Chenggong (Taitung)

Chenggong 成功 鎮
Location of Chenggong in Taitung County
State :	Republic of China (Taiwan)
County :	Taitung
Coordinates :	23 ° 7 '  N , 121 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 23 ° 7 '0 "  N , 121 ° 21' 0"  E
Area :	143.9939  km²
Residents :	14,256 (2017)
Population density :	99 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time)
Telephone code :	(+886) (0) 89
Postal code :	961
ISO 3166-2 :	TW-TTT
Community type :	City municipality (鎮, Zhèn )
Structure :	7 districts (里, Li )
Chenggong

Chenggong ( Chinese  成功鎮 , Pinyin Chenggong Zhen ) is a town in Taitung County on Taiwan ( Republic of China ).

Surname

At the place of today's Chenggong there was originally a settlement of the Amis , one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan . The Ami name of the settlement was transcribed in Chinese  麻 荖 漏 , Moalaulau . During the Japanese rule over Taiwan from 1895 to 1945, a fishing port was built and the settlement was named 新港 街 ( Shinkō machi , "New Port City"). After Taiwan was handed over to the Republic of China in 1945, the place was called Xingang (新港, "New Harbor", the Chinese pronunciation with identical characters). Since there were two other places with this name in Taiwan ( Xingang in Chiayi County and Sinkang - now a city district of Tainan as Sinshih ), the community was renamed after 1945. It was named Chenggong (成功) in honor of the Chinese conqueror Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga ). This literally means "success". Chenggong Zhèn (成功 鎮) is to a certain extent the “city of success” or the “successful city”.

Location, climate

The community consists of an elongated coastal strip, which is separated inland by the Haian Mountains , which run parallel to the coast . The climate is warm and humid and, like that of the rest of the Taitung district, is characterized by the monsoons . The rainy season starts in May and ends in October.

Chenggong
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     67   22nd 16     72   23 17th     67   24 18th     89   27 21st     174   29 23     197   31 24     246   32 25th     318   32 25th     406   31 24     266   29 23     127   26th 20th     77   23 18th Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: Taiwan Central Weather Bureau

Climate data from the years 1981–2010 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 22.2 22.6 24.2 26.5 28.8 30.5 31.7 31.6 30.5 28.6 26th 23.2 O 27.2 Min. Temperature (° C) 16.4 16.8 18.4 20.6 22.6 24.3 25.1 24.9 24.1 22.5 20.2 17.5 O 21.1 Temperature (° C) 18.9 19.4 21st 23.2 25.3 27.1 28.1 27.9 26.8 25.2 22.7 20th O 23.8 Precipitation ( mm ) 67.2 71.8 67.1 89.3 174.3 196.5 246.1 317.6 405.8 265.6 126.6 76.5 Σ 2,104.4 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 2.4 2.3 2.6 3.1 4.1 5.8 7.6 6.8 5.1 4.5 3.5 2.8 O 4.2 Rainy days ( d ) 15.2 15.3 14.8 14.8 16.6 13.1 9.2 10.9 15.9 15.6 13.7 13 Σ 168.1 Source: Taiwan Central Weather Bureau

Neighboring communities are Changbin in the north, Fuli ( Hualien County ) in the west, and Donghe in the southwest and south. Chenggong is divided into the following eight districts: Xinyi (信義 里), Heping (和平 里), Zhongren (忠仁 里), Zhongzhi (忠 智 里), Sanmin (三民 里), Sanxian (三仙 里), Zhongxiao (忠孝 里), Boai (博愛 里).

