Suggestion: First listen to the two-part podcast episode on which this video is based.
建議：首先聆聽以下兩部Podcast，本影片是基於這兩部Podcast製作。
Part one:
https://www.formosafiles.com/s3-e19-two-johns-take-a-walking-tour-in-historic-tamsui-part-one/
Part two:
https://www.formosafiles.com/s3-e20-john-groot-and-john-ross-walk-and-talk-historic-tamsui-dan-shui-part-two/
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Check out the first “Walking Tour Video” from Formosa Files, an idea we will be improving on in the future. As many know, the port town of Tamsui (淡水) has a long, rich history. Strategically located near the mouth of the Tamsui (Danshui) River, the Spanish built a fort here in the 1600s, as did the Dutch, and numerous European traders came here in the nineteenth century when it was a treaty port. But perhaps the most surprising foreign presence was the brief and bloody stay of the French military. This was the Battle of Tamsui in October 1884, which was a part of the Sino-French War. In this video based on an extract of podcast episode part two, John Groot, the author of “Taiwanese Feet: My walk around Taiwan,” takes Formosa Flies’ John Ross on a “walking tour” of his beloved hometown on the trail of the mostly-forgotten 1884 Battle of Tamsui between French and Taiwanese forces, a battle which was a rare victory for the beleaguered Qing dynasty.
本影片是 Formosa Files 的第一部「漫步導覽」，這是我們未來將持續改進的概念。如許多人所知，淡水這個港口小鎮有著悠久而豐富的歷史。由於它位於淡水河口附近的戰略位置，西班牙人於1600年代在此建立了一座堡壘，荷蘭人也是如此，並且在它於十九世紀成為通商港口時，許多歐洲商人都來到這裡。但也許最令人驚訝的是法國軍隊短暫卻血腥的停留。即是中法戰爭的一部分，1884年10月的淡水之戰。在基於 Podcast 第二部分片段的這部影片中，《台灣的腳步：我在台灣的漫遊》一書的作者 John Groot 帶領 Formosa Flies 的 John Ross 進行了一次「漫步導覽」，在他心愛的家鄉路上追踪那場被大眾遺忘的1884年淡水之戰，這場戰爭是法國和臺灣軍隊之間的戰鬥，也是遭受四面欺凌的清朝的罕見勝利。
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