Tua-Tiu-Tiann  (also written as "Twatutia" and known as "Dadaocheng" in Mandarin Chinese)  was the center of a major cultural movement in Taiwan during the 1920s Having started as a trading port in the mid-19th century  Tua-Tiu-Tiann became the center for performing arts with a large cluster of theaters where actors  musicians and acrobats honed their skills