Beigan

Běigān English Beigan, Lienchiang Alternative forms en Pei-kan Peikan Wade-Giles Etymology Late 20th century, from the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 北竿, reinforced by Tongyong Pinyin.With respect to the township specifically, likely: 2000s, from en cmn 北竿 en cmn-tongyong -en 2006 Taiwan place names https://web.archive.org/web/20061001212733/https://pinyin.info/taiwan/place_names.html Pinyin.info https://archive.is/bJ5X2 zh 鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old formszh 北竿鄉 / Beigan / Běigān / Beigan / Peikan romanization: Běigan, reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin. Pronunciation bāʹgänʹ Proper noun en rural township county/Lienchiang c/Taiwan in the Matsu Islands. en 1998 Robert Storey Islands of the Taiwan Straits Taiwan w:Lonely Planet https://archive.org/details/taiwan00stor/ 4th 0-86442-634-8 970524541 8314799M 318 https://archive.org/details/taiwan00stor/page/318/ 1 PEIKAN TOWNSHIP(běigān xiāng) zh 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. on en 2005 Matsu Birdwatching in Taiwan https://archive.org/details/birdwatchinginta0000unse/ https://books.google.com/books?id=5tFFAAAAYAAJ Taipei Wild Bird Society of Taipei 9789579875196 70796775 334, 335 https://archive.org/details/birdwatchinginta0000unse/page/334/ 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. en 2006 觀光年報 https://books.google.com/books?id=k0YsAQAAMAAJ w:Tourism Bureau 216847945 75 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 en February 22, 2017 Guy Plopsky Taiwan’s Cold War Fortresses https://web.archive.org/web/20170222225814/https://thediplomat.com/2017/02/taiwans-cold-war-fortresses/ 22 February 2017 w:The Diplomat 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. en 06/29/2021 Ching-yu Chao; Evelyn Kao Part of Matsu's Liang Island designated national archaeological site https://web.archive.org/web/20210629144117/https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202106290022 29 June 2021 w:Focus Taiwan Culture https://archive.ph/7MXKU 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. en June 30, 2021 Sherry Hsiao Lienchiang site handed archeological designation https://web.archive.org/web/20210629162107/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2021/06/30/2003760060 w:Taipei Times 1563-9525 464696902 Taiwan News 3 https://archive.is/C8uyz Liang Island is the northeastern-most island in Beigan Township (zh 北竿), and the site includes four locations known as Daowei I, Daowei II, Daowei III and Daowei IV, the ministry said. en 2022/05/21 Matthew Strong Taiwan coast guard doubts PLA piloted speedboats near outlying island https://web.archive.org/web/20220521093140/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4546151 w:Taiwan News Politics https://archive.is/oPJyD A Matsu website reported Friday (May 20) that two speedboats had recently appeared near Gaodeng Island, part of Matsu’s Beigan Township, with individuals on board wearing helmets and showing no intention of fishing. en March 09, 2023 Ling-ling (zh 張玲玲) Chang Soldiers should keep complaints off Internet https://web.archive.org/web/20230309085228/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2023/03/09/2003795764 09 March 2023 w:Taipei Times 1563-9525 464696902 Editorials 8 https://archive.is/7cULK For Matsu, Jyuguang Township (zh 莒光) includes two major islands, Dongjyu (zh 東莒) and Sijyu (zh 西莒), as well as smaller islets.When I was doing education and promotional work across Taiwan in the Young Women’s Working Brigade, I visited Matsu four times, visiting Beigan (zh 北竿), Nangan (zh 南竿) and Dongyin (zh 東引) townships, as well Dongjyu and Sijyu, along with other islands such as Liang (zh 亮島) and Gaodeng (zh 高登), with each tour lasting three months. en en island rural township/Beigan county/Lienchiang c/Taiwan the main island of the township. en Peikantang en 28 March 1994 18 March 1994 Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) ARATS Writes SEF on Fishing Boat Shooting Incident Daily Report: People's Republic of China https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033802581&seq=105 https://books.google.com/books?id=09MsAAAAMAAJ w:Foreign Broadcast Information Service 94-059 0892-0141 1113433 83 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033802581&seq=193 1 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. en 02 May 1995 28 April 1995 Zhou Xiang (0719 5046) Matzu Troops Fire at Fishermen, Killing One Daily Report: People's Republic of China https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033823074&seq=121 w:Foreign Broadcast Information Service 95-084 0892-0141 1113433 88 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033823074&seq=214 2 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. en 2004 Phil Macdonald National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan w:National Geographic Society 9780792265559 54962554 203 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. en 2013 Sarah Sweeney The Taiwan Strait Islands Taiwan https://archive.org/details/taiwan0000unse/ w:Insight Guides 5th w:Apa Publications 9781780056050 1028461607 233 https://archive.org/details/taiwan0000unse/page/233/ 1 Flights to the two main islands, Beigan and Nangan, are now regular, though often cancelled by fog. en March 8, 2023 Huizhong Wu; Johnson Lai Taiwan suspects Chinese ships cut islands’ internet cables w:The Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/20230311220100/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/03/08/matsu-taiwan-internet-cables-cut-china/d322fcae-bd70-11ed-9350-7c5fccd598ad_story.html 11 March 2023 0190-8286 2269358 Business 08 March 2023 Chinese ships cut internet of Taiwan’s outlying islands w:AP News https://web.archive.org/web/20230308053048/https://apnews.com/article/matsu-taiwan-internet-cables-cut-china-65f10f5f73a346fa788436366d7a7c70 “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. en Translations township; island Chinese: Cantonese: yue 北竿 bak1 gon1 Eastern Min: cdo 北竿 Báe̤k-găng Hokkien: nan-hbl 北竿 Pak-kan Mandarin: cmn 北竿 Běigān References en 2-syllable words