Houbi District

picture info	Houbi District Houbi District () is a rural district of about 22,108 residents in Tainan, Taiwan. History After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Houbi was organized as a rural township of Tainan County. On 25 December 2010, Tainan County was merged with Tainan City and Houbi was upgraded to a district of the city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def .... Administrative divisions Dingan, Dingzhang, Fuan, Houba, Houbi, Houbu, Jiadong, Jiamin, Jiatian, Jingli, Jingliao, Kanding, Molin, Pingan, Shian, Tugou, Wushu, Xinjia, Xintung, Zhangan and Zhuxin Village. Tourist attractions * Houbi Huang Family Mansion * Jingliao Huang Family Mansion * Saint Cross Church * Lower Jiadong Taian Temple * Putuo Buddhist Temple * Ruan Family Mansion * Wus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	District (Taiwan) Districts are administrative subdivisions of the Republic of China (Taiwan)'s special municipalities of the second level and provincial cities of the third level formerly under its provinces. There are two types of district in the administrative scheme. Ordinary districts are governed directly by the municipality/city government with district administrators appointed by the mayors to four-year terms. The mountain indigenous district is a local government body with elected district chiefs as well as district council serving four-year terms. History The first administrative divisions entitled "districts" were established in the 1900s when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. After the World War II, nine (9) out of eleven (11) prefectural cities established by the Japanese government were reform into provincial cities. These cities are Changhua, Chiayi, Hsinchu, Kaohsiung, Keelung, Pingtung, Taichung, Tainan and Taipei. The wards ( ''ku'') and towns ( ''machi'') under those c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Saint Cross Church The Saint Cross Church () is a church in Jingliao Village, Houbi District, Tainan, Taiwan. History The church was designed in the 1950s. In 1955, German priest Eric Jansen who was stationed in the village decided to build a Catholic church. Architecture Designed by German architect Gottfried Boehm, the church building consists of four parts, which are pyramid chapel, coned bell tower, basilica and holy shrine. Towers of the four parts were built with aluminum-covered cypress. At each of the tower tip lies a representative totem. The church features a dormitory and a kindergarten within the same compound. The church has also a small museum depicting the history of the church from its founding. See also * List of tourist attractions in Taiwan * Christianity in Taiwan Taiwan has a Christian minority, making up about 3.9% of its population. Roughly half of Taiwan's Christians are Catholic, and half Protestant. Due to the small number of practitioners, Christianity has not inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Houbi Railway Station Houbi () is a railway station on the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line located in Houbi District, Tainan, Taiwan. History The station was opened on 20 April 1903. Architecture The station is a wooden structure. Around the station * Houbi Huang Family Mansion See also * List of railway stations in Taiwan There are currently six operating railway systems in Taiwan: The two Inter-city rail systems, Taiwan Railways and Taiwan High Speed Rail, have several overlaps in station names. See below ''Taiwan High Speed Rail'' section for their relations in ... References 1903 establishments in Taiwan Railway stations in Tainan Railway stations opened in 1903 Railway stations served by Taiwan Railways Administration {{Taiwan-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Taiwan Railways Administration Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is a railway operator in Taiwan. It is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, responsible for managing, maintaining, and running conventional passenger and freight railway services on 1097 km of track in Taiwan. Since Taiwan is heavily urbanised with a high population density, railways have played an important part in domestic transportation since the late 19th century. Passenger traffic in 2018 was 231,267,955. The agency's headquarters are in Zhongzheng District, Taipei. Overview Railway services between Keelung and Hsinchu began in 1891 under China's Qing dynasty. Because the railway was completely rebuilt and substantially expanded under the operated by Formosa's Japanese colonial government (1895–1945), the network's Japanese influence and heritage persists. Similarities between the TRA and the Japan Railways (JR) companies can be noted in signal aspects, signage, track layout, fare controls, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ruan