Dajia District () is a coastal suburban district in Taichung, Taiwan. It is located on the northwestern corner of Taichung. The climate of the region is Sub-tropical, and the average temperature is roughly 24 degrees Celsius. In March 2012, it was named one of the ''Top 10 Small Tourist Towns'' by the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan.

History

The local Taokas tribe people used to live in the area before the Han people arrived. Their main activities were hunting and farming. The Han Chinese started to arrive around 1669 during the Ming Dynasty in which most of them came from Fujian, especially

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. Dajia used to be an urban township of Taichung County. On 25 December 2010, it was upgraded to become a district of the new

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of Taichung.

Administrative divisions

Zhaoyang, Dajia, Shuntian, Kongmen, Pingan, Zhuangmei, Xinmei, Minshan, Zhongshan, Nanyang, Xunfeng, Yihe, Wuling, Wenqu, Wuqu, Wenwu, Fenghua, Dehua, Jiangnan, Dingdian, Taibai, Mengchun, Xingfu, Rinan, Longquan, Xiqi, Tongan, Fude and Jianxing Village.

Economy

Notable products

* Dajia East Pottery * Yutou etc. *

Nǎiyóu sū bǐng A nǎiyóu sū bǐng () is a buttery flaky pastry made into a thin circle. It is a speciality food in the Dajia District of Taiwan. The dough has many layers, of which each is very thin and crisp. The filling is composed of butter and maltose } ...

(奶油酥餅) – A buttery flaky pastry with a thin round shape * Purple jade su – a taro dessert

Native products

* Rice * Taro * Scallion *

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hats and products

Industrial products

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- Giant Manufacturing is Established 1972 in Dajia

Tourist attractions

* Dajia Jenn Lann Temple *

Sword Well The Sword Well () or Guoxing Well () is a historical water well in Dajia District, Taichung, Taiwan. History According to legend, the well was created from a sword stuck into the ground by Koxinga when he was stationed in the area because he as ...

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Dajia Wenchang Temple Dajia District () is a coastal suburban district in Taichung, Taiwan. It is located on the northwestern corner of Taichung. The climate of the region is Sub-tropical, and the average temperature is roughly 24 degrees Celsius. In March 2012, it ...

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Military Memorial Park The Military Memorial Park () is a memorial park at Mount Tiezhan, Dajia District, Taichung, Taiwan. History The construction of the park began in July 1958 for its first stage in which the memorial hall was built. The second stage saw the comp ...

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Dajia Mazu Sightseeing Cultural Festival, Taichung A religious and pompous event – Dajia Mazu border-tour of incense-offering In the spring of Taiwan, amidst blossoming natural flowers, every locality is stirred for the event of welcoming and receiving Mazu. Mazu, being long stalled adored in the temple, is being shouldered by worshippers to view the spring for blessing. Everyone with religious sentiment happily participates in the event of the joyful god-welcoming competitions. Among these events to welcome Mazu, held in every locality, is the border-tour of incense-offering of "Dajia, Taichung Mazu Sightseeing Cultural Festival." The tour would travel across the city and village of the former Taichung County (now part of Taichung City), Changhua County, Yunlin County, and Chiayi County and is considered to be one of the major events of Taiwan's religious community. As a whole, the tour would march a distance on foot of 330 kilometers, and lasts over 7 days and 8 nights, passing by more than eighty participating temples. During the border-tour of incense-offering, both the traditional folk arts as well as new-generation artistic performance of Taiwan join in the tour for joy, attracting a great deal of attention. As the worshippers travel through the county and city with the faith of Mazu, they build up friendships with people along the way. During the 7-day and 8-night tour of incense-offering, there are joyful and exciting events and religious prayer as well as concentrated and ascetic sentiments – a co-existence of the heavenly and temporary, while artistic performances of the ancient, contemporary, local, or overseas are staged within the same context of space and time. As a result, the intermingled moments of religious faith and an exhilarating joyful atmosphere have confirmed the religious faith of the people of Taiwan. In recent years, the festival is increasingly attracting the growing number of Mazu worshippers in mainland China – in 2010 there were more than 2,000 mainland followers from about 40 Mazu temples. President Ma Ying-jeou also attended.Taiwanese festival lures mainland Chinese
, BBC News, 19 April 2010

Transportation

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Dajia Station *

Rinan Station Taiwan High Speed Rail passes through the eastern part of the district, but no station is currently planned.

Notable natives

* Chiu Tai-san, Minister of Justice (2016–2018) *

Hsueh Ling Hsueh Ling (; born in 1954) is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party who is in the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan.Shih, Hsiu-chuan.Free-for-all breaks out in legislature" ''Taipei Times The ''Taipei Times'' is the only printed daily ...

, member of 8th

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Liu Sung-pan Liu Sung-pan (; 3 December 1931 — 18 November 2016) was a Taiwanese politician. He served as the President of the Legislative Yuan from 1992 to 1999. He was the Legislative Yuan's first Taiwan-born speaker and presided over a legislature enti ...

, Vice President of Legislative Yuan (1990–1991) * Peng Ming-min, Presidential candidate for 1996 presidential election *

Huang Poren Huang Poren (; born 1970), a Taiwanese sculptor, was born in Taichung, Taiwan. His ancestral homeland is Fujian, China. His grandfather and parents engaged in wood carving business. In his youth, he majored in sculpture at Fu-Hsin Trade & Art ...

References

{{Districts in Taiwan Districts of Taichung Taiwan placenames originating from Formosan languages