Yujing

	Yujing ; 玉井區
	; Location of Yujing in Tainan
State :	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Coordinates :	23 ° 7 ′ N , 120 ° 28 ′ E Coordinates: 23 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ N , 120 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ E
Area :	76.3662 km²
Residents :	13,997 (Dec 2018)
Population density :	183 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time)
Telephone code :	(+886) (0) 6
Postal code :	714
ISO 3166-2 :	TW-TNN
Community type :	Municipality of Tainan
Structure :	10 districts ( 里 , Lǐ )
Website :	english.yujing.gov.tw
	Yujing
	Yujing

Yujing ( Chinese 玉井區 , Pinyin Yùjǐng Qū ) is a district of the government- direct city of Tainan in the southwest of the Republic of China in Taiwan .

Location and description

Yujing is located in the east of the urban area of Tainan. The district has approximately the shape of a triangle with sides 11 to 14 kilometers. The neighboring districts are Nanhua in the southeast, Zuozhen in the southwest, Shanshang and Danei in the west, and Nanxi in the northeast. Yujing is located in the southern section of the Alishan mountain range, which is a kind of promontory in front of the actual Taiwanese central mountains. The city center of Tainan is approximately 36 kilometers away. The terrain consists of limestone on the mostly forested mountain slopes , in the area of Sanxiangong ( 三仙宮 , in the district of Wangming), Mangzimang ( 芒仔芒 , in the district of Sanhe) and Neicenglin ( 內層林 , in the district of Cenglin) there are clay soils and otherwise sandy loam prevails . Due to its lower water-binding capacity, the latter is not well suited for growing wet rice, which is why fruit crops predominate here. The climate of Yujing is subtropical with an annual mean temperature of 23.7 ° C. The warmest month is July with an average of 28.4 ° C and the coldest month is January with an average of 16.6 ° C. The annual precipitation of 2210 mm falls mainly during the rainy season from May to September, while the rest of the year is relatively dry. The duration of sunshine is 1688 hours per year and an average of 4.6 hours of sunshine per day.

history

Memorial to the Tapani incident

The first historically tangible residents of Yujing were members of the Tawan indigenous peoples of the Cau ( 曹 ) or Tapani ( 噍吧哖 ). During the Dutch colonial rule and the later Qing rule , the area was known as Dawulong ( 大武壟 ). During the Qing Dynasty, more and more Han Chinese settlers poured into Taiwan from mainland China, triggering several population movements. The Siraya were displaced by the Han from their original settlement area and in turn displaced the Cau from the area of Yujing. From the reign of Emperor Yongzheng , the Han settled more and more directly in the Yujing area. During the Japanese rule over Taiwan (1895-1945), the area was a center of the so-called Tapani incident in 1915 , a regional uprising of the local population against colonial rule that was suppressed. In 1920 the region was given the name 玉井 , in the Japanese version of the Hanzi symbol: Tamai , as this roughly corresponded to the traditional name Tapani . In Chinese transcription, the characters Yujing were pronounced, meaning "Jade Fountain". Under Japanese rule, Tamai-sho was organized as an administrative unit in Shinka-gun County ( 新化郡 ) in Tainan Prefecture . After the Republic of China took over Taiwan in 1945, Yujing was established as a rural community ( 鄉 , Xiāng ) in the newly established Tainan County . With effect from December 25, 2014, the district was dissolved and fully incorporated into the city of Tainan. All district parishes, including Yujing, received the status of city districts ( 里 , Lǐ ).

population

With almost 14,000 inhabitants (2019), Yujing is one of the smaller districts of Tainan. The population density is well below the average of Tainan, which is due to the mountainous topography. The proportion of people belonging to indigenous peoples is well below 1 percent.

Structure of Yujing

Administrative division

Yujing is divided into 10 districts ( 里 , Lǐ ).

1. Cenglin ( 層林里 )
2. Wangming ( 望明里 )
3. Sanhe ( 三和里 )
4. Sanpu ( 三埔里 )
5. Shatian ( 沙田里 )
6. Zhuwei ( 竹圍里 )
7. Yutian ( 玉田里 )
8. Yujing ( 玉井里 )
9. Zhongzheng ( 中正里 )
10. Fengli ( 豐里里 )

traffic

Yujing is well developed in terms of traffic. Provincial road 3 runs in north-south direction, from which provincial road 20 branches off in the center of Yujing and runs in a south-west direction. Provincial road 84 branches off from the latter, also in the center of Yujing, and runs to the northwest.

Agriculture

"Mango Monument" by Yujing

The dominant branch of the economy is agriculture and especially fruit growing. Produced papaya , litchi , longan , star fruit , watermelon , banana , guava , pineapple , and mangoes . Yujing is known nationwide for its mangoes, of which a wide variety of varieties are cultivated. The mango tree was introduced during the Dutch rule. A systematic expansion of the mango culture took place under the direction of the Taiwanese government from the 1960s.

Special features and tourist destinations

As worth the Taoist applies Beiji Dian or Beji Temple ( 北極殿 ) of the " Dark Warrior " Xuanwu dedicated and, starting in 1717 during the reign of Kangxi was built. In the east of Yujing, the Yuqingfang Monument ( 余清芳紀念碑 ) and the surrounding small memorial park commemorates the Tapani uprising of 1915. The former sugar factory gives an impression of the importance of sugar cane processing during the Japanese rule.