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-- Working draft for upcoming book by Mark Caltonhill, author of "Private Prayers and Public Parades - Exploring the religious life of Taipei" and other works.

Monday 17 January 2022

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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