Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Zuojhen.
Situated in Zuozhen District, Caoshan Moon World features badlands composed of mudstone, sandstone, and chalky soil. The barren terrain is embellished with gorgeous groves of thorny bamboo.
2025 May, “Tainan Cityscapes”, in Taiwan Panorama, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2025, Readers’ Photos1 more example
To do so, we approach the historical aspect in depth and culture in all its breadth. In terms of historical depth, there is the Tsailiao Fossil Museum in [Tainan’s] Zuozhen District (左鎮), where the fossils on display originated locally, including that of a woolly mammoth and Rhinocerossinensis hayasakai and various animals, as well as fossils of human skulls, which date back about 20,000 or 30,000 years ago. Then there is an archeological site in Sinshih (新市) that dates back to between 5,000 and 7,000 years ago.
2015 March 25, William Lai, quotee, “INTERVIEW: William Lai talks about his ‘Tainan Brand’”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2024, Taiwan News, page 3
Origin
- Mandarin左鎮
- EnglishZuozhen
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 左鎮 (Zuǒzhèn).
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Zuozhen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zuozhen
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