Yan Sisi Tomb. According to legend, Yan Sisi, courtesy name Zhenquan, was from Haicheng, Fujian Province. According to legend, Yan Sisi, courtesy name Zhenquan, was from Haicheng, Fujian Province. In 1624, his plot with Zheng Zhilong and others to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan was exposed. He led thirteen ships of righteous men to flee to Bengang, Taiwan, where he pacified the indigenous people and protected Han Chinese settlers. Soon after, residents from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou arrived in Taiwan successively. Less than a year after arriving in Taiwan, in September 1625, he led his men into Zhulushan for a hunt, but unfortunately contracted typhoid fever and died. He was buried at plot number 307 in Niuchoupu (now Nanxiang Village), Shuishang Township. The Yan Sisi Tomb at plot number 307 in Niuchoupu, Shuishang Township, is located in a remote mountain range in Nanxiang Village and within the military controlled area of the Tainan County Neijiao Camp. It has long been neglected, becoming overgrown with weeds. The tomb has fallen into disrepair over the years, and due to erosion from wind, sun, and rain, no clear inscriptions are visible on the tombstone for identification and verification. Only a legendary "sword mark" remains, leading to continuous disputes for many years. Local legends even claim that the real Yan Sisi tomb is on the mountainside to the northwest, sparking the so-called "double tomb" controversy. Residents of Shuishang Township have always considered the current site in Niuchoupu to be Yan Sisi's tomb. The Chiayi County Government investigated as early as 1975 and temporarily designated it as a third-class historic site. However, after the implementation of the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act in 1982, the Council for Cultural Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior invited experts and scholars to evaluate it, but it was subsequently deemed to lack conclusive evidence.
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