Why is the administrative centre of taiwan province of china located in taipei, in the north and around the mountains, rather than in the middle? First of all, it was decided by the mainland that the city of taipei was initially chosen to protect taiwan and prevent division。
Taipei is surrounded by mountains
Perhaps, unlike many, the city of taipei is not a seaside city, but is almost surrounded by mountains of “half-closer” cities embedded deep inside the basin。
Although four rivers within the basin, great han creek, new shop creek, fresh water river and kirun river, taipei has been provided with inland water passage conditions. At the same time, these rivers have divided taipei into a pattern of “one island on all banks”, which has to some extent impeded urban transport and even limited the upper limit of urban development。
Moreover, the terrain surrounding the mountains, as well as the geographical location in the north, is not relatively good for managing the province as a whole. So until the middle of ming dynasty, taipei was indeed not the administrative centre of taiwan. For more than a thousand years, taiwan province has been developing exclusively around the south, where tainan and gao hung live。
Tainan long-term economic stabilization cultural centre
From the three countries to the middle of ming dynasty, taiwan has been firmly seated in the administrative centre of taiwan province. This is due to the geographical location of tainan. The taiwan strait has been characterized by high winds and the ancients' lack of sophisticated shipbuilding technology, and ships coming from the mainland, especially fu-build, have mostly been able to follow the currents and drift all the way to shore near tainan. This has been documented historically。
During the tri-national period, the sun qui zheng wein and zhu xuan led more than 10,000 people to establish official ties with taiwan. That's when they landed in tainan and kayi today. As the population of tainan grows, the sugar industry brought about by fujian has emerged, and the economy of tainan was once brilliant。
In particular, by 1662, taiwan had been successfully recovered, its capital had been established in tainan, and it had been officially designated as the provincial government to run the province。
Set taipei as the provincial capital to defend against external enemies
However, with the continuous improvement of mingqing ship-building technology, the number of mainlanders going to taiwan has increased significantly. Residents of fujian north and guangdong also noted the existence of taiwan, which, upon departure, landed near taipei and kiron ports. Taipei has many people and the economy has begun to flourish。
In the latter days of the chong dynasty, the qingting maritime rights were relatively weak, while the maritime powers, which were full of colonies, turned a blind eye to our taiwan tiger. Taipei, which was close to the then mainstream course in east asia, became the “live target” in the eyes of the powerful。
As a result of the flooding of the tainan waterway, river shipping in tainan began to lag behind taipei. In 1875, the qing government decided to move the provincial capital from tainan to taipei and establish taipei capital. The aim is to strengthen taipei's strength and to strengthen taiwan's ties with the mainland as a defence against foreign enemy incursions。
Although the taiwan visitor of liu guang has also proposed the relocation of the provincial capital to taiwan to facilitate the administration of the province. However, because of the government's financial problems, it was finally in taipei, which already had an economic base。
The topography of taipei's surrounding mountains is an easy place to withstand, while the river network, which runs inland and to the sea, allows cities to trade internally and externally, even if they are not at sea. Overall, it was the time when the provincial capital city of taiwan was best suited。
Taipei will sit in the capital of taiwan
Later, between 1895 and 1945, taiwan was forcibly occupied by japan. As taipei's position is also closer to japan, japan has not made any adjustments to taipei's provincial capital status。
To this day, taipei remains the provincial capital of taiwan. It brings together more than 50 per cent of taiwan's corporate headquarters and one third of the province's population. The high political, economic and cultural concentration has strengthened the central position of the city of taipei。
References:
History of the evolution of taiwan's name: from a land of barbarity to an empire-wide phoenix
“may everyone die and never surrender” — globe network
The change of provincial capital in taiwan - china border institute of the chinese institute of social sciences
