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Alishan, Chiayi
Alishan Township ( zh, t=, p=Ālǐshān Xiāng) is a mountain indigenous township in Chiayi County, Taiwan. The Alishan National Scenic Area covers most, but not all, of the township and also parts of neighboring townships. History Alishan is traditional territory of the headhunting Tsou people, whose rich oral histories describe the migrations of each ancient clans' ancestors into the area between Yushan and the Chianan Plain. Originally, each clan had its own settlement, with the first multi-clan town, Tfuya, only forming approximately 1600 CE. The earliest written record of the Tsou dates from the Dutch occupation, which describes Tfuya as having approximately 300 people in 1647. Ethnologists have attempted to reconstruct the development of Tfuya, proposing that each stage of clan migration could be equivalent to three or four generations of family. The Alishan area was originally settled by the Tsou tribe of the Taiwanese aborigines; the name derives from the aboriginal ...
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Tsou Language
Tsou () is an Formosan languages, Austronesian language spoken by the Tsou people of Taiwan. Tsou is a threatened language; however, this status is uncertain. Its speakers are located in the west-central mountains southeast of the Chiayi/Alishan Range, Alishan area in Taiwan. Name The name ''Tsou'' literally means "person", from Proto-Austronesian language, Proto-Austronesian ''*Cau'' through regular sound changes. It is therefore cognate with the name of the Thao language, Thao. Classification Tsou has traditionally been considered part of a Tsouic languages, Tsouic branch of Austronesian. However, several recent classifications, such as Chang (2006)Chang, Henry Yungli. 2006. "Rethinking the Tsouic Subgroup Hypothesis: A Morphosyntactic Perspective." In Chang, H., Huang, L. M., Ho, D. (eds.). ''Streams converging into an ocean: Festschrift in honor of Professor Paul Jen-Kuei Li on his 70th birthday.'' Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica. and Ross (2009)Ross, Malc ...
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Köppen Climate Classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (temperate), ''D'' (continental), and ''E'' (polar). Each group and subgroup is represented by a letter. All climates are assigned a main group (the first letter). All climates except for those in the ''E'' group are assigned a seasonal precipitation subgroup (the second letter). For example, ''Af'' indicates a tropical rainforest climate. The system assigns a temperature subgroup for all groups other than those in the ''A'' group, indicated by the third letter for climates in ''B'', ''C'', ''D'', and the second letter for climates in ''E''. Other examples include: ''Cfb'' indicating an oceanic climate with warm summers as indicated by the ending ''b.'', while ''Dwb'' indicates a semi-Monsoon continental climate, monsoonal continental climate ...
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Duolin Railway Station
Duolin () is a railway station on the Forestry Bureau Alishan Forest Railway line located in Shihzih Village, Alishan Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan. History The station was opened on 1 October 1912. See also * List of railway stations in Taiwan A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ... References Alishan Forest Railway stations Railway stations in Chiayi County Railway stations in Taiwan opened in 1912 {{Taiwan-railstation-stub ...
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Alishan or Ali Shan may refer to: Places * Alishan, Chiayi, a township in Chiayi County, Taiwan **Alishan National Scenic Area, a mountain resort and nature reserve ** Alishan railway station * Alishan Range, a mountain range in Taiwan People * Alishan Bairamian (1914–2005), Armenian–American intellectual and author * Ghevont Alishan (1820–1901), Armenian Catholic priest, historian and poet * Leonardo Alishan (1951–2005), Armenian–Iranian writer and scholar * Ali Shan (cricketer) (born 1994), Pakistani cricketer Other uses * Alishan salamander, a species of salamander endemic to Taiwan See also

* Alishan Qeshlaqi, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran * Alishanly, a village in the Masally Rayon of Azerbaijan * {{disambig, geo, surname, given name, hn=Shan, Ali ...
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YuYuPas Tsou Cultural Tribe Park
The YuYuPas Tsou Cultural Tribe Park () is a tourist attraction located at about 1,200 meters above sea level in the mountainous Alishan area of Chiayi County, Taiwan Province. Originating from the Tsou language, YuYuPas means "very rich." It covers an area of roughly two hectares and is surrounded by extensive tea gardens planted with alpine oolong tea. The park was established in 2010 to showcase Tsou culture and help stem out-migration and provide some economic stability following Typhoon Morakot Typhoon Morakot, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Kiko, was the wettest and deadliest typhoon to impact Taiwan in recorded history. The eighth named storm and fourth typhoon of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season, Morakot wrought catastrophic d ... in 2009. References * * External links YUYUPAS official website
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Jiao Lung Waterfall
Jiao Lung Waterfall () is the tallest measured waterfall in Taiwan, with a sheer plunge of . It is located on a cliff of Mount Da Ta in Alishan Township, Chiayi County. Its closest settlement is the small hamlet of Fengshan (豐山村). Predominantly seasonal, it has been known to have much reduced flow just several days after rain. Although a road leads up the canyon to Fengshan, the waterfall is extremely difficult to reach during full flow. Immediately after a typhoon, the waterfall is in full flow. However, the high flows also wash away the crossings and bridges of the stream, disconnecting Fengshan from access. After just several days or even hours, the waterfall decreases noticeably in volume. This is because the falls is located on a steep and short drainage that drops in its run, which amounts to an average gradient of per kilometer, or per mile. See also * List of tourist attractions in Taiwan * List of waterfalls This list of notable waterfalls of the wor ...
