Pangkiøo Khw

Pangkiøo 🔊 (Pafng+kiQo; 板橋; Banciao/Banqiao District)

• Taipakkoan

Name origin

• The city's old name was 枋橋 (Pangkiøo; l. timbered bridge), which dates back to the Qing Dynasty during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (1735 - 1796 AD).
• A wooden bridge was built for pedestrians to cross a brook located in the west of today's Banqiao.
• In 1920, the Japanese government modified the name to 板橋 (Pafnkiøo 🔊; l. planked bridge), which is read Itabashi in Japanese.
• The newer name is still used today, but is called "Banqiao" in Mandarin.
• In Taiwanese Hokkien, the old name Pangkiøo 🔊 is still the norm.