Kahe Island - Scarecrow

…It was the gateway to Zhangzhou, which had prospered as a foreign trade port since the Song Dynasty, and the many small islands in the vicinity made it a hotbed of pirates and smugglers. During the Ming Dynasty, a wall was built on Jiahe Island (now Xiamen Island) in Tong'an County, and it was called Xiamen City. When Zheng Chenggong occupied this area, he renamed it Simingzhou with the intention of restoring the Ming Dynasty. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Jiahe Island" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…宋代より外国貿易港として繁栄した漳州の門戸にあたり，かつ付近には小島が多く，海賊，密貿易者の淵叢をなしていた。明代に同安県嘉禾嶼（かかしよ）(今の厦門島)に城壁を築き厦門城と称した。鄭成功がこの地を占拠したとき，明の再興の意をこめて思明州と改称した。…

※「嘉禾嶼」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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