Outline of Chenggong

Boai 博愛 里 Zhongxiao 忠孝 里 Sanxian 三仙 里 Sanmin 三民 里 Zhongzhi 忠 智 里 Zhongren 忠仁 里 Heping 和平 里 Xinyi 信義 里

population

Archaeological finds indicate human settlement for several millennia. Relics of the Neolithic Changbin culture can be found in some places . The location of Xiaoma is one of the most important sites , along with Baxiandong in the neighboring community of Changbin. The majority (around 50–60%) of today's population belongs to the Amis ethnic group. Accordingly, traditional American folk art and folklore play an important role. According to official surveys in Chenggong in 2010, the languages ​​spoken at home were: 82% Standard Chinese , 55% Hokkien , 42% Indigenous languages , 2% Hakka, and 2% other. Much of the population was multilingual. The population has been declining since at least the 1980s due to emigration and aging.

economy

Chenggong is the most important fishing port on Taiwan's east coast. The main catches are bonito , swordfish , gold mackerel ( mahi mahi ), tuna and cod . Long-term overfishing has caused catch yields to decline continuously in the past. The region's agricultural products include jackfruit , oranges , plums and mandarins .

The main traffic artery is the provincial expressway 11, which crosses the municipality in a north-south direction.

Attractions

In Chenggong there are some of the following attractions:

• Ami-Volk-Museum, an open-air museum on American folk culture ( )
• Chengguangao Mazu Temple, the oldest Mazu temple in the county ( )
• Taitung Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium ( )
• Natural History Museum ( )
• Shiyusan (石 雨傘), the "stone umbrella", a rock formation ( )
• Sanxiantai (三仙台), small rocky island in front of it, which can be reached from the mainland via a picturesque arched bridge ( )

• Images from Chenggong
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  Sanxiantai Bridge

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  Fish sales in Chenggong Harbor

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  Chenggong Harbor

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  Landscape impression

Web links

Commons : Chenggong (Taitung)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chenggong Township. (No longer available online.) Http://tour.taitung.gov.tw - Taitung County tourism website , archived from the original on November 11, 2017 ; accessed on November 11, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ The Natural Environment. Taitung County website, accessed November 11, 2017 . 
3. ^ Peter Bellwood: First Islanders: Prehistory and Human Migration in Island Southeast Asia . John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2017, ISBN 978-1-119-25155-2 , pp. 234-235 (English).
4. ^ Prehistoric Culture. hrsg = eastcoast-nsa.gov.tw, accessed on November 11, 2017 (English). 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Chenggong. eastcoast-nsa.gov.tw, accessed November 11, 2017 . 
6. ↑ 表 ９ 臺東縣 ６ 歲 以上 本 國籍 常住 人口 在家 使用 語言 情形 (“Table 9: Languages ​​spoken at home by people over 6 years of age in Taitung County”). (No longer available online.) Taiwan Bureau of Statistics, archived from original on December 4, 2017 ; Retrieved on December 2, 2017 (Chinese / English, the percentages add up to more than 100%, as a large part of the population is multilingual, the survey did not explicitly ask about the mother tongue, standard Chinese is used as the official language at least as a second language from Majority of the population spoken). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ^ Taiwan: Counties and Cities. citypopulation.de, accessed on November 11, 2017 (English). 
8. ↑ About Taitung. Taitung County website, accessed November 11, 2017 . 
9. ^ Agricultural Products. Taitung County website, accessed November 11, 2017 . 
10. ^ Amis Folk Center. tour.taitung.gov.tw - Taitung County Tourism Website, accessed on November 11, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Chengguangao Matsu Temple. tour.taitung.gov.tw - Taitung County Tourism Website, accessed on November 11, 2017 . 
12. ^ Taitung Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium. tour.taitung.gov.tw - Taitung County Tourism Website, accessed on November 11, 2017 . 
13. ^ Natural History Museum. tour.taitung.gov.tw - Taitung County Tourism Website, accessed on November 11, 2017 . 
14. ↑ Shiyusan (Stone Umbrella). tour.taitung.gov.tw - Taitung County Tourism Website, accessed on November 11, 2017 . 
15. ↑ Sanxiantai. tour.taitung.gov.tw - Taitung County Tourism Website, accessed on November 11, 2017 .