Peikantang

English Etymology From en cmn 北竿塘, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Pei³-kan¹-tʻang².en 1998 Blunden Caroline Gazetteer Cultural Atlas of China https://archive.org/details/culturalatlasofc00blun_0/ Revised Facts on File 0-8160-3814-7 98-34322 43168341 232 https://archive.org/details/culturalatlasofc00blun_0/page/232/ Names in italics represent the Wade-Giles equivalent of the preceding Pinyin transcription.Beigantang (isl)/Pei-kan-t'ang (Taiwan) Proper noun en Beigan (island) en September 30, 1954 Nationalist Forces Rout 40 Red Boats w:The Washington Post and Times Herald https://archive.org/details/per_washington-post_1954-09-30_299/ 77 299 0190-8286 2269358 4 https://archive.org/details/per_washington-post_1954-09-30_299/page/n3/ 2 A Defense Ministry communique said 40 Communist craft were sighted Tuesday off Peikantang, a tiny island in the Matsu group, but fled when the island's guns opened fire. The Matsus are off the Red port of Foochow, opposite the northern tip of Formosa. en March 30, 1955 Fred Hampton Red Attack Being Awaited on Matsu Isle w:The Gettysburg Times https://archive.org/details/gettysburg-times-1955-03-30/ Gettysburg, PA 53 76 12443209 12 https://archive.org/details/gettysburg-times-1955-03-30/page/n11/ 2 March 30, 1955 Matsu Chief Sees Attack At Any Time w:East Liverpool Review https://archive.org/details/east-liverpool-review-1955-03-30/ East Liverpool, Ohio 76 134 1 https://archive.org/details/east-liverpool-review-1955-03-30/ 4 The Reds may not be able to take Matsu but the lesser islands of Kaoteng or Peikantang seem less strong and their loss would put Matsu under artillery fire, making it hard to hold and even harder to supply. en August 11, 1958 August 08, 1958 Matsu is Hell on Earth for People, Army Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015082389993&seq=579 155 w:Foreign Broadcast Information Service 30775362 AAA 18 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015082389993&seq=712 In addition to the establishment of many army houses of prostitution at Peikantang to enable Chiang officers and men to victimize the wives and daughters of many deceased Chiang officers, and women from Taiwan who were forced to engage in prostitution, the Defense Ministry of the Chiang clique has also deceived a number of young women into joining a so-called "young women's service team," asking them to call upon combat units and pillboxes of the Chiang forces to sing reactionary and lewd songs for them. en May 18, 1959 Red Chinese Open Firing on Matsus w:The Washington Post and Times Herald https://archive.org/details/per_washington-post_1959-05-18_164/ 82 164 0190-8286 2269358 1 https://archive.org/details/per_washington-post_1959-05-18_164/ 5 The Nationalist Defense Ministry claimed Communist guns on the mainland coast were silenced by effective counterfire. By Nationalist count, the Reds fired 444 shells, of which 162 hit Matsu Island, 112 Peikantang Island and 170 landed in the sea. en July 01, 1959 Chronology https://web.archive.org/web/20210120043749/https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=4&post=7531 w:Taiwan Today Following the sporadic shelling launched against Peikantang on May 11, the Communist artillery units opposite Matsu fired again today a total of more than four hundred shells at Nankantang and Peikantang within one and a half hours, according to a communique issued by the Ministry of National Defense. en 1962 Publications https://books.google.com/books?id=eOLT2IgImNkC w:United States Hydrographic Office 94 46615581 228 https://books.google.com/books?id=eOLT2IgImNkC&pg=PA156 2 Chiao Shih, 44 feet high, lies about 1/2 mile southeastward of Ko-li, a 199-foot islet, that lies close off the south end of Pei-kan-t’ang Tao and is connected to it by a stoney spit. on en 19 August 1974 17 August 1974 Matsu Fishermen Rescued; Arrangements Being Made for Return Daily Report: People's Republic of China https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015043545907&seq=639& w:Foreign Broadcast Information Service I 161 0892-0141 1113433 E 2 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015043545907&seq=662 "Kuanghua 6042", a fishing boat from Chiaotzu village of Peikantang on the Kuomintang-occupied Matsu Island of Fukien Province, sank near Heiyen Island after it developed engine trouble and struck a hidden reef while fishing on the afternoon of August 13. en 2007 Jane Kilpatrick The first collector Gifts from the Gardens of China: The Introduction of Traditional Chinese Garden Plants to Britain 1698-1862 https://archive.org/details/giftsfromgardens0000kilp/ w:Frances Lincoln Limited 978-0-7112-2630-2 81453104 41 https://archive.org/details/giftsfromgardens0000kilp/page/41/ At the end of August Eaton anchored at a group of three small islands off the coast of Fujian to take on fresh water, as the casks had not been refilled since leaving the Cape in April. Cuninghame calls these islands the Crocodile Islands, but he says the Chinese call them the ‘Pek-kin Islands’. These are the Matsu Islands, north east of Fuzhou, one of which is called Peikantang or Peikan Island. en 2014 March Lin Jahn-Chang A Folder for a Complete Backpacking Trip of Matsu https://web.archive.org/web/20251009073208/https://www.matsu-nsa.gov.tw/FileAtt.ashx?lang=2&id=1271 9 October 2025 https://www.matsu-nsa.gov.tw/FileAtt.ashx?lang=2&id=1271 Matsu National Scenic Area Administration https://web.archive.org/web/20201026044224/https://www.matsu-nsa.gov.tw/FileAtt.ashx?lang=2&id=1271 Beigan was called “Beigantang” or “Changqi Island” in the early years. It is the second-largest island in Matsu, with the terrain that rises and falls sharply. on en References