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Liuchongxi
Liuchongxi is a Taivoan people, Taivoan community located in Baihe District, Baihe District, Tainan, Tainan City in Taiwan. It is one of the oldest Taivoan communities which history can be traced back to the 17th century during the Dutch Formosa, Dutch occupation period, when some of the Taivoan people from Toushe were assigned to settle here by the Dutch government. Before the arrival of the Taivoan people, it was a hunting field of the Lloa people. In the mid-Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, more Taivoan people from Nansi District, Nanxi and Yujing District, Yujing were relocated to Liuchongxi by the Qin government to defend the area. Therefore, it is historically known as "Taivoan ''Pai She''", literally "the dispatch-initiated settlement of Taivoan". The outbreak of the Tapani incident in the Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese occupation period further led to another influx of Taivoan people to this area.{{Cite web , last1=Peng , first1=Lixun , last2=Huang , first2=Zhenglu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taivoan People
The Taivoan or Tevorangh are a Taiwanese indigenous peoples, Taiwanese indigenous people. The Taivoan originally settled around hill and basin areas in Tainan County, Tainan, especially in the , which the Taivoan called ''Tamani'', later transliterated into Japanese and later borrowed in Chinese (''Yujing''). The Taivoan historically Exonym and endonym, called themselves ''Taivoan'', ''Taibowan'', ''Taiburan'' or ''Shisha''. According to some scholars, there should be more than 20,000 Taivoan people nowadays, estimated based on the records during Japanese rule of Taiwan, ranked as the second largest non-status indigenous people in Taiwan, after the Makatao people. Many scholars propose that the name of the island Taiwan actually came from the indigenous people's name, as the pronunciation of ''Taivoan'' is similar to ''Tayovan'', the people whom the Dutch met around the coast of Anping District, Anping or the bay around Anping, which later became the name ''Taiwan''. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kong-kài
A Kong-kài (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese: ''kong-kài''; Siraya language, Siraya: ''Kuwa''; Taivoan language, Taivoan: ''Kuba'', ''Kuva''), literally "the Public Hall" in Taiwanese Hokkien, is a temple or shrine where indigenous peoples like the Siraya people, Siraya, Taivoan people, Taivoan or Makatao people, Makatao hold rituals for their ancestral spirits. Historical records indicate that in the past, the Kong-kài served other functions, including a men's gathering place or a public meeting place for discussions and decision-making. Types Taivoan In the Taivoan language, the Kong-kài is generally called ''Kuba'' or any similar spelling among different communities. For example, in Siaolin Village, Siaolin, the older generation still refers to the highest ancestral spirits in the Kong-kài as ''Kuba-tsóo'', literally "the ancestors of the ''Kuba''". Some spellings from different Taivoan communities include: The Kong-kài of the Taivoan people generally faces west and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baihe District
Baihe District () is a district located in Tainan, Taiwan. It is known for its hot springs and lotus farming. The town borders Chiayi County to the north and east, Dongshan District to the south, and Houbi District to the west. Some indigenous Siraya people live here, although their lifestyles and traditions have been almost replaced (or perhaps absorbed) by Han Chinese culture. History In 1875, Scottish missionary William Campbell made a narrow escape from an attack led by Gaw-chi-ko (吳志高), a wealthy local clan head opposed to the establishment of the foreign church. At the time, the place was a market-town called ''Tiam-a-khau'' (店仔口; ) and was five miles west of their chapel. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Baihe was organized as an urban township of Tainan County. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County was merged with Tainan City and Baihe was upgraded to a district of the city A city is a human settlement of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tainan
Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and commonly called the "Taiwan Prefecture, prefectural capital" for its over 260-year history as the capital of Taiwan under Dutch Formosa, Dutch rule, the Kingdom of Tungning and later Taiwan under Qing rule, Qing dynasty rule until 1887. Tainan's complex history of comebacks, redefinitions and renewals inspired its popular nickname "the Phoenix City". Tainan is classified as a "Sufficiency"-level global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. As Taiwan's oldest urban area with over 400 years history, Tainan was initially established by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as a ruling and trading base called Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan), Fort Zeelandia during Dutch Formosa, the Dutch colonial rule on the island. After Koxinga Siege of Fort Zeelandia, seized the Dutch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the China, People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. It has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its Urbanization by country, highly urbanized population is concentrated. The combined Free area of the Republic of China, territories under ROC control consist of list of islands of Taiwan, 168 islands in total covering . The Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, largest metropolitan area is formed by Taipei (the capital), New Taipei City, and Keelung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated countries. Tai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Formosa
