英文摘要
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The Ceremony Palace (萬壽亭) for celebrating the emperor's birthday, Chinese new year's day, and the winter solstice festival was established officially in the capital of Taiwan Prefecture, Tainan, in 1711. The palace is no longer in existence. The initial site of the Ceremony Palace was positioned on the present day Sheng-Li campus of National Cheng Kung University, in the upstream northern area of De-Ching River, according to the historical record that De-Ching river originates in front of the south side of the Ceremony Palace. In this study, the old Ceremony Palace is repositioned in the surrounding area of Dong-Fong Road in the western part of Ren-Ai village, about one kilometer from De-Ching River, based on analysis of ancient maps and texts produced in the Qing dynasty. This result can be supported by the context of spatial use change, geo-correlation of historical environment, and re-explanation of geographic description that are related to the new inferential site. Geological conditions may be one of the significant factors for the siting of the Ceremony Palace. Given its closeness to elite force bases, the symbolization of imperial power provided by palace was able to support the spatial significance of northern Taiwan Prefecture as main governance center with the high level military importance of the neighboring area. Moreover, the Ceremony Palace was closely linked to the military functional space mentioned above because of its defensive strategic importance. The location implications of the Ceremony Palace, regarding to the formation of governing and military landscape in northern Taiwan Prefecture in the Qing dynasty, helps us to understand and reconstruct the historical contextual value of the existing local cultural heritage.
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