by 林采兒
The old city of Fengshan is located in Kaohsiung Zouying nowadays, it was the first city wall of Taiwan built by the Qing Government, the arch was build with granite from China, it has been designated a grade 1 national heritage site, many travelers visit this amazing place when they travel to Kaohsiung. There are totally 4 gate including The North Gate, West Gate, East Gate and the South Gate.
The North Gate, also known as Gongchen Gate, is completely intact, and the outer side of the gatehouse is decorated with colorful reliefs depicting guardian spirits with evince fine craftsmanship. The West Gate, also known as Danhai Gate, located at Zizhuxinli in Zouying, the gate's sign, which reads “West Gate” is currently on display in the Former British Consulate in Takao. The East Gate, also known as Fengyi Gate, still present in its entirety, over 500m of the wall remains, there are total 9 crenellations have been built along the wall, as well as an inclined horse track.
Lastly, The South Gate, located at the intersection of Zuoying Avenue and Qishan 3rd Road , the sign of it “Qiwen Gate” has been kept intact to the present day.
Fengsheng old city is a wonderful place to visit, and you will never regret going there. It has been renovate and rebuild for 7 years and it’s totally new and also a new spots
for travelers as well. Nearby the Lotus Pond, there are a big waterpark named Lotus Wake Park, Taiwan's only five-tower waterslide, they provided the international standard cable water-skiing equipment, also suitable for parents and children with the fun of the water slide, moreover you can sit in the water to take beautiful pictures with the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas, not only the Taiwanese people here, even a lot of foreign tourists come to Taiwan Kaohsiung must be scheduled one of the itinerary.
There are also many different kind of Temples there, they were all spectacular and historical, such as Chi Ji Palace, Cide Plalace. Visiting temples in Taiwan can also let you know more about the history of Zouying, and also some Chinese traditional stories. The Temples were all located in Zuoying Old Fengshan city, so you can visit mutual temples when you travel Zouying Kaohsiung.
Lastly, I want to introduce a special festival that were held in the Lotus Pond of Zouying. In 2022, to celebrate Dragon Boat Festival, Lotus Pond Watersports Centre announced that 2022 Capital Cup Dragon Boat Race will be held in Zouying district Lotus Pond. Dragon Boat Festival is a big festival to celebrate in Chinese traditional, before the covid, there were 16 countries in total, more then 7000 people join the race, including USA, Hong Kong, Spain etc. Total 237 teams racing Dragon Boat, this amazing event attracted many domestic and international athletes to participate, which conduct to the development of sports tourism and the creation of peripheral economic benefits. Therefore, you can tell how exciting people are when celebrating this festival.
1943年臺灣地形圖之左營舊城
資料來源:引用自高雄文獻第四卷第三期《左營舊城的日軍震洋隊神社及遺址探查》(頁134)
