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The Jiuguantai Border-Gate Garrison

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The Jiuguantai Border-Gate Garrison was a Qing military posting near a gate of the Willow Palisade in the Fengtian region of northeastern China. The related place-name also occurs as Jiuguantai or Jiuguantai written with an alternative character for “guan.” A border gate was a pa…

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Overview

The Jiuguantai Border-Gate Garrison was a Qing military posting near a gate of the Willow Palisade in the Fengtian region of northeastern China. The related place-name also occurs as Jiuguantai or Jiuguantai written with an alternative character for “guan.” A border gate was a passage and checkpoint, whereas a garrison denotes the troops and administrative arrangements stationed to protect or supervise that passage. The terms therefore describe related but distinct institutions.

Historical Background

The construction section of the Initial Collection of the Eight Banners Gazetteer records the establishment of the Jiuguantai garrison in Kangxi year fifteen (1676). The Da Qing yitong zhi, in material concerning Jinzhou Prefecture, places the gate northwest of Yizhou and states that an officer bearing the title zhangjing was stationed there. The designation zhangjing was used for officers within Qing military and banner administration, but the exact grade and complement require examination of the relevant local establishment regulations.

Sources and Interpretation

The Willow Palisade comprised a network of border-control installations in Qing Manchuria, with gates that helped regulate the movement of travelers and goods. Jiuguantai should be understood within this network rather than as an independent county-level jurisdiction. The surviving references establish an institutional founding date and the presence of appointed personnel. They do not show that the garrison maintained an identical number of officers or soldiers throughout the dynasty, nor do they independently establish the size of its barracks.

Sources and Bibliography

  1. Digitized historical text
  2. www.cidianwang.com

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