Patriotism, military strategy, and the clash between the falling Ming Dynasty and the rising Qing empire. Who was Koxinga? (Historical Context)

In 1661, he led a fleet of hundreds of ships and 25,000 men to besiege Fort Zeelandia , the Dutch headquarters in Taiwan. After a 9-month siege, he successfully ended 38 years of Dutch colonial rule.

This film is a cinematic portrayal of the historical figure Koxinga , known for his fierce resistance against the Qing Dynasty and for expelling the Dutch from Taiwan.

He was granted the imperial surname "Zhu" by the Ming emperor, leading to the honorific title Koxinga (from Guoxingye in the Fujianese dialect).