Beipu Township (;

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 ...

: ''Pet-phû-hiông'') is a rural township in

Hsinchu County Hsinchu County (Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a county in north-western Taiwan. The population of the county is mainly Hakka; with a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county. Zhubei is the county capital, where ...

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 nort ...

. Beipu is well known in Taiwan as a center of

culture, especially for production of ''dongfang meiren'' tea and its special Hakkanese blends of tea and nuts called

lei cha Lei cha (; pronounced ) or ground tea is a traditional Southern Chinese tea-based beverage or gruel that forms a part of Hakka cuisine. In English, the dish is sometimes called thunder tea since "thunder" () is homonymous with "pounded" (). ...

History

The town was the scene of the 1907 Hoppo Uprising against Japanese rule of Taiwan when insurgents of both Hakka and indigenous Saisiyat extraction attacked Japanese officials and their families. In retaliation, Japanese military and police killed more than 100 Hakka people, the majority of whom were young men from ''Neidaping'' (內大坪), a small village in the mountainous southern part of the township.

Demographics

As of 2014, Beipu had a population of 9,784, of whom 98 percent were Hakka.

Administrative divisions

The township comprises nine villages: Beipu, Nanxing, Dahu, Puwei, Shuiji, Nanpu, Dalin, Nankeng, and Waiping.

Tourist attractions

Beipu Citian Temple The Beipu Citian Temple () is a Buddhist temple in Beipu Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan. History The Taiwanese aborigines had been a fierce rebel force in the early days in the development of Beipu. In order to pray for peace within the local ...

Green World Ecological Farm Green World Ecological Farm () is a theme park in Beipu Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan that focuses on ecological education. Covering , the park includes an educational farm, a house, a zoo, and a botanical garden that occupies about and hos ...

Notable natives

Peng Tso-kwei Peng Tso-kwei (; born 8 February 1947) is a Taiwanese politician who served as head of the Council of Agriculture from 1997 to 1999. Early life and education Peng was born in Beipu, Hsinchu County, on 8 February 1947. He earned a bachelor's and ...

, Minister of

Council of Agriculture The Council of Agriculture (COA, ) is the official government body in the Republic of China (Taiwan) under the Executive Yuan in charged with overseeing affairs related to agriculture, forestry, fishery, animal husbandry and food affairs. CAO is a ...

(1997–1999) *

Perng Shaw-jiin Perng Shaw-jiin (; born 28 February 1957) is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician. Education and early career Perng majored in law at National Taiwan University, before earning an LL.M from Soochow University and a doctorate of law from the Univers ...

, Deputy Chairperson of Fair Trade Commission *

Huang Guo-shu Huang Guo-shu (; 8 August 1905 – 8 December 1987), born Yeh Yen-sheng () was the President of the Legislative Yuan, first as acting from 1951 to 1952, then officially from 1961 to 1972. He also served as the Vice President of the Legislative Y ...

, former

President of the Legislative Yuan The president of the Legislative Yuan is the Speaker (politics), presiding officer of the Legislative Yuan of the Taiwan, Republic of China. The incumbent president is Yu Shyi-kun, a Democratic Progressive Party legislator and the second DPP Pr ...

(1961-1972).

References

External links

* Townships in Hsinchu County {{Taiwan-geo-stub