Dog beating British Consulate

Dagou British Consulate is the first complete and solid foreign-style house in Taiwan. The foreign-style house is built on a small hill and has a very advantageous geographical location. It faces the Taiwan Strait in the West and is the only way for cargo ships to enter and leave Kaohsiung port. Facing Kaohsiung City in the East, it overlooks the City and port of Kaohsiung. Looking up from the small slope next to shaochuantou police station, you can still feel the strong momentum of the old red brick gate. Although the gate has been renovated many times and the houses on both sides are close to each other, the four characters of "north gate of Xiongzhen" on the forehead of the gate still show the heroic spirit. Now, it has become an open-air cafe, full of romantic atmosphere, and a perfect place for Kaohsiung people to relax in the afternoon and at night. You can enjoy the "consul's wife afternoon tea" and enjoy the beautiful nature at the same time.

Dog beating British Consulate

Dagou British Consulate is located in Gushan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. It is located on Gushan on the North Bank of Kaohsiung port. The East, West and south sides are close to steep cliffs. The north side is connected with Gushan, forming a situation of backwardness and three sides surrounded by water. It was the official residence of British Consulate at that time, and an important place for consuls to live and receive diplomatic guests.

Introduction to geography

Dagou British consulate was built on a small hill in xiziwan in 1866 (the fifth year of Tongzhi). It was officially built in Taiwan by foreigners in the Qing Dynasty

The first consulate in the world. The inside of the consulate displays precious historical materials, pictures, objects and models of Kaohsiung, so the consulate is also known as the Kaohsiung Museum of historical relics.

Dagou British Consulate is the first complete and solid foreign-style house in Taiwan. The foreign-style house is built on a small hill and has a very advantageous geographical location. It faces the Taiwan Strait in the West and is the only way for cargo ships to enter and leave Kaohsiung port. Facing Kaohsiung City in the East, it overlooks the City and port of Kaohsiung. Now, it has become an open-air cafe, full of romantic atmosphere, and a perfect place for Kaohsiung people to relax in the afternoon and at night.

For more than 140 years, the old British Consulate has experienced the baptism of war and typhoon. It once became a broken wall. In 1987, it was restored and listed as a second-class antique.

"Beating dog" is a transliteration of the language of Taiwan's indigenous residents, representing a place name, which means that the British Consulate is in the place of "beating dog" and does not mean any insult. Located next to Xizi Bay, the British Consulate of dogfighting is a small two-story building with white lattice windows, brick red walls, circuitous and spacious corridors, green lawns, colorful oil paintings, graceful sculptures and elegant British customs

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Historical evolution

Kaohsiung was developed very early. Together with Tainan, Beigang, Chiayi and Matou, it is known as the place with the longest history in Taiwan. It was originally the residence of the Pingpu Aboriginal people (the makadao people). Because it is rich in bamboo, it was named "Takau" (Pingpu language, meaning bamboo forest). It is transliterated as "Dagou" in Chinese, and "Dagou" is the earliest name of Kaohsiung. In the early days of the Japanese rule, the Japanese thought that the place name "Dagou" was indecent, so they changed it to "Kaohsiung", because the pronunciation of "Kaohsiung" in Japanese was "taka-o", which was similar to that of "Dagou".

After the signing of Tianjin treaty in 1858 and Beijing treaty in 1860, Taiwan was forced to gradually open its trading ports, among which dog beating was one. In order to expand the economic benefits of trade with Taiwan, Britain took the lead in setting up a consulate in Taiwan. This western style building was built as an official residence on the hill at the bow of the sentry boat at Dagou harbor. It also set up a consulate office on the seashore of the sentry boat bow to act as an agent for business affairs, overseas Chinese protection and local negotiations, and exercise jurisdiction.

According to the information in the museum, the British Consulate of the former Qing Dynasty is an independent red brick wooden cloister building, which was completed in 1879 and designed and supervised by the Royal Engineering Department of the British Imperial Army at that time. This is the oldest modern western style building in Taiwan, so it is known as the first western style building in Taiwan.

After Taiwan was ceded to Japan during the Sino Japanese War of 1895, the Japanese built Kaohsiung port and actively promoted maritime affairs. They took the original Dagou consulate as the Kaohsiung ocean observatory. In the Second World War, it was bombed and damaged by American aircraft. Later, it was repeatedly damaged by wind disasters, which made the buildings everywhere broken and abandoned. It was only in 1985 that they began to carry out restoration. In 1987, it was listed as a second-class historic site, and the planning was completed It is designated as a museum of historical sites in Kaohsiung, providing a place for Kaohsiung citizens to enjoy beautiful scenery, history and delicious food.