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Chu Shan
Chu or CHU may refer to: Chinese history * Chu (state) (c. 1030 BC–223 BC), a state during the Zhou dynasty * Western Chu (206 BC–202 BC), a state founded and ruled by Xiang Yu * Chu Kingdom (Han dynasty) (201 BC–70 AD), a kingdom of the Han dynasty * Huan Chu (403–404), a state founded by Huan Xuan during the Eastern Jin dynasty * Ma Chu (907–951), a kingdom during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period * Da Chu (1127), a puppet state installed by the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty during the Jin–Song wars People Surnames * Chu (Chinese surname) * Zhu (surname) or Chu * Chu (Korean name) * Joo (Korean name) or Chu Places * Hubei or Chu, a province of China * Hunan or Chu, a province of China * Chũ, a town and district capital in Bac Giang Province, Vietnam Rivers * Chu River (Tributary of Wei River), a river of Ningxiang County, Hunan Province, China * Chu River (Anhui), a river in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, in China * Chu (river), a river in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakh ...
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Tropic Of Cancer
The Tropic of Cancer, also known as the Northern Tropic, is the Earth's northernmost circle of latitude where the Sun can be seen directly overhead. This occurs on the June solstice, when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun to its maximum extent. It also reaches 90 degrees below the horizon at solar midnight on the December solstice. Using a continuously updated formula, the circle is currently north of the Equator. Its Southern Hemisphere counterpart, marking the most southerly position at which the Sun can be seen directly overhead, is the Tropic of Capricorn. These tropics are two of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of Earth, the others being the Arctic and Antarctic circles and the Equator. The positions of these two circles of latitude (relative to the Equator) are dictated by the tilt of Earth's axis of rotation relative to the plane of its orbit, and since the tilt changes, the location of these two circles also changes. In g ...
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Yu Shan
Yu Shan or Yushan, also known as Mount Jade, Jade Mountain, Tongku Saveq or Mount Niitaka during Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule, is the highest mountain in Taiwan at above sea level, giving Taiwan the List of islands by highest point, 4th-highest maximum elevation of any island in the world. It is the highest point in the western Pacific region outside of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Yushan and its surrounding mountains belong to the Yushan Range. The area was once in the ocean; it rose to its current height because of the Eurasian Plate's movement over the Philippine Sea Plate. Yushan is ranked 40th by topographic isolation. The mountains are now protected as the Yushan National Park. The national park is Taiwan's largest, highest, and least accessible national park. It contains the largest tract of wilderness remaining on the island. Names ''Yushan'' or ''Yu Shan'' is the pinyin romanization of Chinese, romanization of the Chinese language, Chinese name It is ...
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Leye, Alishan
Leye () is a village in the Alishan, Chiayi County, Taiwan. It is low in altitude compared to the rest of the mountain, being only above sea level. The local Taiwanese aborigines, the Tsou, call it “Lalauya” meaning maple forest. To this day, the sign marking the town still has a picture of a maple leaf. However, as the area is high up and has a cool climate, it has suitable conditions for growing tea (a main export) thus, this development has overshadowed the attraction of the maple forest. Leye is also the biggest producer of ''Phalaenopsis ''Phalaenopsis'' (), also known as moth orchids, is a genus of about seventy species of plants in the family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are monopodial epiphytes or lithophytes with long, coarse roots, short, leafy stems and long-lastin ...'' orchids in Taiwan. References External links Culture and Tourism Bureau of Chiayi County {{Taiwan-geo-stub Populated places in Chiayi County Villages in Taiwan ...
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Alishan or Ali Shan may refer to: Places * Alishan, Chiayi, a township in Chiayi County, Taiwan **Alishan National Scenic Area, a mountain resort and nature reserve ** Alishan railway station * Alishan Range, a mountain range in Taiwan People * Alishan Bairamian (1914–2005), Armenian–American intellectual and author * Ghevont Alishan (1820–1901), Armenian Catholic priest, historian and poet * Leonardo Alishan (1951–2005), Armenian–Iranian writer and scholar * Ali Shan (cricketer) (born 1994), Pakistani cricketer Other uses * Alishan salamander, a species of salamander endemic to Taiwan See also * Alishan Qeshlaqi Alishan Qeshlaqi () is a village in Anjirlu Rural District of the Central District in Bileh Savar County, Ardabil province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West ..., a village in Ardabil Province, Iran * Alishanly, a village in the Masally Rayon of Azerbaijan * { ...
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Central Weather Bureau
The Central Weather Administration (CWA; ) is the government meteorological research and forecasting institution of Taiwan (the Republic of China). In addition to meteorology, the Central Weather Administration also makes astronomical observations, reports on sea conditions, and conducts research into seismology and provides earthquake reports. The Central Weather Administration is headquartered in Taipei City and is administered under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. History While Taiwan was under Japanese rule, the government set up five weather monitoring stations on the island, located in Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Hengchun, and Penghu. On 19 December 1897, the Taipei Observatory moved to the location presently occupied by the Central Weather Administration. In 1945 when the Kuomintang took control of Taiwan the various stations set up by the Japanese were incorporated into the new Taiwan Provincial Weather Institution, under the Chief Executive of Taiwan Pr ...
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