| 1. | ![[wa0138] [Chikan (Fort Proventia) monuments]](/cgi-bin/thumbnail.exe?CISOROOT=/warner&CISOPTR=263 "[wa0138] [Chikan (Fort Proventia) monuments]") | [wa0138] [Chikan (Fort Proventia) monuments] | 320 Processing of Basic Materials; 324 Lithic Industries; 210 Records; 211 Mnemonic Devices | A series of vertical rectangular stone monuments 碑(J. ishibumi/Ch. bei) with tortoise figurines at the base. These nine monuments are now in front of the moat inside of the Chikan Towers, in an area called the Yuguibei 御亀碑, or Venerable Tortoise Monuments. The stone monuments commemorate a Qing victory over rebelling Taiwanese subjects in 1786. The monuments were moved to the courtyard in front of the South Gate in 1935 by the colonial government, as pictured here, and moved to their current location in 1960. This photo must therefore have been taken between 1935 and 1941. (Nihon chiri taikei 1930, p. 121) (Tainan lishi 2003, p. 76). |