The British Consulate of dogfighting is the oldest building in modern western architecture in Taiwan. The exhibition room in the British Consulate displays the literature of Taiwan in the past 100 years, including the historical materials of modern foreign relations in Taiwan, the cultural, historical and geographical background of the development of dogfighting area, the cultural relics of the construction of the British Consulate, and the professional commentator service It is the most classical British architecture in the western architecture.

Memorabilia

Upland rice (upland rice) was introduced from Nanyang zhanpo in 1008.

In 1550, the Portuguese introduced sweet potato from America.

1551 - the British Consulate of dog beating has the kaitaifu temple at the foot of the mountain to the East.

From 1624 to now, the Dutch occupied 38 years and successively moved into sugarcane, rice, cattle and red faced muscovy duck.

1863 - Dagou Harbor was officially opened.

From 1864 to 1865, the customs and vice consulates were officially established and upgraded to consulates.

After the completion of the first western style building in Taiwan in 1865, Taigou traders took off and created new businessmen Chen Fuqian and Chen Zhonghe (who can speak four languages), with Anping, Taigou, Donggang, Lijiang and wandanzai (Zuoying port) as their main bases.

1937 - Japan developed wandanzai port into Zuoying military port. Before wandanzai port to Lianchi lake, there was Nanhai Dagou (now six lanes of Zuoying Road), Nanhai Dagou was the renyun canal connecting wandanzai port to yuzaitou, yuzaitou was very prosperous in the old rule period, Rongke boat from Tangshan, and went ashore from wandanzai port along Nanhai Dagou to Beimen (North Gate of old city) for mutual trade. That is to say, in front of the old temple of fudezheng outside the north gate of the old city of Shengli Road, the ancestors' porters, farmers, tiaochi sugar, rice, luohuasheng, sesame oil, etc. traded with Junke boats. In Malang, it is also called minon minon. Nanzhamen ferry, which is now No. 150 Yong'an Road, was formerly called huashuxia. During the Qing Dynasty, two thorn bamboo forests were planted around it for double defense. There were gates and cannons in four directions. Nanzhamen ferry was located near Meinong river. During the rainy season of the Qing Dynasty, the agricultural products and grains of farmers in Meinong area were transported by rafts to pengnong River, Gaoping River and Li River Hong Kong, Donggang and Rongke ship trade sales. At that time, minong port, Donggang port, Dagou port, wandanzai port and Anping port had formed a trade circle.

1857 - British translator in Xiamen Mr.Swinhoe When he visited Taiwan for the first time, he found many rare animals and plants in the world. Nowadays, many animals and plants are named after them.

1860 - as a result of the Beijing treaty, Taiwan's four ports of Dagou, Anping, Danshui and chicken coop were opened, and Britain took the lead in setting up consulates among the great powers.

1861 - Britain appointed Swinhoe as deputy consul to Taiwan.

1862 - Marquis Shi Wenhou returned to England to report on his work.

1863 - the British Consulate in Taiwan moved from Tanshui to Taigou.

1864 - the British Consulate in Taiwan moved from Tanshui to the dog beating business.

1865 - the construction of Taiwan's first western style building by the British business Tianli company is completed.

1867 - the British rented the British Consulate from Tianli foreign company, set up the British Consulate of dog beating, the first consul of swinhouse Rongsheng, and added a foreigner prison to the basement.

1879 - the footpath from sentry boat street to the British consulate was completed. It was a special passage for consuls at that time (i.e. the present situation).

1895 - Japan ruled Taiwan under the Treaty of Shimonoseki.

1909 - Japan ruled Taiwan and required the consulates of all countries to transfer. The next year, Britain closed the dog beating consulates.

From 1925 to December 4, the Japanese government purchased the ownership of the museum from the British government.

1930 - the Department of Kaohsiung Prefecture transferred the library to the accounting office of the governor's office of Taiwan.

From 1931 to March 21, the renovation of the building was completed by the Kaohsiung trade union. On April 1 of the same year, the governor's office of Taiwan announced the establishment of the museum as the ocean Observatory, and the opening ceremony of the Kaohsiung ocean Observatory was held on May 4.

In the same year (the sixth year of Showa), the Japanese governor's office sent people to the museum to appraise the price,

1936 - (Showa 11) consulate building:

1944 - World War II in order to avoid U.S. bombing, the Japanese army painted the exterior wall of the museum with cement mortar, which was gray. Only then could it avoid air attack and be preserved until now.

From 1945 to the restoration of Taiwan, the national government set up this museum as the weather station of the Meteorological Bureau.

In 1971, the Republic of China withdrew from the United Nations and broke off diplomatic relations with Britain the following year.

1972 - Taiwan broke off diplomatic relations with Britain.

1973 - the weather station of the meteorological bureau moved to another place.

1977 - Typhoon seloma severely damaged the upper floor of the museum

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