Details of the sights connected with the overseas trade in Hirado City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Zheng Chenggong Mausoleum
Born in Kawachi village, Hirado, the half-Japanese half Chinese Zheng Chenggong (also known as Koxinga or Tei Seikou) went to China at the age of seven. He later became governor and founded the Tungning Kingdom in Taiwan in support of the waning Ming Dynasty. He is still regarded as a hero in China and various plays and movies have been based upon his life.
	Right behind Kawachi Village is a small hill on which the little Maruyama Park is located. Here one can find the mausoleum of Zheng Chenggong. In Tainan City in Taiwan is the Zheng Chenggong Ancestral Shrine where the spirit of him and also his Japanese mother are enshrined. During wars prayers were held at that shrine every day. In 1962, the divine spirit of Zheng Chengong was also brought from Taiwan to this mausoleum in Kawachi and now functions as a sub-shrine. Inside there is a statue of him and every year on July 14 the Tei Seiko Festival is held here (see the event page for more details). Many visitors from Taiwan come here and some also participate in the festival.

The birthstone of Zheng Chenggong
	Just after you pass the beautiful sea at Senrigahama Beach you can find the birthstone of Zheng Chenggong right beside the road. His Chinese father, Zheng Zhilong, had come to Hirado a few years before as he was befriended with the 28th lord of the Matsura clan and helped with the international trade in Hirado. Zhen Zhilong married Matsu Tagawa and lived in Kawachi Village. According to legend Matsu Tagawa went to collect clams at Senrigahama Beach when suddenly, with no time left to make it home, she went into labour at this stone, which was in the shade of a tree at the time. The child she bore here became the famous Zheng Chenggong. The stone is located in the sand besides the main road at the south end of Senrigahama Beach. Please park your car at the beach car park or safely along the road towards Kawachi Village as there is no parking space right next to the spot.