Chihshang Township () is a rural township in

Taitung County Taitung () is the third largest county in Taiwan, located primarily on the island's southeastern coast and also including Green Island, Orchid Island and Lesser Orchid Island. The seat is located in Taitung City. Name While its name means "East ...

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. Chihshang was founded by

indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology) In biogeography, a native species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution (though often populari ...

Makatao from Pingtung 160 years ago, along with the other immigrants, including Taivoan from

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and very few Siraya from

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later in the 1950s. The indigenous Night Ceremony has been held in Chihshang annually in November.

Geography

The township is located at the

Huatung Valley The Huadong Valley or Hualien–Taitung Valley (), also known as East Rift Valley, the Longitudinal Valley or as the during the era of Japanese rule, is a long and narrow valley located between the Central Mountain Range and the Coastal Moun ...

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 10 villages: Dapo, Dapu, Fuwen, Fuxing, Fuyuan, Jinyuan, Qingfeng, Wanan, Xinxing and Zhenxing.

Tourist attractions

Chihshang Silkworm Recreation Farm Chihshang Township () is a rural township in Taitung County, Taiwan. Chihshang was founded by indigenous Makatao from Pingtung 160 years ago, along with the other immigrants, including Taivoan from Kaohsiung and very few Siraya from Ta ...

Dapo Pond The Dapo Pond () is a pond in Chihshang Township, Taitung County, Taiwan. History The pond was originally called Dabi. In early years, the fish and shrimp found in Chihshang came from Dapo area. During the Japanese rule of Taiwan, the pond ha ...

* Du's Garden *

Hakka Cultural Park The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China ...

* Mr. Brown Avenue *

Rice Village Museum The Rice Village Museum () is a food museum in Wan'an Village, Chihshang Township, Taitung County, Taiwan. History The museum was established by Wan'an Community Development Association in 1994 by transforming an unused fertilizer warehouse t ...

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Wu Tao Chishang Lunch Box Cultural History Museum The Wu Tao Chishang Lunch Box Cultural History Museum () is a museum about lunch boxes in Chishang Township, Taitung County, Taiwan. The museum also serves as a restaurant. History The museum was opened in 2002 by Chishang Township Office and ...

Transportation

* Chihshang Station

References

External links

Chihshang Township Office, Taitung County
Townships in Taitung County {{Taiwan-geo-stub