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Xinyi, Nantou
Xinyi Township or Sinyi Township () is a mountain indigenous township in Nantou County, Taiwan. It is the largest township by area of Nantou County. Xinyi is home to the Bunun people of the Taiwanese aborigines. Geography It has a population total of 16,813 and an area of . Administrative divisions The township comprises 14 villages: *1 Tannan *2 Deli *3 Shuanglong *4 Tungpu *5 Tongfu *6 Shenmu *7 Wangmei *8 Luona *9 Xinxiang *10 Zijiang *11 Aiguo *12 Mingde *13 Renhe *14 Fengqiu Economy The township ranks first in Taiwan in terms of plum production, reaching an annual production of 20,000 tonnes. Infrastructures * Lulin Observatory Tourist attractions * Batongguan Trail * Mount Dongjun * Mount Mabolasi * Mount Zhuoshe * Shuiyuan Suspension Bridge * Yushan National Park Yushan National Park () is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan and was named afte ... [...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] |
Nantou County
Nantou County (; Hokkien POJ: ''Lâm-tâu-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Nàm-thèu-yen'') is the second largest county of Taiwan by area, located in the central part of the country. It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives from the Hoanya Taiwanese aboriginal word ''Ramtau''. Its mountainous area makes it a tourist destination; Sun Moon Lake is located in this county. Other well-known sightseeing of the county including Aowanda, Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village, Hehuanshan, Paper Dome, Qingjing Farm, Shanlinxi, Shuiyuan Suspension Bridge and Xitou. Notable cities in Nantou are Nantou City and Puli Town. The official butterfly of Nantou County is the broad-tailed swallowtail butterfly (''Agehana maraho''). Nantou's tung-ting tea is one of the most famous and high-quality oolong teas grown in Taiwan. History Early history Before the arrival of Han Chinese to Nantou, the Atayal, Bunun and Tsou tribes were distributed throughout the northern and ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consist of 168 islands, with a combined area of . The main island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital, Taipei, forms along with New Taipei City and Keelung the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Taiwan has been settled for at least 25,000 years. Ancestors of Taiwanese indigenous peoples settled the isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunun People
The Bunun (), also historically known as the Vonum, are a Taiwanese indigenous people. They speak the Bunun language. Unlike other aboriginal peoples in Taiwan, the Bunun are widely dispersed across the island's central mountain ranges. In the year 2000, the Bunun numbered 41,038. This was approximately 8% of Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them the fourth-largest indigenous group. They have five distinct communities: the Takbunuaz, the Takituduh, the Takibaka, the Takivatan, and the Isbukun. Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup According to a study published in 2014, the Y-DNA of the Bunun people belongs mainly to haplogroup O1a2-M50 (34/56 = 60.7%) or haplogroup O2a1a-M88 (21/56 = 37.5%), with a single representative of haplogroup P*-M45(xQ-M242, R-M207) (1/56 = 1.8%). Haplogroup O-M88 is rare among other aboriginal peoples of Taiwan and its vicinity, being found more commonly among populations of southwestern China and the northern parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwanese Aborigines
Taiwanese may refer to: * Taiwanese language, another name for Taiwanese Hokkien * Something from or related to Taiwan ( Formosa) * Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous people of Taiwan * Han Taiwanese, the Han people of Taiwan * Taiwanese people, residents of Taiwan or people of Taiwanese descent * Taiwanese language (other) * Taiwanese culture * Taiwanese cuisine * Taiwanese identity Taiwanese people may be generally considered the people of Taiwan who share a common culture, ancestry and speak Taiwanese Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka or indigenous Taiwanese languages as a mother tongue. Taiwanese people may also refer to the i ... See also * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xinyi Villages
Xinyi is an atonal pinyin romanization of various Mandarin Chinese words. It may refer to: Clothing * Xinyi (clothing) (), a form of undershirt worn during the Han era Mainland China *Xinyi, Jiangsu (), a county-level city in Xuzhou, Jiangsu ** Xinyi railway station () *Xinyi, Guangdong (), a county-level city in Maoming, Guangdong *Xinyi Subdistrict, Harbin (), subdivision of Daowai District, Harbin, Heilongjiang *Xinyi Subdistrict, Hegang (), subdivision of Dongshan District, Hegang, Heilongjiang *Xinyi Subdistrict, Xiaoyi (), subdivision of Xiaoyi, Shanxi * Xinyi, Shandong (), town in and subdivision of Yanzhou District, Jining, Shandong * Xinyi, Lishi District (), town in and subdivision of Lishi District, Lüliang, Shanxi Taiwan *Xinyi District, Taipei () *Xinyi District, Keelung () *Xinyi, Nantou (), township of Nantou County *Xinyi Anhe metro station Taipei Metro Xinyi Anhe station is a station on the Red Line located beneath Xinyi Rd., Sec. 4 at the intersection of Xi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plum
