Red Hair City

The history of Red Hair City

Hongmao City is located in the freshwater area of ​​New Taipei City, also known as the "Shanghai City". It has a history of 400 years and is a national monument. After the Spaniards invaded Taiwan in 1624, the city of San Salvador was built on the Shekou Island (Peace Island) outside the northern chicken cage (Keelung), and the Santo was built on the hills along the mouth of the Tamsui River in 1626. Mingge City (Red Hair City); about 1642, the Dutch, who had been defended in the south, drove the Siban out of Taiwan to the north and rebuilt the Fort St. Anthony near the site of the city of Santo Domingo in 1644. Due to the fact that the foreigners themselves were slightly pale and reddish, most of the Pingpu people claimed that the foreigner was Hongmao Fan, while the red goats lived in Hongmao City; in 1662 Zheng Chenggong expelled the Dutch in the south, and the northern freshwaters. The Dutch saw that the general trend had already been withdrawn and that the Red Maocheng City had also become a waste city; until the Qing Dynasty, during the Kangxi period, Taiwan was formally included in the territory of the Qing Dynasty. Hongmao City once again became the fortress of the Tamsuikou Estuary. After the British and French coalition forces in the late Qing Dynasty, the freshwater opened up. In 1867, the British rented Red Hair City as the British Consulate and used it to build consular officials on the east side of the main fort. The Red Hair City once again became enthusiasm and became a place for people to communicate with other countries; The city officially returned to Taiwan, and now the Hongmao City Park has also become a good place for people to visit freshwater.

The architectural style of Hongmao City

Freshwater Red City is divided into two parts: Red Hair City and the Consulate: The main fortress of Red Hair City has a square pattern and is suitable for defense. The deep foundation and thick walls, together with the bricklaying method of "inside stone," can be fearless in ancient times. The gunfire attack may be due to the high terrain. In the Dutch era, it did not make a prominent bunker, and the southwest corner with stairs was used as a defensive center, facing the direction of the estuary; the main fortress of the Red Horse City was divided into two floors. The interior adopts a semi-cylindrical concrete structure. The direction of the up and down stairs is perpendicular to each other, making the main fortress more stable. After the arrival of the British, the original gray and red city is painted into a red wall and will also be pointed. The roof was changed to a platform type, two corner buildings were added in the northeast and southwest corners, and a terrace was built on the south side of the second floor. The terrace also had a stunner and a shotgun, and was guarded by a high guard to prevent intruders from intruding; it was located on the east side of Hongmaocheng. The British Consulate is a red-brick, arcade-style building, completely different from the hard-and-closed castle character of Hongmao City, exquisite brick construction, designed by British architects, and Chinese technicians. Workers, the use of Chinese Consulate building, red brick building, cloister arch, sloping roofs and high level but successful demonstration of a typical colonial architectural features.

Chinese style architecture in Hongmao City

"South Gate" is the only Chinese style building in Hongmao City. It was a building of the same period when the construction of the wall of Hongmao City was built at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty. It is located at the entrance of the Hongmao City Park. The entire building of the South Gate was built using the Guanyin Mountain stone. The door had the word “South Gate” on it, and it had two east and west gates, two north and south gates. At present, only the south gate is left. The other three gates of the east, west and north have been In the British era, it was removed and closed for access control.

Red Hair City