安平晚渡
清代臺灣八景最晚出現於康熙35年（1696年）高拱乾《臺灣府志》，分別為安平晚渡、沙鯤漁火、鹿耳春潮、鷄籠積雪、東溟曉日、西嶼落霞、澄臺觀海及斐亭聽濤。其中斐亭聽濤、澄臺觀海、安平晚渡、沙鯤漁火與鹿耳春潮，這五景不僅位於臺南，更呈現17世紀的臺江內海與府城之間的歷史重要意義與地形變遷。
「安平晚渡」描述傍晚時刻大大小小的船隻在安平與府城之間的臺江內海往來穿梭，與安平城相互映襯的壯闊景象，為清代臺灣勝景之首，歌詠數量居清代臺灣八景詩中第一位。
清代時期的安平鎮渡口位於安平鎮東方沿臺江之西岸，也就是荷蘭時期臺灣街的碼頭，為今日安平石門國小附近。府城對渡口則隨著地形變化屢次更改登岸地點。最初為赤崁的大井頭，然康熙末年府城五條港地區逐漸形成後，府城渡口西移至臺灣府城西門外之鎮渡頭，並於乾隆4年（1739年）建風神廟與接官亭作為迎接官員上岸休憩之所，是臺灣府最重要的門戶。但隨著港道淤積又逐漸往西移動至老古石渡口（兌悅門附近，今信義街南側）及鎮海營（今協進國小）等位置。
「安平晚渡」勝景描繪出一幅清代時期的臺南安平與府城之間水路交通往來，以安平城為顯目地標，於夕照與海波襯托之下帆船燈火點點的美景。
Historic Location: The Eight Views of Qing Dynasty Taiwan
The Night Ferries of Anping Harbor
As described in “The Gazette of Taiwan Prefecture”, edited by Gao Gongqian in the 35th year of the reign of the Kangxi Emperor in Qing dynasty（1696 A.D.）at the latest, the “Eight Views of Taiwan” included “The Night Ferries of Anping Harbor”, “Fishingboat Lights of Shakun”, “Springtides at Luer”, “Snow in Jilong”, “Sunrise at Tungming”, “Sunset at Hsiyu”, “Watch the Sea at Chengtai”, and “The Crashing Tides of Feiting”. Five of these sights, specifically, “The Crashing Tides of Feiting”, “Watch the Sea at Chengtai”, “The Night Ferries of Anping Harbor”, “Fishingboat Lights of Shakun”, and “Springtides at Luer” were located in Tainan, underscoring the historic significance between the Taijiang Inner Sea and the Tainan Prefectural Seat in the 17th century, as well as topographical changes.
“The Night Ferries of Anping Harbor” described boats large and small, traveling between Anping Harbor and the Tainan Prefectural Seat across the Taijiang Inner Sea at nightfall. Set magnificently against the gates of Anping Township, this was considered the most spectacular scenic view in Taiwan during Qing Dynasty and was praised in far more poems than any other of the Eight Views of Qing Dynasty Taiwan.
During the Qing Dynasty, the ferry port was located east of Anping Township, along the west coast of the Taijiang Inner Sea. This became harbor of the Taiwan Street during the Dutch colonial period, near the present-day Tainan Municipal Anping District Shihmen Elementary School. Due to topographical changes, the ferry port of the Tainan Prefectural Seat on the opposite shore was moved several times. It was initially installed at Dajintou in Chihkan. However, as the Five Channel Zone of Tainan gradually took shape toward the end of the Kangxi Reign, the ferry port shifted west to a town outside the West Gate of Tainan, and the Wind God Temple and an official reception pavilion was constructed on the 4th Year of Qianlong Reign (1739) for the purpose of breaking the journey for government officials making landfall here. It was once considered the most important portal for the Prefectural Seat. However, due to sedimentation in the channel, the ferry port continued to shift westward, to Laogushi (near Dui Yue Gate, south of present-day Xinyi Street) and then to Zhenghai Camp (present day Tainan Municipal Sie-Jin Elementary School), etc.
“The Night Ferries of Anping” described a beautiful scene of travel along waterways between Anping and the Tainan Prefectural Seat during the Qing Dynasty, with the prominent landmark of Anping Township offset by sailing boats illuminated by lamps against a backdrop of the sunset and rippling wave