Yizhu (Chiayi)
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Yizhu 義 竹鄉 |
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.svg) Location Yizhus in Chiayi County |
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 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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| County : | Chiayi | ||
| Coordinates : | 23 ° 21 ' N , 120 ° 13' E | ||
| Area : | 79.2925 km² | ||
| Residents : | 17,883 (Dec 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 226 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+886) (0) 5 | ||
| Postal code : | 624 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 : | TW-CYQ | ||
| Community type : | Rural community ( 鄉 , Xiang ) | ||
| Structure : | 22 villages ( 村 , Cūn ) | ||
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Yizhu ( Chinese 義竹鄉 , Pinyin Yizhu Xiang ) is a rural municipality ( 鄉 , Xiang ) in Chiayi County the Republic of China on Taiwan .
location
Yizhu is located in the southwest of Chiayi County on the Jianan Plain . The southern boundary to the urban area of Tainan is essentially formed by the river Bazhangxi ( 八掌溪 ). The neighboring communities are Budai in the west, Puzi in the north, Lucao in the northeast, and the Tainan districts of Houbi in the east, Yanshui in the southeast, Xuejia in the south and Beimen in the southwest. The climate in Yizhu is moderately warm with an annual mean temperature of 24.6 ° C (minimum 16.2 ° C in January, maximum 31.2 ° C in July). Annual precipitation is 1636 mm and is concentrated in the rainy season from March / April to August / September. In the three months of June to August, 60% of the annual precipitation falls due to the southwest monsoon. The winter months are accordingly dry.
history
Beginning in the 17th and 18th centuries, the Yizhu area was gradually colonized by immigrants from mainland China. The Austronesian indigenous population was either assimilated or pushed further east into the interior.
There are various assumptions about the origin of the place name. The name is said to be derived from a type of bamboo 二 竹 圍 , Èr zhúwéi . Since 二 , Èr is pronounced in Hokkien like jī , the place name came about. Another legendary explanation of the name goes back to the Sino-Japanese War of 1895 . The Japanese commander Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa is said to have been fatally injured during the Japanese invasion of Taiwan by a knife attack by a Taiwanese fighter on today's Yizhu (in fact, he died during the campaign - according to official reports, however, of malaria or pneumonia). The Japanese then devastated the surrounding settlements and killed numerous residents and fighters. The settlement should be commemorating the "righteous deeds" ( 義 , Yi - "righteousness") then in Yizhu renamed.
During the time of Japanese rule (1895-1945) various administrative reforms took place, the Yizhu on October 1, 1920 to a village ( 庄 , Chinese. Zhuāng , Japan. Shō ) in the district ( 郡 , Chinese. Jùn , Japanese. Gun ) Dongshi in Tainan Prefecture . After Taiwan was transferred to the Republic of China in 1945, Yizhu became a rural community ( 鄉 , Xiang ) on January 18, 1946 , initially in Tainan County and from October 25, 1950 in the newly formed Chiayi County.
In earlier times (with a peak in the 1950s and 1960s) Yizhu was with the neighboring districts / municipalities Xuejia, Beimen and Budai one of the endemic areas of the so-called "black foot disease" ( Blackfoot disease ), a chronic arsenic poisoning , caused by the use came about from groundwater from deep wells. The disease disappeared after a central water supply was set up in the 1960s.
population
The vast majority of the population are Hoklo ( Minnan speakers). Members of indigenous peoples make up only a very small percentage (32 people at the end of 2018, 0.2%).
| Outline of Yizhu |
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Administrative division
Yizhu is divided into 22 villages ( 村 , Cūn ):
1 Renli ( 仁里 村 )
2 Liugui ( 六 桂 村 )
3 Yizhu ( 義 竹村 )
4 Anjiao ( 岸 腳 村 )
5 Wucuo ( 五 厝村 )
6 Zhongping ( 中平 村 )
7 Xizhou ( 溪洲 村 )
8 Dongrong ( 東榮 村 )
9 Dongguang ( 東 光 村 )
10 Chuanfang ( 傳 芳村 )
11 Piqian ( 埤 前 村 )
12 Longjiao ( 龍 蛟 村 )
13 Pingxi ( 平溪 村 )
14 Houzhen ( 後 鎮村 )
15 Beihua ( 北 華 村 )
16 Xindian ( 新 店村 )
17 Guanshun ( 官 順 村 )
18 Guanhe ( 官 和村 )
19 Xiguo ( 西 過 村 )
20 Dongguo ( 東 過 村 )
21 Xinfu ( 新 富 村 )
22 Touzhu ( 頭 竹村 )
Agriculture
Of the 79.3 km² community area, around 46.6 km² are used for agriculture. Of this, about 36 km² are wet rice fields and the rest are dry cultivation areas. The eastern part of Yizhu consists of fertile alluvial land (alluvial soil) while the western part consists of former marshland or land extracted from the sea, which has a high salinity. The agricultural use therefore takes place predominantly in the eastern part, while in the western part mainly aquaculture is practiced. The fish ponds together take up about 17 km². There are mainly perch , milkfish , tilapia , eel , Flathead Gray Mullet , "White Shrimp" ( Litopenaeus vannamei ), grass carp and goldfish bred. Besides rice are sorghum , maize , mulberry trees , cucumbers , peppers , bitter melons , tomatoes , watermelons , grapefruits , sugar cane , sweet corn , mangoes , etc. cultivated. The main pets are poultry and pigs. Crocodile farms have been operating in Xinfu Village and other villages for more than 30 years .
traffic
The largest road is Provincial Road 19, which crosses the municipality in north-south direction on the eastern edge. There are also two county roads: County Road 163, which runs parallel to the course of the Bazhangxi along the southern border, and County Road 172, which runs through Yiuhu from north-west to south-east.
particularities
The small Presbyterian Donghouliao Church ( 東 後 寮 教會 , Dōng hòu liáo jiàohuì ) from 1926/27 in the village of Pingxi is now a listed building, but is still in use. The old house of Weng Qingjiang ( 翁清江 的 古宅 , Wēng qīngjiāng de gǔ zhái ), also located in Pinxi, was built between 1908 and 1912 and has a characteristic mix of Minnan style, Japanese style and Western style in the interior on. In Yizhu, the remains of the old sugar train with a small station building ( 義 竹 車站 , Yìzhú chēzhàn ) can still be seen.
Donghouliao Church
Weng Qingjiang Old House Entrance Building
Station building of the former Zuckerbahn
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 義 竹 簡介 (Introduction to Yizhu). Yizhu website, accessed April 11, 2020 (Chinese (traditional)).
- ^ Geography. Yizhu website, accessed April 11, 2020 .
- ^ History. Yizhu website, accessed April 11, 2020 .
- ↑ FEATURE: Former doctor remembers Blackfoot diseas. Taipei Times, February 4, 2009, accessed April 12, 2020 .
- ↑ 原住民 戶數 及 人數 Households and Persons of Indigenous People. (xls) Taiwan Ministry of the Interior, accessed August 4, 2018 (Chinese, English).
- ↑ Brief introduction to each village. Yizhu website, accessed April 11, 2020 (Chinese (traditional)).
- ↑ a b c 農漁 特產 (specialties of agriculture and fish farming). Yizhu website, accessed April 11, 2020 (Chinese (traditional)).
- ↑ Steven Crook: Highways and Byways: A church tour of the Chianan plain. Taipei Times, December 28, 2018, accessed April 12, 2020 .
- ↑ 鄉土 巡禮 (tour of the community). Yizhu website, accessed April 11, 2020 (Chinese (traditional)).
- ↑ Historical Spots. Yizhu website, accessed April 11, 2020 .
