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Simplified ChineseJapaneseEnglishKoreanWadong Village was known as "Wadonggang She" under the Qing Dynasty, and was respectively named "Wadong Xiang (She)" and "Wadong" during the Japanese colonial period; it wasn't until the post-war period (after 1945) that it became known as Wadong Village. The name is derived from the historical fact that settlers since the transition between the late Ming and early Qing dynasties engaged in official trading activities with dozens of large-sailed ships, conducting commerce with Guangdong and Fujian provinces. At that time, households belonging to officials or wealthy families used curved glaze tiles on their roofs – this type of glaze tile was called “Wadong” (wadoong) in the Min-Nan dialect, hence the name. Cows, carts, and traditional stone houses built with “Lougu” stone masonry are visible within the village, forming important historical resources. Zhang Baewuan, a merchant from White Sand Township in Penghu, became wealthy through a process that holds the flavor of folk legend. Moreover, one of his descendants achieved military merit through rebellion, prompting Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty (r. 1722–1735) to bestow imperial recognition in the second year of the Yongzheng era (1724). This original gold-sealed imperial decree is preserved at the Zhang ancestral home in Wadong Village,白沙 Township, and is the only known imperial decree plaque preserved among the common people in Penghu until today. The Zhang family ancestors from three generations were conferred the title of “Huaiyuan General” by the Qing Emperor and still possess many precious cultural relics, making their ancestral home the sole surviving ancient mansion of its kind in Penghu.【Suggested Stay Time】0.5 hours