Kaohsiung lanterns will swim in love, and Kaohsiung, known as the "capital of Hong Kong", can also enjoy the beauty of the city from another angle when you go to sea by yacht. The Year of the Monkey is about to take the "Swainhou Adventure"! Who is he? He was the first British consul of Taiwan, and his contribution to the international recognition of the Taiwanese macaque as a taiwanese endemic species is his contribution. Follow in the footsteps of Swainhou, decrypt the British Consulate, and travel through time and space.
■ The round arch building on the hill is actually an official residence
Zhou Yuxuan, the guide, said that in the past, everyone thought that the British red brick round arch building on the mountain was a British consulate, and even the official information said so, so there were rumors that the British consulate had a very terrible dungeon that would treat people as dogs, and even the waist could not be straightened. But she solemnly clarified that from recent years of literary and historical data, it was found that in fact, the mountain was the "official residence" of the British consul, so there was no consular jurisdiction, and there would be no prison, "The rumored dungeon was actually built by the British to adapt to the sweltering climate of taiwan, and the function was equivalent to the removal machine, very clever!" 」
The "Dog Fighting British Consulate Cultural Park" completely presents the ancient community of British consulate residences, ancient roads and offices, and the mountaineering trail connects the official residences and offices, and was built in 1879 with granite, gollum and red brick.
The Consulate under the mountain designed a lot of wax art, which makes people think of the busy trade scene at the bow of the sentinel ship, and the Taiwan Guandi Boundary Monument collected in the museum is an important cultural relics of the period when the dog set up the guanguan port, but unfortunately, the real prison has long been collapsed, leaving only the foundation. Svenhou died in 1877 and was unable to use the British consulate, which was not completed until 1879.
■ Shi Wenhou is a well-known nature explorer
There is a wax statue of Svenho in the ancient mountaineering trail, holding a lizard in his hand, and there is a small monkey probing curiosity on the side, in fact, Swinhoe (Swinhoe) also translated as "Svenhoe", named by him or published by him collection of thousands of species list, including birds, animals and plants, terrestrial snails and freshwater shellfish, insects, amphibian reptiles, fish, invertebrates, etc., witness the evolution of Taiwan's natural history, the most well-known and common of which is the Svenhoe climbing lizard, The Taiwanese macaque was internationally confirmed to be a Taiwanese endemic species, and it is said that the specimens of the Taiwanese macaques sent to the United Kingdom at that time are still in the British Museum.
After the 60-minute guided tour of the British Consulate Cultural Park, you can take the Kaohsiung Port Cultural Yacht to the pier opposite the British Consulate, the voyage is about 40 minutes, experience the voyage of Swainhou to Taiwan in 1861, detour the first port and Xizi Bay, and watch the Xiongzhen North Gate Fort, the Consulate Residence, the Flag Fortress, the Flag Rear Lighthouse and the Banana Pier from the perspective of the sea, just like reading a long scroll of the history of Dog Harbor.
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★ Dog Fighting British Consulate Cultural Park / No. 20 Lianhai Road, Gushan District, Kaohsiung City / 07-5250100 / britishconsulate.khcc.gov.tw / Shi Wenhou Adventure Tour original price of 365 yuan, special price of 299 yuan
(China Times)