Lukang

Lukang

Lukang is a town in Changhua County, Taiwan Province. It is adjacent to the Taiwan Strait in the west, Xiushui Township, Fuxing Township, Xianxi Township and Hemei Township in the East, South and North, respectively. It covers an area of 39.46 square kilometers and has a population of 85000.

The origin of the name of Lukang is that it exported a lot of deerskin in the Dutch Era.

Traffic information

From Chengde road in Taipei city to Lukang, or from Taichung City back railway station and Changhua railway station to Lukang.

Main attractions

Lugang has eight beautiful sceneries and twelve beautiful sceneries, including quxiang Dongqing, aimen houche, yilou Juyue, Wengwei Xiyang, Xingong Dubei, yilou Chunshen, loujing Diaolan, Banjing Siyuan, Rimao Guanshi, etc.

Jinsheng lane at the back of Zhongshan road is Jiuqu lane and shiyilou, two beautiful sceneries. Quxiang lane is designed to block the strong sea breeze in Lugang in winter, "quxiang Dongqing" means here; shiyilou, also known as "Paoma Lou", is elegant and beautiful, and is a distinctive ancient building in Taiwan. There are small-scale urn walls near shiyilou, but the most well preserved one is Xie's house, which is about 100 meters away from the folk cultural relics museum. There are 120 wine urns in total, walking alone in the whole stage.

Yilou Chunshen is the most famous one among the twelve Shengzhong. Yilou is now called tianyishi. It is a min style attic. It is located in Qingchang ancient house in the side lane of Jiuqu lane. There is a round window with gourd and ancient coins. It is full of ancient flavor and can not attract the eyes of tourists.

In addition, there are Wenkai academy, Longshan Temple and Tianhou palace in Lugang, as well as the folk cultural relics museum specially built for the preservation of folk cultural relics. In addition to the rich historical relics, the streets and alleys of Lugang are also full of rustic simplicity and antiquity, such as the old houses in the alleys, the ancient Chinese medicine shops and cloth shops on Zhongshan Road You can follow Zhongshan Road as the axis to visit the ancient style of Hong Kong. Modern attractions include the Brandt's Health Museum, Taiwan Glass Museum and Changbin Xiuchuan health park.

Pass the gate

After passing the lane, a brick building engraved with "the door welcoming the car behind" was once a pass for defending lanes and dividing territory. In the early years, Zhangquan and other immigrants fought frequently, and the place was rich and was coveted by bandits. Therefore, the residents set up a pass in lanes and lanes and closed it at night, which is one of the characteristics of Lugang street.

Jiuqu Lane (Jinsheng Lane)

In winter, the northeast monsoon named "jiujiangfeng" sweeps the streets and lanes, and it's freezing. In order to block the wind, many old streets are designed to be narrow and folded, which is generally called Jiuqu lane. It can successfully block the strong wind and make the lane warm and pleasant. It has the metaphor of "quxiang, Dongqing". Today, Jinsheng lane is the most characteristic.

Urn wall

The urn wall is a very characteristic decoration in the traditional Lugang houses. The wall is made of empty wine urn, which is ventilated and beautiful. There are many wine urn which can be used to build the wall, which also reflects the prosperity of Lugang in the past.

Yilou

It is said that there once lived a young woman here. Her husband went to have a test for a long time, but she didn't come back. The woman who waited by the window everyday ended up depressed. The round flower windows of yilou are made of ancient coins and gourd patterns, which means praying for wealth and blessings. On one side, the poplar and peach trees are swaying, which makes them more charming.

Shiyi building

At the bottom of Jiuqu Lane (Jinsheng Lane), a red brick "Paoma building" with green glazed tiles can be seen. The buildings on both sides are the former meeting place of Lukang literati. The so-called "Shiyi building" refers to ten elegant things of literati, such as piano, chess, poetry, painting, wine, flower, moon, smoke, museum and tea, It shows the old style of writing in Lukang.

Goddess' Palace

Tianhou palace, a third class historic site, was founded in the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. It was dedicated to the second mother who was invited by Meizhou Tianhou palace. The small temple, originally built for the safety of navigation, was expanded to become the scale of today. In the past, the residents of Lukang mostly depended on sea crossing trade and fishing for their livelihood, so they were particularly devout in Mazu. The temple of heaven after heaven is still the most important religious center in Lukang. There are more than 600 temples in Taiwan, which are distributed from the Empress Dowager temple in Lukang. As a result, an endless stream of pilgrims come back to offer incense all the year round. In the past 300 years, Mazu's face has been blackened by cigarette smoke. Therefore, believers call her "black faced mother" or "cigarette mother", which shows the prosperity of incense. Every year on March 23 of the lunar calendar, Mazu's birthday, such as the influx of incense groups, makes the queen of heaven palace boiling, a major event in Lukang. In addition to the importance of belief, the architecture of Tianhou palace is also quite impressive. The exquisite details, simple stone carvings, the magnificent statues of Qianli eye and Shunfeng ear in the main hall, and the inscribed tablets given by Emperor Qianlong and Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty should not be missed. In addition, the back hall of Tianhou palace was built as Mazu cultural relics museum to display various relics such as Phoenix crowns and sedan chairs used by Mazu in the old days. From time to time, Lugang religious relics exhibition was launched.

