City Walled is one of the product of Tradition. The study focuses on Tamsui prefecture and the development process and contents of Taiwan City wall in Ch’ing dynasty four issues are disused in this essay, they are to discuss: (1)Form and location city wall; (2)Construction planning (3)Source and use of expenditure (4)Public facility in the city. The development process of city wall in Taiwan is divided into three period: (1)Bamboo fortification (2)Mud-walled fortification. (3)Stone fortification. (4)Twin-walled-city. There are four conclusions from this study: (1)Finance and policy influenced the scale and form of the city wall; (2)Defense and symbol were major function for city wall; (3)The elements of city wall were included wall, battlement, emplacement, trench, gate tower and so on; (4)The construction of city wall represent polity, society and economy on locals.