In Taiwan, Koxinga is remembered and revered as a divine national hero with hundreds of temples, schools, tertiary educations, and other public centers named in his honor. Koxinga is accredited with replacing Dutch colonial rule with a more modern political system. Furthermore, Koxinga transformed Taiwan into an agrarian society through the introduction of new agricultural methods such as the proliferation of iron farming tools and new farming methods with cattle. For these reasons, Koxinga is often associated with "hints of [a] consciousness of Taiwanese independence," although Koxinga himself wanted Taiwan unified with the rest of China. Great care was taken to symbolize support for the Ming legitimacy, an example being the use of the term guan instead of bu to name departments, since the latter is reserved for central government, whereas Taiwan was to be a regional office of the rightful Ming rule of China.
in taiwan koxinga is remembered and revered as a divine national hero with hundreds of temples schools tertiary educations and other public centers named in his honor koxinga is accredited with replacing dutch colonial rule with a more modern political system furthermore koxinga transformed taiwan into an agrarian society through the introduction of new agricultural methods such as the proliferation of iron farming tools and new farming methods with cattle for these reasons koxinga is often associated with "hints of [a] consciousness of taiwanese independence" although koxinga himself wanted taiwan unified with the rest of china great care was taken to symbolize support for the ming legitimacy an example being the use of the term guan instead of bu to name departments since the latter is reserved for central government whereas taiwan was to be a regional office of the rightful ming rule of china