A thoroughfare for the ages In 1875 Shen Baozhen dispatched 3000 soldiers from Fujian and Guangdong, organizing them into southern, central and northern contingents to open up cross-island routes joining the front and back sides of the island.
「萬年亨衢」氣勢磅礡一八七五年，沈葆楨由福建、廣東調派三千兵勇，分北、中、南三路開通前山與後山。