Twatutia

Coordinates: 25 ° 3 ′  N , 121 ° 31 ′  O Twatutia or Dadaocheng ( Chinese  大稻埕 , Pinyin Dàdàochéng , W.-G. Ta-tao-ch'eng , Pe̍h-ōe-jī Toā-tiū-tiâⁿ , Twatutia) is an ancient settlement in Taipei , the capital of Taiwan . The area is now incorporated and forms an independent district, located in the Datong district.

In addition to Twatutia, there were two other settlements in what is now Taipei before Taiwan's Japanese colonial era : Mengjia (now Wanhua ) and Dalongdong .

Twatutia means "a place for rice to dry in the sun". It is known from hearsay that in 1853 many people fled to Dalongdong because of the civil war-like clashes " Ding-Xia-Jiao-Pin ( 頂 下 郊 拼 )" in Mengjia, but that the residents of Dalongdong did not want to take them in, so they continue fled to Dadaocheng.

Because transport conditions on the Danshui River deteriorated and the tea market expanded, the business center was relocated from Mengjia to Twatutia, where international business was conducted in Taiwan. This was the center in northern Taiwan until water transport was superseded by land transport.