| Periods |
Year |
Summary
of Historical Events |
Others |
| The Pre-historical
Ta Pen Keng Culture Period |
5000 B.C. |
In 1941,
a Japanese called Kuo Fen Chin Yi announced "Feng-Pi-Tou Relic",
which proved that there were human activities in Feng Shan hill
south to Feng Shan plain, leaving pre-historical relics which
belong to thin-line-veined potteries culture. |
|
| Niu Chou
Tzu Culture Period |
4000~5000
B.C. |
"Feng-Pi-Tou
Relics" of Ni Chou Tzu ancient culture, the main antique are
thin-line-veined potteries. |
| Ta hu Culture
Period |
2000~4000
B.C. |
"Feng-Pi
Tou Relics" of Ta Hu ancient culture with colored potteries
and black potteries. |
| Niao Sung
Culture Period |
400~2000
B.C. |
"Feng-Pi-Tou
Relic" of Niao Sung with red-brown potteries. |
| Chia Ching
2nd year in Ming Dynasty |
1544 A.D. |
Portuguese
ships for commercial purposes sailed by Taiwan and they complimented
Taiwan as the "Ilha Formosa (Beautiful Island)". |
| Chia Ching
42nd year in Ming Dynasty |
1563 A.D. |
Pirate
Lin, Ta-Chien landed in "Ta- Kou Mountain". |
| Tien Chi
6th year in Ming Dynasty |
1626 A.D. |
Spaniard
occupied Chilung in northern Taiwan. |
| Chung Chen
15th year in Ming Dynasty |
1642 A.D. |
Hollanders
chased Spaniard away, then dominated whole Taiwan. fishing villages
were formed in Ta- Kou, Chi-Hou. |
| Yung Li
15th year in Ming Dynasty |
1661 A.D. |
Cheng,
Cheng-Kung landed at Lu- Erh-Men. The next year he chased Hollanders
away, and set up Cheng- Tien Government and two counties, Tien
Hsing, Wan Nien. At the same time many people from Fu Chien
province and Kuang Tung province followed him to Taiwan. Lots
of Chinese swarmed to Feng Shan Champaign and developed those
areas like Chin Shan,Wu Chia, and Hsin Chin, Chi Lao Yeh. |
Great Settlement
Period |
| Kang Shi
22nd year in Ching Dynasty |
1683 A.D. |
Cheng,
Ke-Shuan surrendered to Ching Dynasty, and the next year the
Ching Government took over Taiwan and set up Taiwan capital
and three counties like Fengshan, Taiwan, Chulo. Fengshan County
Government was located in Hsin- Lung Chuang and Hsia-Pi-Tou
became more and more prosperous. |
Beginning
of rule of Ching Dynasty |
| Kang-Shi
60th year in Ching Dynasty |
1721 A.D. |
Chu, Yi-Kuei
resisted Ching Dynasty, but surrendered the next year. It was
the first major calamity Fengshan County faced. |
Old
City Period |
| Chien-Lung
17th year in Ching Dynasty |
1752 A.D. |
In front
of His- Pi-Tou street, there was Kuan-Yin Pavilion Temple, later
called as Shuan-ZuTin Pavilion Temple which is regarded as the
first temple of Fengshan County. |
| Chien-Lung
51st year in Ching Dynasty |
1786 A.D. |
Due to
Lin, Shuan-Wen incident, Chuang, Ta-Tien took over the old city
of Tsoying. In 1786 the mutiny was solved, the county government
was moved to Hsia-Pi-Tou street. Hundreds of stores there made
it the biggest gathering place for businessmen. |
| Chien Lung
54th year in Ching Dynasty |
1789 A.D. |
Bamboos
were planted around Fengshan County of Hsia-Pi-Tou Street in
order to protect the "New City". |
New
City Period |
| Chia Ching
9th year in Ching Dynasty |
1804 A.D. |
Fengshan
Commissioner Wu. Chao- Lin built six city gates such as Chao-
Yang, Tung-Yi, Ching-Hua, An-Hua, and Ping-Shuo. |
| Chia Ching
54th year in Ching Dynasty |
1814 A.D. |
Chang,
Ting-Chin built "Feng-Yi Academy of Classical Learning". |
| Tao Kuang
17th year in Ching Dynasty |
1839 A.D. |
Fengshan
Commissioner dug Tsao- Kung Ditch and built city gate, cannon,
moat. Fengshan county's the crops of rice doubled. The city
became stronger and more prosperous. |
| Kuang Hsu
21st year in Ching Dynasty |
1895 A.D. |
Japan took
over Taiwan, settled up governor-general, Fengshan belonged
to Tainan. |
Period
of Japanese Occupation |
| Japanese
Emperor Ming Chin 40th year |
1907 A.D. |
The trains
from Ta-Kou to Chiu-Chu -Tang started to run. Fengshan train
station was in operation. |
| Japanese
Emperor Ta Cheng 9th year |
1920 A.D. |
Fengshan
Secondary office changed into Fengshan Stree, and later became
Fengshan City Office. |
| 34th year
of The Republic of China |
1945 A.D. |
Japan was
defeated in the WW II, Taiwan returned to China. Kaohsiung county
was set up and the county office was in Fengshan Town. |
Period
of Republic of China |
| 61st year
of The Republic of China |
1972 A.D. |
Fengshan
town was upgraded as county capital city and as the center of
county history, culture, education, industry, commerce and politics. |
| 93rd year
of The Republic of China |
2004 A.D. |
National
Central Library set up "Windows on Taiwan-Fengshan City" website. |
