Tainan's first settlers were immigrants from Fukien and Kwangtung who arrived during the Ming dynasty. The area was later occupied by the Dutch, who used Tainan as their political and military center.
「我們台南的『大頭市長』最『打拚』，論消除髒亂與掃除攤販，大概沒有別的都市做得和我們台南一樣好。」這一口一聲的「我們台南」，在在傳遞了一個訊息﹘﹘他們以身為台南人為榮。