Xishi, Fuxing
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Xishi Village () is a rural village in Fuxing Township,
Changhua County Changhua (Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴'') is a Taiwanese County (Taiwan), county that is the smallest on the Geography of Taiwan, main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth smallest in the country. With a total population of 1.24 million, Chan ...
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Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
with a population of 2342, and an area of 0.9746 km2.Xishi Village, Changua, Taiwan Weather Forecast
/ref> Xishi Village is bordered on the North by Lugang Township, on the South by Tongan township. Most people in the area emigrated from the neighbouring town of Lugang.


Sights

HuangShen Gong (Holy Emperor Temple) Built in 1982 and serves as the village religious centre.


Produce

Specialties of the area include Dried
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strips. The production of this specialty used to be the sole means of income for many villagers in the past. There remain very few family producers still in operation.
Brooms A broom (also known as a broomstick) is a cleaning tool, consisting of usually stiff fibers (often made of materials such as plastic, hair, or corn husks) attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. It is thus a v ...
used to be made here, but production has stopped due to factory methods being primary means of production today.


References

{{reflist Populated places in Changhua County Villages in Taiwan