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Simplified Chinese, Japanese, English, Korean In the 12th year of the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty (1886), Governor Yang Changjun of Fujian-Zhejiang and Taiwan Governor Liu Mingchuan personally came to Penghu to survey the terrain. They decided to build Mawang City for defensive purposes. Penghu Commandant Wu Honglu was then tasked with supervising its construction. Work began in December of the 13th year of Guangxu (1887) and took 1 year and 10 months, finally completing in October of the 15th year of Guangxu (1889). This was the last city wall built by the Qing Dynasty in Taiwan, and the construction of Mawang City also integrated Penghu's military, economic, and administrative centers. Mawang City, also known as “Penghu City” or “Guangxu City,” is the latest official city in Taiwan. During the Sino-French War, Penghu was quickly taken over by the French navy. After the armistice, Taiwan Governor Liu Mingchuan and Governor Yang Changjun of Fujian-Zhejiang organized defense plans, believing that Penghu needed a military defensive city. Consequently, Penghu Commandant Wu Honglu supervised its construction, and it was finished in 1889 (the 15th year of Guangxu). The scale of Mawang Ancient City is 789.2 zhang 2 chi 5 cun in circumference, with 570 bastions. The wall height between bastions is 1 zhang 8 chi, the foundation of the wall base is 3 chi 5 cun, and the thickness is 2 zhang 4 chi. Mawang Ancient City had six gates: the East Gate, named Chaoyang Gate; the Small West Gate, called Shuncheng Gate; the South Gate, named Jixu Gate; the North Gate, called Gongchen Gate; the Small South Gate, named Yingxun Gate; and there was no watchtower at the West Gate. The Shuncheng Gate is now the Small West Gate. Unlike the square holes reserved for observation and firing in ordinary city walls, Shuncheng Gate used locally produced igneous rock to build the wall, with ancient stone bastions above. In the two layers, a thin brick was set in between for decoration, and the surface was coated with oyster shell ash for protection. Currently, the only remains of Penghu Mawang City are the Shuncheng Gate, the Great West Gate, and part of the western section of the wall. Shuncheng Gate is the only surviving gate tower in the remnants of Mawang Ancient City and is a second-class historic relic. [Recommended length of stay] 0.5 hours