Meinong Town

As early as 1736, Hakkas began to settle in Meinong Town, which has been the rear granary of Kaohsiung since ancient times. The scenic spot in the town is the East Gate Tower, which was built in 1756. After a lot of fire, what is left now is the tower rebuilt in 1950, but it is still full of historical vicissitudes.

At the end of the street behind the gate tower is the altar of uncle. This is Hakka people's unique belief in land. There are more than 400 similar shrines in Meinong and its surrounding areas. This is the most famous one. Meinong Hakka culture museum is a modern style Museum, which displays all aspects of Hakka life. Visitors can also make colored paper umbrellas here. In addition, you can also see the oldest street of Meinong, Yongan Road, a hundred year old temple, Guangshan hall, and Meinong kiln, which makes ceramic products.

Meinong Hakka people's life is epitomized in Meinong folk village. Visitors can visit the making process of paper umbrellas and various creative products here. They can also taste delicious authentic Hakka dishes. No matter the fragrant Q of Hakka slats, Meinong pig's feet and Korean dish seal, wax gourd seal, blessing dish, fried large intestine with shredded ginger and so on, they will have endless aftertaste.

If you happen to come to Meinong at the end of spring and the beginning of summer, you can ride to huangdiecuigu, 7km northeast of Meinong. There are more than 100 kinds of butterflies dancing here, which is very beautiful.

Meinong Town

Meinong district is located in the south of Taiwan and administratively subordinate to Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Province. The terrain is mountainous plain terrain, adjacent to Liugui District of Kaohsiung City in the East, gaoshu township of Pingtung County in the southeast, Ligang township of Pingtung County in the south, Qishan District in the West and Shanshan forest region in the north. It is the mountain pass of pengnong river. The hydrological system of the whole area is rich. Pengnong River and its tributary Meinong river run through the whole area.

Historical evolution

The first year of Qianlong (1736 A.D.)

Youdui led Lin Fengshan and Lin Guishan brothers and led more than 40 clans to Meinong to reclaim land, and established the "kaijibo altar" at the foot of Lingshan mountain, becoming the ancestor of Hakkas to develop Meinong. Meinong's good mountains and good waters have inherited and bred a rich Hakka culture, which has a history of more than 260 years. More than 90% of the residents in Meinong Town are Hakkas

Its food, clothing, housing and music all show the wisdom created by Hakkas in the process of migration to adapt to the environment. Today, Meinong is well-known in Taiwan for its most complete Hakka culture. Because of its Hakka culture characteristics, Meinong has become an important area of Hakka culture in Taiwan and enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad.

geographical position

Meinong district is located in the east of the central part of Kaohsiung City. Pengnong river is at the exit of the mountain on the east edge of Kaohsiung City. Pengnong River and its tributary Meinong river run through the whole area.

Meinong district has a special geographical location. It is surrounded by mountains in the East, North and West, with Meilu plain in the center and Meinong mountain peaks in the north. The main peak "Moonlight mountain" is more than 600 meters above sea level, and the peak is plump and mellow.

Climate and environment

Meinong district is a tropical climate zone with high temperature and rainy weather. The annual average temperature is 23 degrees centigrade. The annual rainfall is about 1500-2000 mm, while that of hills and mountains is more than 2000 mm. There are about 45293 people and 1913159 people in the territory. The annual average minimum temperature of Meinong Town is 21.6 ℃ and the average maximum temperature is 28.4 ℃.

Taro leaves and oil paper umbrellas are the specialties, while Desheng gongtan, dongmenlou, linchunyu Menlou, guangshantang, jingziting and Zhumen power plant are the scenic spots.

Traffic situation

Taiwan line 28

181 County Road: yueyueshan tunnel, gaomei Bridge

Kaohsiung passenger transport

City Road 184a: Qishan District Meinong District Liugui District

City Road 184b: roads in Meinong District

City Road 184c; Meinong District gaoshu Township, Pingtung County

Land use profile

Paddy field: 3577.19 hectares.

Woodland: 1918.88 hectares.

Dry land: 877.15 hectares.

Construction land: 347.61 hectares.

Land for transportation and water conservancy: 330.25 hectares.

The cultivated land area of Meinong district is 4050 hectares, accounting for 33.74% of the total area of Meinong District, and the direct production land accounts for the largest proportion (Kaohsiung County, 2003). The cultivated land of 98% of the farmers is paddy field, and that of 80% of the farmers and herdsmen is less than 1 hectare. There are 5100 households in Meinong district whose cultivated land is paddy field, accounting for 96.8% of all the households with cultivated land, and only 4.2% of the households whose cultivated land is dry land. It is worth noting that more than half of the farmers and herdsmen in Meinong district have cultivated land of 0.3-1.0 ha, and 33% of them have cultivated land of less than 0.3 ha. In other words, 80% of the farmers and herdsmen in Meinong district have cultivated land of less than 1 ha (1 ha = 1.03102 a).

