¬ Exploring Taiwan's history, culture and languages through its place names
Tuesday, 25 January 2022
Shimen (石門) District, New Taipei City
Shimen (石門; lit. "Stone Door") is the northernmost point of Taiwan. Named for the sea-eroded hole through a free-standing cliff, this was described at least as early as 1694, when Fujian provincial chronicles recorded 一石中空如圓門，故名石門 (“A hole in the middle of a rock like a circular door, thus named Stone Door”).
(For other uses of 門 in place names, see here)
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