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== Name origin == | == Name origin == | ||
The city's old name was "Pang-kio" (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 (板橋 | The city's old name was "Pang-kio" (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 (Pafnkiøo; parn+kiQo; 板橋; l. planked bridge), which is read "Itabashi" in Japanese. The same name is still used today, but is called "Banqiao" in [[Mandarin]]. However, in [[Taiwanese Hokkien]], the old name "Pangkiøo" is still the norm. | ||
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