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Giant #Koxinga statue takes spotlight in Lantern Festival preview - Focus #Taiwan
https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202602250019
Giant Koxinga statue takes spotlight in Lantern Festival preview - Focus Taiwan

Organizers offered a sneak peek Wednesday of the 2026 Taiwan Lantern Festival's religious culture zone, featuring a 10-meter-high Koxinga statue from Xikou Kaiyuan Temple valued at over NT$3 million (US$95,700).

Focus Taiwan - CNA English News
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The Dutch #VOC colonized #Taiwan (#Formosa), seizing parts from the indigenous Austronesians. They held it from 1624-1662, being expelled on #ThisDayInHistory by #SouthernMing general #Koxinga, who formed a first tiny #HanChinese kingdom there (#Tungning, taken by China in 1683).
thehardnewsdailyMay 4, 2024

A new shrine honoring Zheng Chenggong, also known as Koxinga, has been constructed near his birthplace in Nagasaki Prefecture.

The 17th-century hero, born in Japan and revered in Taiwan, is celebrated for driving the Dutch from Taiwan.

#History #Koxinga #TaiwanHero

tjitjakAug 3, 2022
“The #VOC administered the island and its predominantly aboriginal population until 1662 Then #Koxinga, a loyalist of the Ming dynasty defeated the #Dutch and established a base of operations on the island of #Taiwan, then named 'Formosa'. ” https://buff.ly/3BDZIsi
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