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Quiet · North District, Tainan

Dachong Street

大銃街 · 自強街

A gate street named after a cannon that wasn't

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The story

Inside Tainan's Little North Gate, this was a main route into the walled city. Legend says officials mounted small guns on the gate, which residents took for a big cannon ("da chong"). Nearby are the Kaiji Tianhou Temple from the Koxinga era and the Dutch-period Wugui Well.

Architecture
Minnan red brick
Themes
Qing eraTemplesMilitary

Getting there

Where
Ziqiang Street (near the Little North Gate), North District, Tainan
Getting there
Tainan Station, ~15 min walk
Time needed
Under 1 hour
Best time
Link up with Zongye Street and Kaiji Tianhou Temple
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