It was only as a result of mass immigration from Fujian and Guangdong provinces in China in the rule of the Qing emperor Kangxi that Taiwan finally saw institutionalized urban development. The building of city walls, Confucian temples and other places of worship at this time brought to Taiwan the basic attributes of cities and towns.
直到清朝的康熙皇帝將台灣納入版圖後，閩、粵大量移民的結果，才開始有都市管制、城疆建設、孔廟等祭典場所興設，讓移民時期的台灣有了城鎮的基本風貌。