The island of Taiwan, also commonly known as ''Formosa'', was partly under colonial rule by the Dutch Republic from 1624 to 1662 and from 1664 to 1668. In the context of the Age of Discovery, the Dutch East India Company established its presence on Formosa to trade with the Ming Empire in neighbouring China and Tokugawa shogunate in Japan, and to interdict Portuguese Empire, Portuguese and Spanish Empire, Spanish trade and colonial activities in East Asia. The Dutch were not universally welcomed, and uprisings by both aborigines and recent Han people, Han arrivals were quelled by the Dutch military on more than one occasion. With the rise of the Qing dynasty in the early 17th century, the Dutch East India Company cut ties with the Ming dynasty and allied with the Qing instead, in exchange for the right to unfettered access to their trade route, trade and shipping routes. The colonial period was brought to an end after the Siege of Fort Zeelandia, 1662 siege of Fort Zeelandia (Taiw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloa People
Lloa is a group of Austronesian indigenous Formosan people living in the southern plain of Taiwan from Yunlin, Jiayi, to northern Tainan. They have lived through the Dutch colonization of Taiwan, as well as the Manchurian occupation during the Qing dynasty. Lloa are generally classified together with the Hoanya and Arikun as a single group, which idea has been rejected by some scholars and the indigenous people themselves. Reference See also * Hoanya people * Arikun people * Taiwanese indigenous peoples Taiwanese indigenous peoples, formerly called Taiwanese aborigines, are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about 600,303 or 3% of the Geography of Taiwan, island's population. This total is incr ... Taiwanese indigenous peoples {{Taiwan-ethno-group-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nansi District
Nansi District, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (), alternatively spelled Nanxi, is a rural district of about 8,951 residents in Tainan, Taiwan. Name Nansi () was so named because it is west of the Cishan River (Qishan). The 'nan' () in 'Nansi' is an abbreviation for Nanzixian River (), an alternate name for Cishan River. The 'si' () means 'west'. This name originated in the period of Taiwan under Japanese rule. History After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Nansi was organized as a rural township of Tainan County. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County was merged with Tainan City and Nansi was upgraded to a district of the city. Geography Nansi District borders Nanhua District to the east; Yujing District to the south; Dongshan District, Lioujia District, and Danei District to the west; and Dapu, Chiayi to the north. Administrative divisions The district consists of Nanxi, Wanqiu, Miqi, Zhaoxing, Lutian, Guidan and T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yujing District
Yujing District () is a District (Taiwan), rural district in eastern Tainan, Taiwan. It is famous for its cultivation of mangoes. After a 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit southern Taiwan in March 2010, pillars were severely damaged at Yujing Junior High School forcing school officials to cancel some classes. History Yujing, was formerly known as (or in Dutch Formosa, Dutch records after 1650's; transliterated as ) in Taivoan language, Taivoan, is likely the site of tribe of , a former political unit of the Taiwanese aborigines. The name has also been spelled ''Tefurang'', ''Tefurangh'', ''Tevoran'', ''Tevourang'', and ''Devoran''. Tevorang was one of nine villages that joined in warfare against the people of Favorlang (modern-day Huwei, Yunlin). During the Kingdom of Tungning, members of the Siraya people from the Tavocan area (modern-day Xinhua District, Tainan, Xinhua) moved to this area due to conflicts with Han Chinese. The Tapani Incident of 1915 was one of the largest a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan Under Japanese Rule
The Geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, together with the Penghu, Penghu Islands, became an annexed territory of the Empire of Japan in 1895, when the Qing dynasty ceded Taiwan Province, Fujian-Taiwan Province in the Treaty of Shimonoseki after the Japanese victory in the First Sino-Japanese War. The consequent Republic of Formosa resistance movement on Taiwan was Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895), defeated by Japan with the Capitulation of Tainan (1895), capitulation of Tainan. Japan ruled Taiwan for 50 years. Its capital was located in Taipei, Taihoku (Taipei), the seat of the Governor-General of Taiwan. Taiwan was Japan's first colony and can be viewed as the first step in implementing their "Nanshin-ron, Southern Expansion Doctrine" of the late 19th century. Japanese intentions were to turn Taiwan into a showpiece "model colony" with much effort made to improve the island's economy, public works, Industrial sector, industry, cultural Japanization (1937 to 1945), and sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
