Wufeng (Hsinchu)

	Wufeng ; 五峰鄉
	; Location of Wufeng in Hsinchu County
State :	Republic of China (Taiwan)
County :	Hsinchu
Coordinates :	24 ° 35 ' N , 121 ° 9' E Coordinates: 24 ° 35 '28 " N , 121 ° 8' 53" E
Height :	300 - 2800 m
Area :	227.7280 km²
Residents :	4,612 (Aug 2019)
Population density :	20 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time)
Telephone code :	(+886) (0) 3
Postal code :	311
ISO 3166-2 :	TW-HSQ
Community type :	Rural community ( 鄉 , Xiāng )
Structure :	4 villages ( 村 , Cūn )
Website :	www.hcwft.gov.tw
	Wufeng
	Wufeng

Wufeng ( Chinese 五峰鄉 , Pinyin Wǔfēng Xiāng ), sometimes also Wufong , is a rural community ( 鄉 , Xiāng ) in Hsinchu County in the Republic of China (Taiwan) .

description

Wufeng (literally 'five peaks') is located in the western foothills of the Xueshan Mountains and therefore got its name. At the northern boundary of Wufeng is the 1061 m high Wuzhishan ( 五指山 - "five-finger mountain" ). The topography is characterized by mountainous terrain with narrowly cut valleys and the height above sea level varies between 300 and 2800 meters. There are only a few larger flat areas for agricultural use. Most of the municipality is covered by mountain forest. The neighboring communities are in Hsinchu County in the north, Beipu , Zhudong and Hengshan , and in the northeast and east Jianshi . Wufeng is bordered by Nanzhuang to the west and Tai'an to the south (both in Miaoli County ). 24.641805555556 121.09608333333

history

The first historically tangible inhabitants of the Wufeng area were members of indigenous peoples . During the period of Japanese rule in Taiwan, the area was administered as a "native area" by several police stations. After the transition of the island of Taiwan to the Republic of China , the area was organized on April 1, 1946 as a rural community ( 鄉 , Xiāng ) in the newly established Hsinchu County. In the 2010s, Wufeng was classified as a region of the indigenous peoples , in which this special promotion should receive.

Outline of Wufeng

Former home of Zhang Xueliang with the statues of him and his wife

Indigenous Peoples Museum

Administrative division

Wufeng is divided into four villages: Taoshan ( 桃山村 ), Zhulin ( 竹林村 ), Huayuan ( 花園村 ) and Da'ai ( 大隘村 ).

population

The population consists predominantly of members of indigenous peoples (at the end of 2018 4303 people, corresponding to around 94%). These mainly belong to the Atayal and Saisiyat . The small minority of Han Chinese are predominantly Hakka .

Agriculture

The dominant branch of the economy is agriculture and forestry, in which the majority of workers work. Mainly fruits and vegetables are grown , but shiitake mushroom cultivation also plays an important role. The main products in vegetable growing are sweet potatoes , corn , garden radish , winter onions , vegetable cabbage , Chinese mustard , sweet peppers and bitter melons , and in fruit growing plums , peaches , persimmons and pears . Pigeon peas are a traditional food of the indigenous people . Peaches are a specialty of the area. The expansion of the fruit culture is systematically subsidized by the state.

traffic

The only major road is the county road 182, which runs into Wufeng in the west from the north.

particularities

The main attraction of Wufeng is nature. In the east, Wufeng has a small share (1328 ha) of Shei-Pa National Park . In the south lies the 907 hectare Guanwu Forest Recreation Area ( 觀霧國家森林遊樂區 , Guānwù guójiā sēnlín yóulè qū , 'Guanwu' = "fog viewing"), which also extends into the neighboring community of Tai'an. Several hiking trails lead through these nature parks.

A point of attraction for visitors is the former home of Zhang Xueliang ( 張學良故居 , Zhāng Xuéliáng Gùjū ). Zhang was a military man in the ancient Republic of China and one of the ringleaders of the 1936 Xi'an Incident , in which Chiang Kai-shek was supposed to be forced into an anti-Japanese alliance with the communists. After the incident, Zhang was tried and sentenced to life house arrest. When the Kuomintang government had to flee to the island of Taiwan at the end of the Chinese Civil War , they took prisoner Zhang with them and he was housed in a remote house in what is now Wufeng until 1957 under relatively generous conditions. After the end of Kuomintang sovereignty in the 1990s, Zhang emigrated to the United States, where he died in Hawaii in 2001. The original house was destroyed by a landslide in 1963, later rebuilt in a different location true to the original, and opened as a museum on December 12, 2008 on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of the Xi'an incident. In 2014, a culture museum of the indigenous peoples ( 原住民族館 , Yuán zhù mínzú guǎn ) was opened at Zhang's original place of residence . 24.575972222222 121.10394444444 24.572694444444 121.10561111111