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Nanzhuang Station
Nanzhuang Township is a rural township in Miaoli County, Taiwan. Geography It has a population total of 10,381 (January 2017) and an area of . Demographics The population consists of Hakkas, Hoklos and the indigenous Saisiyat and Atayal people. Administrative divisions The township comprises nine villages: Nanfu, Nanjiang, Penglai, Shishan, Tianmei, Tung, Tunghe, Xi and Yuanlin. Politics The township is part of Miaoli County Constituency II electoral district for Legislative Yuan. Transportation * Guo-Guang Motor Transit Company Tourist attractions * Museum of Saisiyat Folklore * Nanzhuang Old Street * Nanzhuang Theater * Quanhua Temple * Shenxian Valley * Shitoushan (Lion's Head Mountain) Temple * Xiangtian Lake File:Exterior facade of the Museum of Saisiyat Folklore, as taken on 9th October 2020.jpg, Museum of Saisiyat Folklore File:Miaoli-County Taiwan Quanhua-Temple-03.jpg, Quanhua Temple File:獅頭山 Shitou Mountain - panoramio.jpg, Shitoushan in Nanzhuang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Township (Taiwan)
Townships are the third-level administrative subdivisions of counties of the Republic of China (Taiwan), along with county-administered cities. After World War II, the townships were established from the following conversions on the Japanese administrative divisions: Although local laws do not enforce strict standards for classifying them, generally urban townships have a larger population and more business and industry than rural townships, but not to the extent of county-administered cities. Under townships, there is still the village as the fourth or basic level of administration. As of 2022, there are totally 184 townships, including 38 urban townships, 122 rural townships and 24 mountain indigenous townships. 174 townships with 35 urban and 118 rural townships are located in Taiwan Province and 10 townships with 3 urban and 4 rural townships are located in Fujian Province. Penghu and Lienchiang are the only two counties that do not have urban townships. Statistics of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Yuan Constituencies In Miaoli County
Miaoli County legislative districts () consist of 2 single-member constituencies, each represented by a member of the Republic of China Legislative Yuan. Current districts *Miaoli County Constituency 1 - Houlong, Sanyi, Tongluo, Tongxiao, Yuanli, Zaoqiao, Zhunan Townships *Miaoli County Constituency 2 - Miaoli City, Toufen City, Dahu, Gongguan, Nanzhuang, Sanwan, Shitan, Touwu, Tai'an Tai'an () is a prefecture-level city in Western Shandong Province of the People's Republic of China. Centered on Mount Tai, the city borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the north, Zibo to the east, Linyi to the southeast, Liaocheng to ..., Zhuolan Townships Legislators Li Yi-ting was removed from office due to election fraud. Hsu Yao-chang resigned in 2014 after his election as Miaoli County magistrate. Election results References {{Legislative Yuan seats by electoral method navbar Constituencies in Taiwan Miaoli County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shenxian Valley , formerly known as Shengxian, a county-level city in Zhejiang province
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Shenxian may refer to: * Xian (Taoism), or shenxian (神仙), Taoist immortal * Shen County or Shenxian (莘县), in Shandong province See also *Shengzhou Shengzhou (), formerly Shengxian or Sheng County, is a county-level city in central Zhejiang, south of the Hangzhou Bay, and is the south-eastern part of the prefecture-level city of Shaoxing. It is about 1.5 hours drive from the provincial ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanzhuang Theater
The Jindong Movie Theater () is a movie theater and restaurant in Nanzhuang Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. Architecture The movie theater building is decorated with various movie posters around it. It shows old movies and serves Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ... cuisines. See also * Cinema of Taiwan References Buildings and structures in Miaoli County Cinemas in Taiwan {{theat-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanzhuang Old Street
The Nanzhuang Old Street or Osmanthus Alley () is an old street in Nanzhuang Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. Name The street is also called Osmanthus Alley due to the fact that it is famous for its osmanthus wine. History The street was the business center of the olden days of the town when it prospered due to the booming of lumber and mining industries within the area. The area however faced a downturn with the declining of those industries. See also * List of roads in Taiwan This is a list of roads in Taiwan. Taipei City * Civic Boulevard * Dihua Street * Dunhua Road * Fuxing Road * Guangfu Road * Heping Road * Jianguo Road * Keelung Road * Ketagalan Boulevard * Minsheng Road * Nanjing Road * Renai Road * ... * List of tourist attractions in Taiwan References Streets in Taiwan Tourist attractions in Miaoli County Transportation in Miaoli County {{taiwan-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of Saisiyat Folklore
