Wall Anchor at Confucius Temple

"Wall Anchor" like the blue square indicated on the picture was introduced by Dutch into Taiwan architecture, able to enforce the house structure.  As the earthquake and typhoon disasters did often hit Taiwan, this kind of skill was very useful to lengthen the life of the house construction.

It is to fix the wall and beam together, no matter how the earthquake is shaking up-and-down or right-and-left, the roof is not that easy to crash down.

This type of architecture skill can been seen in Netherlands when travelling there nowadays.  There the decoration on the wall may become like the cross mark "X" or other shapes, but the function is the same, to strengthen the upper roof of the house.

Wall Anchor can be also seen at An Ping Ford, its oldest brick wall built up by Dutch in the first quarter of 17 century in "Scissor" pattern.