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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.

Built in 1861 at Zuoying Pu in Dongan Fang of Taiwan Prefecture, the Baoen Hall was a worship place of the Xiantiandao (Way of Former Heaven) sect of the Chinese religions of fasting. It was originally a shabby cottage and refurbished in 1866. For the permanent use of the facility, believers raised money to reconstruct the cottage into a brick and stone structure temple in 1888. In 1896, the Japanese colonial government expropriated the hall for building the Tainan Hospital.

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.

In 1897 the Japanese Imperial Army founded the Tainan Military Hospoital at Chihkan Tower. In 1917, a larger-scale, fully equipped hospital building was built north of the Second Japanese Imperial Infantry Wing (now the Guangfu Campus of National Cheng Kung University) according to the Japanse Imperial Army Permanent Barrack Construction Project Phase III. In 1937, the facility was renamed Tainan Army’s Hospital. After Taiwan restoration, the nationalist government took over the hospital in 1948 and founded the Army Training Command Hospital, which began service later in mid-August.

The Madou Culture Museum opened in 2001 was built under the “one town one culture museum” policy promoted by the Council of Cutlural Affairs (now Ministry of Culture). So far, it is the best exhibitoin and performing space in Madou. In addition to various artefacts relating to Madou’s culture, the museum displays artworks. Artists and history and culture workers often meet and exchange here, making the museum meeting place of scholars and artists in Madou area.

The Dutch built the Orange city in 1622. Upon the completion in 1640, the city was renamed Fort Zeelandia, including the inner and the outer forts. The inner fort is a three-story square building, with the basement as a warehouse and a bastion at each of the four corners on the upper level of the two above-ground floors. Between each two corners there are the north, east, and south gates. On the lintel of the north gate, the words T'CASTEEL ZEELDIA GEBOUWED ANNO 1634 (Fort Zeelandia Built 1634) are inscribed.

The Nanying Hakka Culture Museum is composed of two buildings sitting at lot 275, Minzi Section, Xinying District, Tainan City selected by the former Tainan County Government. Built and renovated with the budget of the Hakka Affairs Committee of the former Tainan County Government in 2005, the museum was officially unveiled on March 3, 2007. After the county-city merger, the Tainan City Government renamed it as the Tainan City Nanying Hakka Culture Museum on April 15, 2011.

After the Dutch built Fort Zeelandia in Anping in 1624, they decided to build a political and economic center Provintia (today’s Chihkan Tower) across the Taijian (called Chihkan by local plain indigenous peoples in that time) for the geopolitical reason. The Dutch also developed Chihkan Street (Rua Provintia) to start the commercial history of busy business in Tainan.

Speaking of Licence Art Gallery, people must have pass by this venue founded in 1996 on the first floor next to the busy Lily Fruit Store. As one of the venues of the Art Tainan exhibition in recent years, the galley has well-lighted and comfortable space where works, including paintings, cultures, photography, and new media, of celebrated domestic and foreign artists are displayed. It is a high-quality space for exhibiting contemporary art in Tainan.

The original Sinhua District Public Hall was built in 1937 during the Japanese period as a public meeting place for the local people. It was registered as a historical building in 2008 and was refurbished by the Tainan City Government to become the Youth Library in 2018. It is the first library in Tainan City to be located within a historical building and the original timber structure was preserved. The library focuses on providing a reading space for young people so the collection includes books on popular science, literature, art, lifestyle and motivation.