Meaning of P'eng-hu | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“In terms of sending Chinese immigrants and a Chinese administration to Taiwan and its adjacent P’eng-hu, it had to wait for several centuries. There are documentary evidences indicating that by 1171, P’eng-hu (Pescadores) had become a Chinese military outpost, and at least by 1225 it was administratively incorporated into the Chinese Empire— placed under the jurisdiction of Tsin-kiang County of Ch’üan-chou Prefecture, Fukien Province.”

“The major island group, Pʹeng-hu, is devoted to fishing. (The Portuguese called them the Pescadores or Fishermen Islands.) This small archipelago was the point of entry of most of the Portuguese, Dutch, French and Japanese invasions. Because of the continued threat, Taiwan maintains numerous military installations on these islands as well as on others located in the strait between Pʻeng-hu and the mainland.”

“To truly complete the journey and discover the roots of Taiwan’s southern Min majority one would have to travel to the P’eng-hu islands (Pescadores) and then still farther west to the shores of southern Fukien and the cities and towns along the province’s east-facing coast, which is where new history of Taiwan begins.”

“The Strait Story employs a parallel narrative structure that depicts the life stories of artist Huang Ch'ing-ch'eng, who was born in P'eng-hu during the time of the Japanese occupation, and contemporary art restorer Hsiu-hisu, who grows interested in Huang Ch'ing-ch'eng's work and is drawn to uncover the details of his life (fig. 5.2).”

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