From Takow to Kaohsiung

Sanxia (三峽) Township, New Taipei City

Originally part of Atayal (泰雅) Aboriginal territory, the area now known as Sanxia (三峽; lit. "Three Gorges") was initially called 三角湧 (Mdn. Sanjiaoyong; Hoklo: Saⁿ-kak-eng; lit. "Three-Corner Surge") by immigrating Fujianese.

.................................... Sanxia River (on a dull afternoon)

This name is said to refer to the confluence of the Dahan River (大漢溪), Sansia River (三峽河), and Heng River (橫溪; lit. "Horizontal River") [MC: today there is no single confluence, t
hough this does not mean that there wasn't one several centuries ago], at which the river waters apparently "surged / rose up".

In 1920, the Japanese colonial administration, [MC: under its simplifiation of 3-character place names to two characters], changed 三角湧 (Jpn. Sankakuyū) to 三峽 (Jpn. Sankyō) after the three river valleys running through the township.

> ...... Goose meat restaurant in Sanxia using the town's old name of Sanjiaoyong (三角湧)




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