Zhutian
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Zhutian 竹田 鄉 |
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.svg) Location of Zhutian in Pingtung County |
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 Republic of China (Taiwan)
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| County : | Pinging | ||
| Coordinates : | 22 ° 35 ' N , 120 ° 32' E | ||
| Area : | 29.0732 km² | ||
| Residents : | 16,941 (Aug 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 583 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 8 (Chungyuan time) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+886) (0) 8 | ||
| Postal code : | 911 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 : | TW-PIF | ||
| Community type : | Rural community ( 鄉 , Xiāng ) | ||
| Structure : | 15 villages ( 村 , Cūn ) | ||
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Zhutian ( Chinese 竹田鄉 , Pinyin Zhutian Xiang , Tongyong Pinyin Jhútián Siang , Hokkien Tek Chhan-hiong ) is a rural municipality in Pingtung County on Taiwan ( Republic of China ).
location
Zhutian is located in the center of the Pingtung Plain , a large alluvial plain west of the Central Mountains , a few kilometers southeast of the district capital Pingtung . The southeastern boundary is largely formed by the small river Donggang ( 東 港 溪 , Dōnggǎng Xī ). The neighboring communities are Wandan in the west, Kanding and Chaozhou in the south, Wanluan and Neipu in the east, and Linluo in the north.
history
The original inhabitants of the region were members of indigenous Austronesian ethnic groups . The immigration of Han Chinese settlers began at the end of the 17th century . Due to its convenient location, the place developed into an intermediate trade and storage place for rice, which was transported to the coast along the course of the Donggang river to the port of the same name on the coast . This is where the older name of Zhutian comes from: 頓 物 , Dùnwù , Hakka Tunvud , which means something like “warehouse”. In 1920, during the Japanese rule , Dunwu was renamed Zhutian ('bamboo field', Japanese Takeda ). After Taiwan was handed over to the Republic of China in 1945, the 'village' ( 庄 , Zhuāng ) became a 'rural community' ( 鄉 , Xiāng ), initially in Kaohsiung County , and from 1950 in the newly established Pingtung County.
population
The majority of the population (around 60–70%) is made up of the Hakka ethnic group . According to official statistics, 93 people (around 0.5%) belonged to the indigenous peoples at the end of 2018.
| Outline of Zhutian |
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Administrative division
Zhutian is divided into 15 villages ( 村 , Cūn ):
1 Yongfeng ( 永豐 村 )
2 Xishi ( 西 勢 村 )
3 Futian ( 福田 村 )
4 Nanshi ( 南 勢 村 )
5 Liuxiang ( 六 巷村 )
6 Toulun ( 頭 崙 村 )
7 Meilun ( 美 崙 村 )
8 Erlun ( 二 崙 村 )
9 Zhutian ( 竹 田村 )
10 Lufeng ( 履 豐村 )
11 Tiaodi ( 糶 糴 村 )
12 Zhunan ( 竹南 村 )
13 Sizhou ( 泗洲 村 )
14 Dahu ( 大 湖村 )
15 Fengming ( 鳳 明 村 )
traffic
The municipality is criss-crossed by several major traffic arteries. National road 3 (motorway) runs in north-south direction . It is crossed in the south by the provincial expressway 88, which runs in an east-west direction. In the east, provincial road 1 runs through Zhutian in an approximately 3 km long section. The Pingtung Line of the Taiwan Railroad runs through Zhutian . There are two train stations: Xishi 西 勢 車站 , Xīshì Chēzhàn and Zhutian ( 竹田 車站 , Zhútián Chēzhàn ).
Agriculture
Zhutian has a predominantly village character and is used intensively for agriculture. Well-known products are lemons (on more than 90 hectares), Java apples (more than 20 hectares), bananas (more than 100 hectares) and various types of vegetables (on about 30 hectares). For some time now, the diversification of agriculture and the cultivation of cut flowers (around 50 hectares) have been subsidized by the state. Orchids of the genus Oncidium (mainly in Fengming) and the great flamingo flower are cultivated and exported .
Tourism, sightseeing
In Zhutian, in the village of Xishi, is the Hakka Culture Museum of Pingtung County ( 屏東 縣 客家 文物 館 , Píngdōng Xiàn kèjiā Wénwùguǎn , ). The museum was built in the typical Hakka architectural style and opened on October 2, 2000. The Liudui-Zhongyi-Pavilion ( 六堆 忠義 亭 , Liùduī zhōngyì tíng - "Six-Pile-Loyalty Pavilion" ) is considered worth seeing . During the time of the Zhu Yigui rebellion against the Qing rule in Taiwan in 1721, the six Hakka communities in southern Taiwan sided with the Qing authorities and organized an armed militia for self-defense. The Hakka militia repulsed Zhu Yigui's supporters, and the Qing administration built a small memorial pavilion to commemorate the crackdown after the uprising was put down. During the Japanese rule, the pavilion was temporarily closed as it was considered a center of pro-Chinese and anti-Japanese activities. The original pavilion has not been preserved and today's pavilion is a later new building.
Liudui Zhongyi Pavilion
Inside the pavilion
Entrance to the Hakka Culture Museum
Two-track expansion of the Pingtung railway line in Zhutian (2010)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 本鄉 簡介: 行政 區域 圖 ("Community profile: administrative area map"). Zhutian website, accessed January 6, 2020 (Traditional Chinese).
- ↑ 本鄉 簡介: 地理 環境 ("Community profile: geographical surroundings"). Zhutian website, accessed January 6, 2020 (Traditional Chinese).
- ↑ 楊文 山 (Yang Wenshan): 全國 客家 人口 基礎 資料 調查 研究 ("Basic data survey on the national Hakka population") . 2004, ISBN 957-01-9320-4 , Appendix: 鄉鎮 市區 臺灣 客家 人口 數 及 比例 (“Number and Proportion of the Taiwanese Hakka Population in Towns and Cities”) - (Chinese (traditional), online ).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 本鄉 簡介: 各村 街道 圖 ("Community profile: village street map"). Zhutian website, accessed January 6, 2020 (Traditional Chinese).
- ↑ 本鄉 簡介: 各 村長 介紹 ("Community profile: Presentation of the village chief:"). Zhutian website, accessed January 25, 2020 (Traditional Chinese).
- ↑ 本鄉 簡介: 農 特 產品 (“Community profile: special agricultural products”). Zhutian's website, accessed January 6, 2020 .
- ^ Hakka Museum. i-Pingtung, accessed on January 25, 2020 .
- ↑ History & development.屏東 縣政府 文化 處 (Cultural Department of the Pingtung District), accessed on January 25, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Zhongyi Temple of Liouduei. i-Pingtung, accessed on January 25, 2020 .