Guanshan Village (), also called by the locals as Alikuan (; Taiwanese Romanization: ''Ah-lí-kuan'') or Aliguan, is an indigenous Taivoan community located in

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. As driven by

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immigrants and Siraya, Taivoan people started to emigrate from

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to Kaohsiung in the early 18th century, and eventually founded the community in 1744. Alikuan was also an important battle field in

Tapani incident The Tapani incident or Tapani uprising in 1915 was one of the biggest armed uprisings by Taiwanese Han Chinese, Han and Taiwanese aborigines, Aboriginals, including Taivoan people, Taivoan, against Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule in T ...

in 1915. Taivoan people in Alikuan were forced to migrate in group to nowadays Siaolin by the Japanese government during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, eventually founding

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in 1905.

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Jiaxian District Taivoan people Villages in Taiwan {{Taiwan-geo-stub

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