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Fig. 1.7 The painting of landscape of Zhangzhou in 1622 when Dutch fleet arrived. (Historical
image collected by “National Museum of Taiwan”, Wang 2010, pp. 39)

Guiyu ("#, ##, tortoise island) at Haicang (!&) district of Xiamen had
been one of the wharfs of Yuegang. Both Zhongzuo Suo (##$, Militray
Command of Zhongzuo) and Zengcuoan (#)#) at Xiamen had been the custom
inspection and outbound setting of Yuegang.
Haicheng Xianzhi (Chronicle of Haicheng County) recorded in the !rst Volume
of Geography and Location:

Guiyu and Shejiao (!#, snake island) is located at the intersected region of Zhangzhou
and Quanzhou, which had been the gateway of Yuegang seaport. During Longqing (1567–
1572) and Wanli (1573–1619) periods, castle of Bagua shape (%*, Eight Diagrams),
tower building of navigation mark and Tianfei ('() sea god temple were built at the
Guiyu island. Wuyu (&#) of Amoy was another gateway of Yuegang. (Chen and Deng
1968, pp. 22, 23)
The chapter of Ship and Navy of Dongxiyang Kao (General Survey on the East
and West Oceans, !"!"!") recorded:
Haicheng was known as crescent seaport in Ming Dynasty where the county administration
was set up in the 6th year of Longqing period (1572). The merchant junks set sail from
Yuegang and stopped at Guiyu for sea guard inspection. Then the boat stopped at
Zhongzuo Suo and Zengcuoan of Xiamen for outbound inspection again. (Zhang 1981,
pp. 171)