The Museum of Saisiyat Folklore () is a museum of Saisiyat people in Nanzhuang Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. The museum is dedicated to the culture of the people and their ''Festival of Short People'' (). History The museum was set up by Miaoli County Government with subsidies from the central government. Architecture The museum is a 3-story building. The total floor area of the museum is around 1,800 m2. The finished architecture surface of the museum is wrapped with bamboo-weaving art of the Saisiyat culture and the stone columns are decorated with Saisiyat's special totems. Transportation The museum is accessible by bus from Zhunan Station of Taiwan Railways. See also * List of museums in Taiwan * Taiwanese aborigines Taiwanese may refer to: * Taiwanese language, another name for Taiwanese Hokkien * Something from or related to Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Yuan
The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel voting system. Originally located in Nanking, the Legislative Yuan, along with the National Assembly (electoral college) and the Control Yuan (upper house), formed the tricameral parliament under the original 1947 Constitution. The Legislative Yuan previously had 759 members representing each constituencies of all provinces, municipalities, Tibet, Outer Mongolia and various professions. Until democratization, the Republic of China was an authoritarian state under Dang Guo, the Legislative Yuan had alternatively been characterized as a rubber stamp for the then-ruling regime of the Kuomintang. Like parliaments or congresses of other countries, the Legislative Yuan is responsible for the passage of legislation, which is then sent to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity) created to provide its population with representation in the larger state's legislative body. That body, or the state's constitution or a body established for that purpose, determines each district's boundaries and whether each will be represented by a single member or multiple members. Generally, only voters (''constituents'') who reside within the district are permitted to vote in an election held there. District representatives may be elected by a first-past-the-post system, a proportional representative system, or another voting method. They may be selected by a direct election under universal suffrage, an indirect election, or another form of suffrage. Terminology The names for electoral districts vary across countries and, oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atayal People
The Atayal (), also known as the Tayal and the Tayan, are a Taiwanese indigenous people. The Atayal people number around 90,000, approximately 15.9% of Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them the third-largest indigenous group. The preferred endonym is "Tayal", although the Taiwanese government officially recognizes them as "Atayal". Etymology The Atayal word for Atayal is , meaning "human" or "man". Origins The first record of Atayal inhabitance is found near the upper reaches of the Zhuoshui River. During the late 17th century, they crossed the Central Mountain Ranges into the wilderness of the east. They then settled in the Liwu River valley. Seventy-nine Atayal villages can be found here. Genetics Taiwan is home of a number of Austronesian indigenous groups since before 4,000 BC. However, genetic analysis suggests that the different peoples may have different ancestral source populations originating in mainland Asia, and developed in isolation from each oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miaoli County
Miaoli County (Mandarin Pinyin: ''miáo lì xiàn''; Hakka PFS: ''Mèu-li̍t-yen''; Hokkien POJ: ''Biâu-le̍k-koān'' or ''Miâu-le̍k-koān'') is a county in western Taiwan. Miaoli is adjacent with Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City to the north, Taichung to the south, and borders the Taiwan Strait to the west. Miaoli is classified as a county in central Taiwan by the National Development Council, while the Taiwan Central Weather Bureau classifies Miaoli as a county in northern Taiwan. Miaoli City is the capital of the county, and is also known as "Mountain Town", owing to the number of mountains nearby, making it a destination for hiking. Name The name ''Miaoli'' was coined by matching Hakka Chinese sound for the characters 貓貍 to the phonetically approximate ''Pali'' (''Bari'') from the Taokas language. The resulting word () is a widespread but non-orthodox variant referring to Viverridae. In 1889, during late Qing rule, the name was modified from various forms () to its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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