From Maritime Frontier to Scientific Surveying: Reconstructing Zhangzhou's Global Landscape via Taiwan and Modern Chronicles
Geographical Connections: Zhangzhou Prefecture, Longxi, Haicheng (Yuegang), Zhangpu, Jiulong River Basin, Xiangcheng District, Xiamen Bay. 35%. That’s the percentage of Taiwan’s Han population with ancestral roots in Zhangzhou. One out of every three Taiwanese people traces their family tree back to this small city in southern Fujian. I found this number while flipping through the Selections from Zhangzhou Chronicles in the Taiwan Records. Honestly, at first I wasn’t surprised — Hokkien people crossing the strait to Taiwan is common knowledge, right? ...