| dc.description.abstract | During the Ching Dynasty, Taiwan inland transportation was not developed. Instead, use of river shipping was popular. Port Sankengzi, near the Da Ke Kan River, and was located in the upper course of this river. The shipping route began from Sankengzi around the Northern Taiwan rivers. A fast and convenience shipping route for goods going to the North of Taiwan was the Da Ke Kan River. Sankengzi was the port connecting inland transportation and river shipping routes. It was a famous port with large crowds of people and a plenty of goods. It was also a network for transferring goods between North of Hsinchu County and South of Taoyuan County, especially the delivery of tea leaves.
Port Sankengzi began throughout the townships of Guanxi, Qionglin, Hengshan, Zhudong, Beipu, to Emei. This network became an ancient traffic route for conveying tea leaves. It created a way for goods to be transported in a north and south direction on the island. Before this route was created, transporting goods was limited to an Eastern and Western direction. Furthermore, in the upper course of the Northern Taiwan rivers, the transportation can be connected by inland and river transits.
Besides, some researches found that this ancient tea leaf route was relative to the local people’s religion of the Lian Zuo mountain regions at Dasi Township. There was evidence of Port Sankengzi, along with this ancient tea leaf route, were very important for the mountain area of Northern Taiwan. However, the powerful transferring function was the root of development for Port Sankengzi. It not only created the prosperous economy for people’s living, but also made changes to the ethnic culture by its unique location. Port Sankengzi had the most important impact to Northern Taiwan.
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