History of Three Gorges District

The old name of the Three Gorges is Sanjiangyong. It is named Sanjiangyong because it is located at the confluence of Dahan River, Sanxia River and Hengxi River. In 1920, during the Japanese occupation, the entire administrative region of Taiwan underwent major changes. Sanjiangyong was changed to Sankyuo (Sankyuo), which has a similar pronunciation in Japanese, and Sankyuo Village in Haishan County, Taipei Prefecture was established. Later, due to the increase in the number of residents and its gradual prosperity, it was upgraded to Sanxia Street and was renamed Sanxia Town in Taipei County after the war. It was only about 400 years ago that documentation began to be recorded in Taiwan. Before that, it was collectively referred to as the prehistoric era. So far, a total of ten sites have been discovered in this area, including Huwei Mountain. It has been judged that the Three Gorges belongs to the Yuanshan Culture. The earliest documented old name of this area was actually Sanjianghe, which later evolved into Sanjiangyong and even today's Three Gorges. The rivers and foothills of the Three Gorges area were the residences of the Leilang people before the arrival of the Han people, and the Atayal people lived in the high mountains. It is said that in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhonggui (someone said Wang Zhongbao) walked to Jilong from the south. He once passed through the upper reaches of the Tamsui River and saw the strange shapes of Yuan Mountain and Lion Head Mountain. At that time, the Three Gorges was still an undeveloped primitive zone, and only those close to it could Only a few ethnic minorities live along the river bank. In the 24th year of Kangxi (AD 1685), Chen Yu, a native of Anxi, Quanzhou Prefecture, was granted a license to cultivate Haishan Villa. The early reclamation route was slowly developed from Nanjingcuo to Sanjiangyong. After the early years of Qianlong's reign (AD 1736), immigrants started to cross the Dacheng River from Nanjingcuo to Longenpu for reclamation, and Triangle River gradually became a reclamation center. Quanzhou people, Zhangzhou people, and Hakka people all immigrated, with Quanzhou people being the most numerous, especially people from Anxi County. In the 42nd year of Qianlong's reign (AD 1777), the Anxi people and the Hakka people who reclaimed Gan Yuan and Liucuo Pu fought for land, which led to conflicts between Fujian and Guangdong. The Cantonese people were defeated and moved to Zhongli and Yangmei. Sanjiangyong and Yinggeshi became Quanzhou. People's villages. Since then, Quanzhou people have been fighting with Hakkas and Zhangzhou people for nearly a hundred years.

In April 1895, the Qing government was defeated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1895 and signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki, ceding Taiwan and Penghu to Japan. The Japanese troops landed in Aodi on May 29 of that year and entered Taipei on June 11. In late June, when the Japanese army advanced to Taoyuan and Hsinchu, they encountered a brave ambush by guest civilians led by Hu Jiayou, Wu Tangxing, Jiang Shaozu, and Xu Xiang, and their power was slightly defeated. At about five o'clock in the morning on July 13, 35 people from a grain transport fleet led by Japanese Guards Division special agent Shigeo Sakurai, were attacked by Su Li, Su Jun, Lin Jiuyuan, The Triangle Yong Volunteer Army led by Chen Xiaopi and others made a surprise attack. After several hours of fierce fighting, almost the entire army was wiped out, with only 4 people surviving (the plot of the movie "1895 Yiwei" showed that 38 members of the entire army were wiped out), which was known as Long En in history. Battle of Pu. [1][2] At about 7 o'clock in the morning on the same day, Major Toshizhang of the Japanese Army Fangcheng led 894 troops along the Tuigongkeng Valley to go to Dacheng (today's Daxi Town, Taoyuan County) for support. They were attacked near Fenshuilun. The Sanjiangyong volunteers surrounded and ambush. After two days and nights of bloody fighting, four Japanese soldiers disguised themselves as beggars and escaped to seek help. On July 16, Major General Nobunari Yamane of the detachment’s main unit led reinforcements to arrive to relieve the siege. In this battle, the Japanese suffered hundreds of casualties, while the rebels only suffered dozens of casualties. It was known as the Battle of Fenshuilun in history [3]. Because of these resistances, the Japanese army began to carry out so-called indiscriminate raids in Taoyuan, Zhongli, and even the Dahan River Basin in late July, burning villages and killing Hakka civilians [4].

In 1920, the entire administrative region of Taiwan underwent major changes, and Sanxia Village in Haishan County, Taipei Prefecture was established. Later, as the residents gathered and gradually prospered, it was upgraded to Sanxia Street.

In 1946, after the war, it was reorganized into Sanxia Town, Taipei County.

On December 25, 2010, it was restructured into Sanxia District, New Taipei City.