Donggang (Pingtung)
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Donggang 東 港鎮 |
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.svg) Location of Donggang in Pingtung County |
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 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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| County : | Pinging | ||
| Coordinates : | 22 ° 28 ' N , 120 ° 27' E | ||
| Area : | 16.727 km² | ||
| Residents : | 47,937 (Oct 2017) | ||
| Population density : | 2,866 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+886) (0) 8 | ||
| Postal code : | 946 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 : | TW-PIF | ||
| Community type : | City municipality (鎮, Zhèn) | ||
| Structure : | 22 districts (里, Li ) | ||
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Donggang ( Chinese 東 港鎮 , Pinyin Dōnggǎng zhèn , Pe̍h-ōe-jī Tang-káng-tìn ) is a township in Pingtung County in southern Taiwan .
Location and importance
Donggang is located on the west coast of Pingtung County in the southwest of the island of Taiwan , not far from the metropolis of Kaohsiung on the Taiwan Strait . Donggang's fishing port is one of the largest in Taiwan, with numerous traditional and modern fish processing plants nearby. The place is famous for its seafood restaurants. There is a regular ferry connection to the offshore small island of Xiaoliuqiu .
Culture and tourism
The Donglong Temple
Donggang is home to one of the most important Daoist temples in southern Taiwan, the Donglong Temple , in which Wen Wangye , the "Royal Lord Wen" (a personality and later deity of the Tang Dynasty ) is worshiped. The climax of the cult is the "burning of the royal ship" every three years, in which a decorated ship loaded with sacrificial money is burned as a sacrifice in order to implore benevolence and protection from the deity. The traditional ceremony has also become a tourist attraction that draws visitors from near and far.
The bluefin tuna festival
The Bluefin Tuna Festival (東 港 黑 鮪 魚 文化 季Donggang hei weiyu wenhuaji ) has been held annually in Donggang since 2008 between May and July. The Pacific bluefin tuna ( Thunnus orientalis ) is found and fished in the East China Sea , South China Sea , Luzon Strait and off the Taiwanese coast during its spawning season in May and June . The Thun Festival is a modern initiative of the city of Donggang, which participates in the Thun catch with its own ships. The festival attracts thousands of visitors to Donggang every year. However, Taiwan's official scientific bodies have now categorically advised against eating bluefin tuna - primarily for reasons of overfishing and potential heavy metal pollution.
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The Donglong Temple
The “Royal Ship” before it was burned
Bluefin tuna caught in Donggang
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kwang-Tsao Shao, Yun-Chih Liao: Taiwan Seafood Choice Guide. Academia Sinica fish database, April 1, 2015, accessed on March 2, 2019 .