Local Customs

Most of the ancestors of Meinong people came from Jiaying prefecture (now Meizhou) of Guangdong Province, Jiaoling, Meixian District of Meizhou City, etc. Most of the townspeople make a living by farming. They are simple, hardworking, thrifty and have a harmonious neighborhood. In the past, Meinong people used to amuse themselves by singing folk songs while working hard. Meinong folk songs are also a genre in Taiwan's folk songs. Most of the local people believe in Buddhism. Parents attach great importance to their children's education. The master's degree and doctor's degree cultivated by Meinong Town are the highest in Taiwan. They have outstanding performance in all walks of life. Meinong's doctors have also set up the only "Meinong doctoral Scholars Association" in Taiwan, which shows that Meinong's children's education level is high enough to be proud of the world.

education

junior college

Gaomei Medical Management College

Senior high school

Private Qimei

junior middle school

Li Meinong middle school in Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung Nanlong middle school

Kaohsiung lilongdu middle school

primary school

Jiyang primary school, Meinong District, Kaohsiung

Jidong primary school, Meinong District, Kaohsiung

Zhongtan primary school, Meinong District, Kaohsiung

Meinong primary school, Meinong District, Kaohsiung

Dongmen primary school, Meinong District, Kaohsiung

Guangxing primary school, Meinong District, Kaohsiung

Longshan primary school, Meinong District, Kaohsiung

Fu'an primary school, Meinong District, Kaohsiung

tourist resources

The tourism activities in this area are quite popular, mainly around the Hakka culture, extending the historical sites, folk customs and other tourism activities. The specialty is tobacco leaf, rice and oil paper umbrella. The scenic spots include Desheng public altar, dongmenlou and linchunyumen

Building, guangshantang, jingziting, Zhumen power plant, etc. In 2006, the Tourism Bureau of Kaohsiung Municipal government planned seven cycling routes with different themes in Meinong District, including historic sites route, hydrophilic route, literature tour, folk custom tour, etc. to promote Meinong's tourism industry,

Zhuzimen power plant: a national historic site.

China Shenzhen

Yueyueyueshan tunnel

Hakka tobacco house

Shuangxi mother forest

Yellow Butterfly Valley

Zhong Lihe Memorial

Meinong Folk Village

Kaohsiung leisure farm

Jingzi Pavilion

Meinong Hakka Cultural Relics Museum

Meinong Zhongzheng Lake

Meinong dongmenlou special snacks

Meinong Tiao

Specialty introduction

Taro leaf, paper umbrella

Meinong's economic industry is famous for taro leaf. The yield of taro leaves accounts for one fourth of the total output of Taiwan, so it is called "taro city", and the income of taro leaves is often an important source of children's education funds for ordinary families.

The exquisite oil paper umbrella with humanistic characteristics was introduced from Chaozhou, Guangdong Province after the Anti Japanese war. It has the characteristics of light material, solid and practical. From making to painting, it is purely hand-made and has become one of the symbols of Meinong. People will think of "oil paper umbrella" whenever they mention Meinong.

technology

Ceramic art can be called the rising star of Meinong industry. After a long period of exploration and study, ceramic artists have tried out various self-made glazes on different kinds of clay and produced many distinctive ceramic products, among which the works of Meinong, Dongmen, Shiqiao, meitaofang are the most famous, and have won the reputation of "ceramic art district".

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Hakka cuisine is a major feature of Meinong, which is salty, fragrant and fat. Among them, stewed pig's feet, dried plum meat, large intestine, Meinong Tiao and other famous dishes are always salivating. Oil paper umbrella, pottery and Hakka food can be said to be "the treasure of Meinong".

Meinong lake is a famous tourist attraction in Taiwan. The northwest of the lake is backed by mountains and surrounded by fields on three sides. It has beautiful scenery and is also a good place for winter migratory birds. Other attractions include huangdiecuigu, zhutoujiao tropical arboretum, Jingzi Pavilion, zhonglihe memorial hall, etc.

Meinong can be said to be the only remaining Hakka culture area in Taiwan at present, which is worth visiting and studying by Hakka relatives and Hakka culture lovers.

development direction

Meinong is the base of food, drinking water and culture cultivation in Greater Kaohsiung. Meinong farmers association boasts that it aims to protect the safe water use and provide high-quality agricultural products and grain production in Kaohsiung, develop a safe and non-toxic agricultural environment, conserve rich and clean groundwater, and preserve the beautiful Hakka rural culture. It hopes to develop the ethical relationship with Kaohsiung City in the new century with the development of ecological agriculture.

For this reason, Meinong Agricultural Association put forward the agricultural planning strategy of "protecting the Hakka original area of pengnong River", hoping to build an ecological agricultural area of alluvial fan plain in the upper reaches of Gaoping River, as an ecological agricultural area of the 20th century

Chinese PinYin : Mei Nong Zhen