Donggang Township or Tungkang Township () is an urban

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

in west-central

Pingtung County Pingtung County is a county located in southern Taiwan. It has a warm tropical monsoon climate and is known for its agriculture and tourism. Kenting National Park, Taiwan's oldest national park, is located in the county. The county seat is Pin ...

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 ...

. Located on Taiwan's western coastline, along the

Taiwan Strait The Taiwan Strait is a -wide strait separating the island of Taiwan and continental Asia. The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to the East China Sea to the north. The narrowest part is wide. The Taiwan Strait is itself a s ...

, it has one of Taiwan's largest fishing harbors.

Dapeng Bay Dapeng Bay or Dapeng Wan, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is a lagoon in Donggang Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan. It is the largest lagoon on the southwest coastline of Taiwan Island. Scenic Area The Dapeng Bay Natio ...

with its national scenic area is just south of Donggang. The town also hosts

Donglong Temple The Donglong Temple () is one of the most prominent temple in Donggang Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan. The temple is dedicated to "Lord Wen" (溫王爺; Wēn wángyé, the word Wen is pronounced the same as "plague" in Chinese). History The ...

(), which is dedicated to "Lord Wen" (, the word Wen is pronounced the same as "plague" in Chinese) and is known for its triannual ceremony of "burning lord's boat" (burning plague boat).

History

Donggang was opened as a port by the Chinese admiral

Koxinga Zheng Chenggong, Prince of Yanping (; 27 August 1624 – 23 June 1662), better known internationally as Koxinga (), was a Ming loyalist general who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century, fighting them on China's southeastern ...

in the 17th century. It was a major commercial port for Taiwan until the end of the 19th century. During Japanese rule, it was placed under

Takao Prefecture was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Kaohsiung City and Pingtung County. Population Administrative divisions Cities and districts In 1945 ( Shōwa 20), the ...

as Tōkō town (東港街) and served the Japanese naval facilities in

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 23 villages: Bade, Chengyu, Chuantou, Dapeng, Datan, Dingxin, Dingzhong, Fengyu, Gonghe, Jialian, Nanping, Tunghe, Tunglong, Xiabu, Xinghe, Xingnong, Xingtai, Xingtung, Xingyu, Xinsheng, Zenghai, Zhaoan and Zhongxing.

Economy

Donggang's primary economic activities are

fishing Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment, but may also be caught from stocked bodies of water such as ponds, canals, park wetlands and reservoirs. Fishing techniques inclu ...

and

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

. The town has a tourism industry which peaks during April to June, due to the availability and increasing popularity of the

southern bluefin tuna The southern bluefin tuna (''Thunnus maccoyii'') is a tuna of the family (biology), family Scombridae found in open southern Hemisphere waters of all the world's oceans mainly between 30th parallel south, 30°S and 50th parallel south, 50°S, to ...

for

sashimi is a Japanese delicacy consisting of fresh raw fish or meat sliced into thin pieces and often eaten with soy sauce. Origin The word ''sashimi'' means "pierced body", i.e. "刺身" = ''sashimi'', where 刺し = ''sashi'' (pierced, stuck) ...

. The town's other delicacies include

karasumi Karasumi is a food product made by salting mullet roe pouch and drying it in sunlight. A theory suggests that it got its name from its resemblance to the blocks of ''sumi'' (inkstick) imported from China (''Kara'') for use in Japanese calligraph ...

(desalinated mullet roe) and

sakura shrimp ''Lucensosergia lucens'' is a species of shrimp popularly known as the sakura shrimp or sakura ebi. The translucent pink shrimp derives its name from ', the Japanese word for the cherry blossom. The species grows to about 4–5cm and lives p ...

Tourist attractions

national scenic area *

Jinde Bridge The Jinde Bridge () is a bridge connecting Donggang Township and Xinyuan Township in Pingtung County, Taiwan. History The bridge was opened for traffic in October 2002. On 27 April 2014, the Pingtung County Government organized the bridge ligh ...

Penbay International Circuit Penbay International Circuit (PIC; ) is a motor sport circuit in Donggang Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan. The circuit is long with widths from 12m to 20m. It has five configurations. It officially opened on 9 October 2011. 記者顏瑞田／ ...

* Tongkang Mosque

Notable natives

* Kuo Ting-tsai, member of

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...

(1993–2002) *

Lee Shying-jow Lee Shying-jow or Lee Hsiang-chou (; born 2 August 1952) is a Taiwanese general and diplomat. He is the incumbent Ambassador to Denmark, and was formerly the 4th Commanding General of the Republic of China Army (ROCA), 8th Deputy Minister of N ...

, Minister of

Veterans Affairs Council The Veterans Affairs Council (VAC; ) is a branch of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) with "responsibilities to assist in education assistance, employment assistance, medical care, home care and other general services" for retir ...

(2016–2018)

Transportation

The nearest

railway stations A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing such ...

to Donggang Township are Nanzhou Station or

Linbian Station Linbian railway station () is a railway station located in Linbian Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan. It is located on the Pingtung line The Pingtung Line () is a line of the Taiwan Railway Administration West Coast line in Taiwan. It i ...

of the

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Pingtung Line The Pingtung Line () is a line of the Taiwan Railway Administration West Coast line in Taiwan. It is long, of which is double track. The section between Nanzhou and Linbian railway stations will be upgraded from a single-track railway ...

. Ferry services connect Donggang to

Baisha Port The Baisha Port is a port in Liuqiu Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan. It is the main port for people to get in and out from Liuqiu Island. Architecture The port is designed with a sail-shaped building with rainbow colors. The port features t ...

and

Dafu Port Dafu Port () is a port on Liuqiu Island in Pingtung County, Taiwan. It is a home port for fishing vessels that operate from the island. It is the second largest port on the island after Baisha Port. Destination The port serves ferries to D ...

Lamay Island Liuqiu, also known by several other names, is a coral island in the Taiwan Strait about southwest of the main island of Taiwan. It has an area of and approximately 13,000 residents, the vast majority of whom share only 10 surnames. It is ...

References

External links

Staff (2003) "Tastes and Colors of Pingtung: The Three Treasures of Tungkang" ''Sinorama Magazine''Tunkang Coastline, Pingtung County (Taiwan)
Coastal Photograph by

Hubert Chanson Hubert Chanson (born 1 November 1961) is a professional engineer and academic in hydraulic engineering and environmental fluid mechanics. Since 1990 he has worked at the University of Queensland. Research Hubert Chanson is Professor of Civil E ...

, Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 25, No. 5, Sept., p. 1176 (ISSN 0749-0208) {{Townships in Taiwan Townships in Pingtung County