史料原文/譯文The Yangmei section of Qing Dynasty Border Moat is well-kept, 100 meters long, 3 meters in width and depth, to the northeast of YongPing Vocational School.
Also named "earthen oxen," the Qing government set it up to avoid further conflicts between the Han people and the Taiwanese aboriginals similar to 1722's incident. The Hans used rocks as borders, dug deep trenches and applied the dug dirt to form borders. Its name came from the earth dug and piled next to the trench that looks like an oxen's curved back.
The original moat went as far south as Pingdong and as north as Keelung; the Hans to the west were not allowed to use lands to the east, whereas the indigenous people to the east were not ruled by the Qing government. It was meant to keep them from mutual intrusion and attacks. Since 1761, such kind of trench has been around for over 250 years. This stretch is the best-kept original section of the Moat in Taiwan.