Family Mansion Ruan may refer to: Buildings Ruan Center, office building in Des Moines, Iowa John Ruan House, historic mansion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Places Ruan, County Clare, Ireland Ruan, Loiret, France Mont Ruan, Switzerland Ruan Major and Ruan Minor, two settlements in Cornwall, UK, forming part of the civil parish of Grade–Ruan Ruan Lanihorne, a civil parish and village in south Cornwall People Ruan (Also known as Ruannfps, born in 2008), Fortnite professional player, full name ''Ruan Pablo'' Ruan (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian football player, full name ''Ruan Teixeira Silva'' Ruan Renato (born 1994), Brazilian football player Ruan (footballer, born 1995), Brazilian football player, full name ''Ruan Gregório Teixeira'' Ruan (footballer, born 1998), Brazilian football player, full name ''Ruan Vinicius Silva de Jesus'' Ruan (footballer, born 2005), Brazilian football player, full name ''Ruan Pereira Duarte'' Ruan (surname) Other uses Ruan (instrument) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Putuo Buddhist Temple Putuo is the Chinese rendering of Sanskrit Potalaka. It may refer to the following places in China: Mount Putuo, one of the four Buddhist holy mountains of China Putuo District, Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province: location of Mount Putuo * Putuo District, Shanghai Putuo Zongcheng Temple, in Chengde, Hebei Province South Putuo Temple South Putuo or Nanputuo () is a famous Buddhist temple founded in the Tang dynasty in the Chinese city of Xiamen. It is so named because it is south of the Buddhist holy site Mount Putuo in Zhejiang Province. Location The South Putuo Temple is ... , in Xiamen, Fujian Province {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lower Jiadong Taian Temple Lower may refer to: Lower (surname) Lower Township, New Jersey Lower Receiver (firearms) Lower Wick Gloucestershire, England See also Nizhny Nizhny (russian: Ни́жний; masculine), Nizhnyaya (; feminine), or Nizhneye (russian: Ни́жнее; neuter), literally meaning "lower", is the name of several Russian localities. It may refer to: Nizhny Novgorod, a Russian city colloquia ... {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jingliao Huang Family Mansion The Jingliao Huang Family Mansion () is a historical house in Houbi District, Tainan, Taiwan. History The house was built in 1928. Architecture The facade of the house is a renaissance style and the house building is a Southern Min style. It is a symmetric structure with five paneled facades. The front side has two columns and a terrazzo fire wall. Both sides of the halls are octagon shape and the side wings are protected with fire walls. The back side is fenced and the back wing is protected with fire wall. See also * List of tourist attractions in Taiwan Popular tourist attractions in Taiwan include the following: Attractions Historical buildings * Beihai Tunnel, Beigan () * Beihai Tunnel, Nangan () * Daxi Wude Hall () * Eter ... References {{commons category 1928 establishments in Taiwan Buildings and structures in Tainan Houses in Taiwan Residential buildings completed in 1928 Tourist attrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" for its over 200 years of history as the capital of Taiwan under Koxinga and later Qing rule. 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, Tainan was initially established by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as a ruling and trading base called Fort Zeelandia during the period of Dutch rule on the island. After Dutch colonists were defeated by Koxinga in 1661, Tainan remained as the capital of the Tungning Kingdom until 1683 and afterwards the capital of Taiwan Prefecture under Qing Dynasty rule until 1887, when the new provincial capital was first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Houbi Huang Family Mansion The Houbi Huang Family Mansion () is a historical house in Houbi District, Tainan, Taiwan. History The mansion began its construction in 1924 and completed in 1927. Architecture The mansion was designed with Southern Min style on top of 2 hectares of land over two sections. The front section is connected to the back section with covered corridors. The back section consists of three rooms and the left and right sides have seven rooms each. It has intricate wood carvings. Transportation The mansion is accessible within walking distance south east of Houbi Station of Taiwan Railways. See also * List of tourist attractions in Taiwan Popular tourist attractions in Taiwan include the following: Attractions Historical buildings * Beihai Tunnel, Beigan () * Beihai Tunnel, Nangan () * Daxi Wude Hall () * Eter ... References 1927 establishments in Taiwan Buildings and structures in Tainan Houses complete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]