A plum is a fruit of some species in ''Prunus'' subg. ''Prunus''''.'' Dried plums are called prunes. History Plums may have been one of the first fruits domesticated by humans. Three of the most abundantly cultivated species are not found in the wild, only around human settlements: ''Prunus domestica'' has been traced to East European and Caucasian mountains, while ''Prunus salicina'' and '' Prunus simonii'' originated in China. Plum remains have been found in Neolithic age archaeological sites along with olives, grapes and figs. According to Ken Albala, plums originated in Iran. They were brought to Britain from Asia. An article on plum tree cultivation in Andalusia (southern Spain) appears in Ibn al-'Awwam's 12th-century agricultural work, ''Book on Agriculture''. Etymology and names The name plum derived from Old English ''plume'' "plum, plum tree", borrowed from Germanic or Middle Dutch, derived from Latin ' and ultimately from Ancient Greek ''proumnon'', itself belie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lulin Observatory
The Lulin Observatory (, obs. code: D35) is an astronomical observatory operated by the Institute of Astronomy, National Central University in Taiwan. It is located at the summit of Mount Lulin in Xinyi Township, Nantou County. In 2007, Comet Lulin (C/2007 N3), was found by this observatory, and became the first comet discovered by a Taiwanese researcher. The minor planet 147918 Chiayi was also discovered here. The Lulin 1 meter had its first light in September 2002, after 10 years of development. Telescopes * LOT Cassegrain telescope (D=1-m, f/8) * SLT R-C telescope (D=0.40-m, f/8.8) by RC Optical Systems or ''76-cm Super Light Telescope (SLT)'' * Four TAOS robotic telescopes (D=0.50-m, f/1.9) Projects * Taiwanese–American Occultation Survey (TAOS) * Lulin Emission Line Imaging Survey (LELIS) *Exoearth Discovery & Exploration Network EDEN Lulin Sky Survey (LUSS) The Lulin Sky Survey searched for near-Earth objects from 2006 to 2009. The Lulin Sky Survey T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batongguan Trail
Batongguan Historic Trail ( zh, t=八通關古道, p=Bātōngguān Gǔdào; romaji: ''Pattonkan Kodō'') is the name of two trails crossing the Central Mountain Range from Zhushan, Nantou to Yuli, Hualien in Taiwan. The first iteration of the trail was built in the Taiwan under Qing rule, Qing dynasty and was abandoned; a second was built in the Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese era. Both were built for the government to control the Taiwanese indigenous peoples, indigenous population living in the mountains. Though the two trails rarely overlap, they are often referred to by the same name. Qing dynasty trail In 1871, Ryukyuan people, Ryukyuan sailors traveling home from Shuri, Okinawa, Shuri to Miyako-jima shipwrecked off the southeast coast of Taiwan. They were killed by the local Paiwan people in what is known as the Mudan incident. In retaliation, in 1874, Japan Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874), invaded and occupied Taiwan for a few months. After the incident, the gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dongjun Mountain
Mount Dongjunda () is a mountain in Xinyi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan with an elevation of . See also *List of mountains in Taiwan The island of Taiwan has the largest number and density of high mountains in the world. This article summarizes the list of mountains that is under the Republic of China's territorial jurisdiction. There are 268 mountain peaks over above sea ... References Landforms of Nantou County Dongjun {{Taiwan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabolasi Mountain
The Mount Mabolasi () is a mountain in Taiwan. The peak is located in Xinyi Township, Nantou County, near the border of Hualien County. It is also known as the Mount Wulameng (). Geology The mountain is located within the Central Mountain Range with a maximum peak height of . It is the fourth highest mountain of Taiwan. History On 22 September 2015, an AIDC AT-3 of the Republic of China Air Force crashed around the mountain area during routine training flight, killing its two pilots. On 20 January 2019, Taiwanese hiker, Gigi Wu, known for her social media photos of herself atop Taiwanese mountains wearing only two-piece bathing suits, fell into a 20-meter valley near Mabolasi Mountain. Rescue workers found her deceased. See also * 100 Peaks of Taiwan * List of mountains in Taiwan * Yushan National Park Yushan National Park () is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan and was named after the summit Yushan, the highest peak of the park. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
