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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 Yingge Township and made into Shulin Township (). Shulin was upgraded to a
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of
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on 4 October 1999 from an
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, and to a
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of
New Taipei City New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, b ...
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 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 traditional Chinese calendar (also known as the Agricultural Calendar ��曆; 农历; ''Nónglì''; 'farming calendar' Former Calendar ��曆; 旧历; ''Jiùlì'' Traditional Calendar ��曆; 老历; ''Lǎolì'', is a lunisolar 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

* TRA Shanjia Station * TRA Shulin Station


Notable natives

* Sung Yu-chi, Taekwondo athlete


See also

*
New Taipei City New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, b ...


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