing government built the wooden barrier city in 1733. After the Lin Shuangwen rebellion in 1788, the Qing government replaced the wooden barrier to mud barrier to fortify defense with stronger and larger fortifications.

Private Chang Jung Girls’ Senior High School was the earliest girls’ school in Taiwan founded in 1887 in the name of Xinluo Girls’ School, with no food binding foot as the only admission requirement. As there were only 19 students, suggesting that women’s rights were highly neglected in that time.
 

The hall of Shengli National School is located in the present-day Shengli Elementary School. It was originally the Tainan City Zhuwei National School founded in 1939, a primary school for Taiwanese students. It was also the only elementary school in East District are WWII. To celebrate the victory of the resistance war, the school changed its name to Shengli (victory). The hall was built by the sapper of the Armed Forces in 1953. It is a dual inclined roof wooden structure with a large span.

Completed in 1928, it is probably the most beautiful historical building in the National Tainan First Senior High School. The grand hall was designed and supervised by the Construction and Repair Section of the Government-General of Taiwan. It adopts the rarely seen Roman architectural style like the College of Liberal Arts, National Taiwan University. In the appearance of a majestic European church, the hall’s columns and decorations are elaborate, with a very strong academic style.

As the earliest secondary school in Taiwan, Chang Jung Senior High School founded by Presbyterian Church of England in 1885 has witnessed the change of three eras of Taiwan: Qing government, Japanese colonial government, and postwar national government. The school has a long history and lots of artefacts. The red school history museum and the chaplain’s office are the school’s very important buildings during Japanese colonization. The brick red appearance is decorated by the white arch-shaped bargeboard, looking exceptionally attractive in on the green meadow under the blue sky.

When the Qing government built a wooden barrier city in Taiwan Prefecture in 1735, the range of Xiao Dongmen (minor east gatehouse) is: the Da Dongmen (grand east gatehouse) is built due east of the Longshan Temple, the wooden barrier runs northward from the grand east gatehouse to the back of the Zuoying Government Office and turns north to the minor east gatehouse before heading due north to the city garrison camp at Da Beimen (grand north gatehouse) Therefore, the Xiao Dongmen section is between the Da Dongmen and the Da Beimen sections.

Reverend Thomas Barclay from Scotland came to Taiwan by ship in 1875 and dedicated 60 years of his life to the island.  The Barclay Memorial Church built in 1926 features Grecian gables and Roman arches. The letters “TAI-LAM TANG-MNG PA-KHEK-LE KI-LIAM KAU-HOE” on the white half-dome at the front of the church is the phonetic transliteration of “Tainan East Gate Barclay Memorial Church.” The architectural style is quite rare in Taiwan.

When talking about Tainan Train Station (臺南車站) it must be mentioned that when Crown Prince Hirohito visited Taiwan it was still a wooden station. Elementary school students lined up on the platform to welcome the Crown Prince. The station was rebuilt in 1936, and remains unchanged today. The Station also has a rather mysterious second story, which house the now-disused railway restaurant and hotel. Some clues of their existence are still visible when looking up from the station hall. After the restaurant closed in 1986, apart from the occasional tour, almost nobody ventured up there.

The Former Imperial Japanese Army Infantry Second Regiment Dormitories are located on the Guangfu Campus of National Cheng Kung University. They are used today by the Department History and Department of Industrial Design etc (Dacheng Hall) (大成館). Some of the few military-use buildings from the Japanese Colonial Time to survive, they have the Roman architectural style popular at the time, featuring porches and columns, and a solemn and imposing air.