Beigan

alternative Pei-kan · alternative Peikan

1. A rural township in Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands.

   PEIKAN TOWNSHIP (běigān xiāng) 北竿鄉 Peikan Township consists of three groups of islands, of which Peikan (běigān) is the largest and the only one open to visitors.

   [1998, Robert Storey, “Islands of the Taiwan Straits”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 318, column 1

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   This birding area, located in the southwestern corner of Beigan Township, is the township's flattest and largest stretch of farmland.[…] This area is in the eastern part of Beigan Township. The several hundred-meter Tanghou Trail connects the two villages of Tangci and Houwo, and along this trail, you can see shorebirds, herons, and egrets.

   2005, “Matsu”, in Birdwatching in Taiwan, Taipei: Wild Bird Society of Taipei, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 334, 335

   To provide an experience of Matsu's traditional fishing methods, water activities in Beigan Township were carried out and arrangements were made for tourists to participate in net-pulling, night fishing, and set-net fishing[…]

   2006, 觀光年報, Tourism Bureau, →OCLC, page 75

   The Lienchiang County government (which administers Matsu’s 36 islands and islets) estimates that — excluding facilities still in use by Taiwan’s military — some 256 underground fortifications, tunnels, air raid shelters, and other related structures were constructed in Matsu’s four townships: Nangan, Beigan, Juguang, and Dongyin.

   2017 February 22, Guy Plopsky, Taiwan’s Cold War Fortresses, The Diplomat, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2017

   The Ministry of Culture said Tuesday that it has designated four ancient areas of Liang Island in the Matsu archipelago as the Taiwan's 11th national archaeological site. Liang, a 0.35 square kilometer island in the Matsu archipelago off the east coast of China, is part of Beigan Township in Lienchiang County.

   2021 June 29, Ching-yu Chao, Evelyn Kao, “Part of Matsu's Liang Island designated national archaeological site”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2021, Culture

   Liang Island is the northeastern-most island in Beigan Township (北竿), and the site includes four locations known as Daowei I, Daowei II, Daowei III and Daowei IV, the ministry said.

   2021 June 30, Sherry Hsiao, “Lienchiang site handed archeological designation”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2021, Taiwan News, page 3

2. An island of Beigan, Lienchiang County, Taiwan, the main island of the township.

   Flights to the two main islands, Beigan and Nangan, are now regular, though often cancelled by fog.

   2013, “The Taiwan Strait Islands”, in Sarah Sweeney, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides), 5th edition, Apa Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 233, column 1

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   After the incident, the boat sought medical treatment but was rejected by the defense troops firing their guns. Fifteen minutes later, the boat sailed to Mazu's Beigan to moor at (Huaikaicun) pier, and was again fired at by the defense troops.

   1994 March 28 [1994 March 18], Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS), quotee, “ARATS Writes SEF on Fishing Boat Shooting Incident”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, numbers 94-059, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 83, column 1

   When the transaction was being carried out on the afternoon of 23 April in the waters between Matzu's Daxiaoqiu and Beigan, the garrisoned troops in Matzu suddenly opened fire at them.

   1995 May 2 [1995 April 28], Zhou Xiang (0719 5046), “Matzu Troops Fire at Fishermen, Killing One”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, numbers 95-084, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 88, column 2

   A paved road leads east from the main settlement of Tangci (Tangqi) Village to Tanghoudao Beach, a spit of sand connecting Beigan's two mountainous island sections.

   2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 203

   “A lot of tourists would cancel their booking because there’s no internet. Nowadays, the internet plays a very large role in people’s lives,” said Chen, who lives in Beigan, one of Matsu’s main residential islands.

   2023 March 8, Huizhong Wu, Johnson Lai, “Taiwan suspects Chinese ships cut islands’ internet cables”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023, Business; republished as Chinese ships cut internet of Taiwan’s outlying islands, AP News, 8 March 2023, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2023

   Synonyms: Peikantang