More than 300 years ago, Ming General Cheng Cheng-kung (Koxinga) hit the beach here, and after routing Paiwan forces cleared land and stationed troops on this spot. This was the largest settlement in the peninsula prior to the construction of Hengchun.
三百多年前，鄭成功的部隊自這裡登陸，驅逐排灣族人據以屯田墾荒，是恆春建城以前半島上的最大聚落。