| Summary: | 碩士 === 淡江大學 === 歷史學系 === 90 === Abstract：
After Ching Dynasty ruled Taiwan, the communication between Taiwan and inland China would depend on the only transportation, the boat. In addition, in order to secure the long coastlines of Taiwan and Fuchien and stop the pirates’ attack, battle ship became the most important weapon to protect the territorial sea. Before Taiwan became a province, it was always part of Fuchien, therefore, the production of the battle ships in Taiwan was also governed by Fuchien officials. Among the four naval shipyards of Fuchien, Taiwan produced the most number of battle ships. As the shipyard was on an isolated island of Taiwan, most of the wood materials for the ships had to be delivered from Fuchien, and this made the process to build a ship more difficult than the three other shipyards. Moreover, conflicts between the shipyard and the aborigines of Taiwan were inevitable when other wood materials were needed from the mountains where the aborigines resided. Therefore, the shipyard in Taiwan was in a critical position during this period.
Ching actually had two naval shipyards in Twaian, and two supply depots in Taipei and Fangliao respectively. There were more barracks up on the mountains as the access to the materials. Among all the shipyard workers, those in Taiwan were more complicated and more difficult to manage than those in Fuchien. The shipyard workers in Taiwan consisted of government officials and civilians. The government provided few allowance to these workers who were responsible for the wood materials, however, little money could never cover their living cost. Hence, the government allowed these workers to sell camphor for profit and tolerated their behavior for invading the aborigines’ territories. Some workers and other civilians who passed off as shipyard workers, however, got into lots of troubles with the aborigines because of their reckless behaviors. Consequently, the Ching government would have no choice but to straiten the policy for the workers.
This thesis will focus on the exploration of the shipyard locations in Taiwan, the system of the ship building process, the supply system of the wood materials, and the decline of the shipyards. There will have the detail presentation of the conflicts and problems between the shipyard workers and the aborigines. Furthermore, brief discussion of the workers’ religions will also be added into the thesis in order to completely illustrate the whole naval shipyard system in Taiwan during Ching Dynasty.
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