Shulin District () is an inner city

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in southwestern

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History

On August 1, 1946, seventeen urban villages () were divided from

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Township and made into Shulin Township (). Shulin was upgraded to a

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on 4 October 1999 from an

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, and to a

on 25 December 2010.

Administrative divisions

Shulin District administers forty-two urban villages: * Sanxing (), Sanfu (), Sanduo (), Sanlong (), Qiangliao (), Guangxing (), Jinliao (), Tandi (), Wenlin (), Baoan (), Zunan (), Zunfu (), Zunmin (), Zunsheng (), Shude (), Shufu (), Shuxi (), Shuxing (), Shuren (), Yuying (), Shunan (), Ponei (), Shutung (), Shubei (), Pengfu (), Heping (), Pengxing (), Pengcuo (), Datong (), Zhonghua (), Taishun (), Tungsheng (), Tungyang (), Tungshan (), Shanjia (Shanchia, ), Zhongshan (), Leshan (), Ganyuan (), Xiyuan (), Nanyuan (), Tungyuan () and Beiyuan () Village.

Religion

Baosheng Dadi Baosheng Dadi is a Deity of Medicine worshiped in Chinese folk religion and Taoism. The deity is very popular in Fujian, Taiwan and the Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. Historical Personage Wu Tao or Wu Ben () was born in the villag ...

is the most commonly accepted deity in Shulin District. The most important holiday in Shulin is the birthday of Baosheng Dadi, which falls on the fifteenth day of the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar. The people of Ganyuan celebrate a festival for ''Baoyi daifu'' ( 保儀大夫) on the first day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar. A hog is sacrificed every year on the sixth day of the first month of the lunar calendar.

Tourist Attractions

* Datong Mountain * Lujiao Creek Wetlands

Infrastructures

* Shulin Refuse Incineration Plant

Transportation

Front Station of TRA Shulin Station 20070703

* TRA Shanjia Station * TRA

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Notable natives

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, Taekwondo athlete

References

External links

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107年樹林區施政成果影片
('2018 Shulin District Government Work Video') {{Districts in Taiwan Districts of New Taipei