In Zuoying District, Kaohsiung, just south of the district’s most popular tourist site, the Lotus Lake Taoist Complex, the remains of an ancient wall surround an idyllic park. Only three of the four gates and portions of the eastern and northern walls remain, thick crenelated structures made of concrete, granite, and coral stone. Defensive structures have existed in the area going back to 1722. The area had been a county seat since the Qing conquest of Taiwan from Zheng Keshuang, grandson of the pirate lord-turned-dynast Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga) in 1683….