Wen Temple

The full name of Wenci is "Wenchang emperor temple", which includes Wenci, wumiao and Wenkai Academy. Wenkai Academy was founded in 1824, the fourth year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty. It was built by Deng Chuanan, a coastal defense scholar at that time, and led by Bajiao. It was named Wenkai in memory of Shen Guangwen, a great scholar in the late Ming Dynasty. In the past, the Academy had a collection of more than 300000 books and recruited famous scholars. It was an important birthplace of culture and education in old Lukang. Wenci temple was built in 1812 to worship the emperor Wenchang. It was also the spiritual belief center of Lukang literati in the past. The pattern of Wenci temple is very similar to that of Wenkai Academy. The biggest difference lies in that the two walls at the entrance of Wenci temple are covered with various kinds of calligraphy. It is a masterpiece of famous calligraphers in Lukang. The bright red appearance of the temple is quite eye-catching. It is mainly dedicated to the emperor Guandi, and is accompanied by Zhoucang, Guanping and red rabbit horse, all of which were written by famous teachers in Fujian in the past.

Lugang folk cultural relics museum

Lukang folk cultural relics museum is one of the most complete collection of folk cultural relics in Taiwan. It was originally the former residence of Gu Xianrong, a former luminary in Lukang. The whole building imitates the baroque style of the Renaissance, and is an exquisite work under the Westernization trend at the beginning of this century. The museum has a collection of up to 6000 pieces of Taiwan traditional folk cultural relics, which is like a rich historical treasure house. There are nearly 20 exhibition rooms in the museum, displaying artifacts, furniture, calligraphy and painting, religious customs and other supplies from the middle of the Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China, such as embroidered costumes, elegant mother of pearl furniture, ancient musical instruments, and even weaving machines and shaving stalls, which are of historical value, whether they are home furnishings of wealthy families or daily necessities of ordinary people. In addition, the museum also displays old photos of Lukang, models of old streets, and plays audio-visual films such as the old style of Lukang, which are worth visiting.

geographical position

Lukang, formerly known as luzigang, belongs to Changhua County, Taiwan. It is located between 24 degrees to 24 degrees and 10 minutes north latitude and 120 degrees and 22 minutes and 30 seconds to 120 degrees and 30 minutes east longitude. It is adjacent to Xiushui Township in the East, Taiwan Strait in the west, Fuxing Township in the south, Fulu River in the north, Xianxi Township and Hemei town in the north. It is an important historical town in the 300 year history of Taiwan.

There are so-called "one prefecture (Tainan), two deer (Lukang) and three deer (Taipei Wanhua)" in Taiwan, and "two deer" refers to Lukang. Lukang's origins in the Qing Dynasty and the Chinese mainland were very deep. After 49 years of the Qianlong (1784) and the direct navigation of Quanzhou, Quanzhou, the trade between Lukang and the Han River became more frequent. It also created the prosperity of Lukang, which was once the second largest town in Taiwan.

Historical evolution

In the early stage of Lugang, when Han immigrants did not move in a large number, they were the residence of babuza, the Pingpu nationality. At that time, they belonged to the mazhilin society and lived a primitive life. Before the Dutch occupied Taiwan, it was said that it was the place where the indigenous people hunted deer. In the eighth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, a man named Huang Fengchang came to Taiwan and wrote a Book of miscellaneous notes of Taiwan and a poem of deer beating in Luzi Harbor: "the mountains are surrounded by the sea, the water flows in the sea, and the women are in the soup boat at night. It's good for deer to come and go, and the song is extremely loud." Among them, it is not hard to imagine the leisurely life of the indigenous people at that time.

The first place name of luzai port can be found in Wu Bei Zhi, Volume IV of Taiwan official records compiled by Gao Gongqian in 1695: "Zuoying, a naval officer in Taiwan, defends luzai port one point, and it's the rotation defense of officers and soldiers in the headquarters of the newspaper department." In 1783, general Yongde of Fujian Province set up the main entrance, saying: "when you go to luozhanghua and other branches of Beilu, you go abroad from Lukang...". During the reign of Emperor Guangxu, due to the gradual congestion of the port, shipping was gradually replaced by Chongxi port, 4 kilometers west of Lugang street. In the early days of the Japanese occupation (1895), Lukang was once known as chongxigang.

Traditional craft

In addition to historical sites, Lukang is the place where the most traditional craftsmen in Taiwan inherit. Among the 36 award winners in Taiwan, Lukang accounts for 16. For example, Sanyi may be only famous for wood carving, but in Lukang there are gold carving, silver carving, wood carving and so on. These craftsmen's works attract many foreigners. Wang Huimei pointed out that in recent years, the largest number of land visitors to Lukang are visiting groups. These craftsmen and craftsmen

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