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- alternativeAlternative form of Dadan.
The Dodd Island and Chapel Island lights mark the approach of the port, and at the southern entrance to the harbour stand the Taitan and Tsingseu Lighthouses.
1908, Cecil A. V. Bowra, “Amoy”, in Arnold Wright and H. A. Cartwright, editor, Twentieth Century Impressions of Hongkong, Shanghai, and Other Treaty Ports of China, London: Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company, page 8132 more examples
Oh, Taitan Island, sandy shores and beaches And slowly swinging seas. Your days are spent in restfulness and leisure, In idle, dreamy, drowsy hours of pleasure; Would we had more of these.
1904, B. N., The Drum-Wave Island, and Other Verses of the China Coast, Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, page 27There are two others that mark the approach to Amoy. First, there is Dodd Island Light about twenty-six miles to the north; and second, Chapel Island Light about twenty miles southward. Taitan and Chhi-su guard the entrance to the harbor.
1912, Philip Wilson Pitcher, “Historical Amoy”, in In and About Amoy: Some Historical and Other Facts Connected with One of the First Open Ports in China, 2nd edition, Shanghai: Methodist Publishing House in China, page 43
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Taitan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Taitan
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