Liouguei District, Kaohsiung Explained

Liouguei
Official Name:Liouguei District[1]
Native Name Lang:zh-hant
Other Name:Lakuri, Liukuei, Liugui[2]
Settlement Type:District
Seal Type:Logo
Image Blank Emblem:高雄市六龜區公所 Liouguei District Office Kaohsiung City.png
Blank Emblem Type:Chinese: 高雄市六龜區公所
Liouguei District Office Kaohsiung City
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Taiwan
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Southern Taiwan
Parts Type:Divisions
Population Total:11722
Population As Of:October 2023
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code

Liouguei District[1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] (Taivoan: Lakuri;[9]) is a rural district of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. It is the third largest district in Kaohsiung City after Tauyuan District and Namasia District. The place-name is derived from the name of a Taivoan community Lakuri or Lakkuli, which emigrated from Vogavon in Tainan, driven to Kaohsiung by the invasion of Han immigrants and Siraya in the late 17th century.[10]

The residents of this district are mainly Hakka (about 44% [11]) and Hoklo Taiwanese, as well as indigenous peoples and immigrants from other China provinces. The entire region has been included in the Maolin National Scenic Area. In recent years, the tourism industry has flourished.

History

Due to the invasion of Han in the 17th century, Siraya that originally lived in the plains of Tainan was forced to migrate to Yuchin Basin, which in turn drove Taivoan from Vogavon to Pangliao, Kaohsiung in 1781, reaching nowadays Liouguei in 1799, founding community Lakkuli, also spelled Lakuri[12] or La-ko-li.[13]

In 1902, during early Japanese rule, the area was administered as "Lakkuli Village" (Chinese: 六龜里庄). In 1910, it was reorganized as, . In 1920, it became, under, Takao Prefecture. In 1932, Rokuki was annexed into under Takao Prefecture.

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Liouguei was incorporated into Kaohsiung County as a rural township. On 25 December 2010, the township became a district of Kaohsiung City.

In August 2019, some residents living in high-risk areas of Liouguei District were evacuated from their homes after heavy rain and flash flooding.[14]

Geology

The district resembles the shape of long gourd with a vertical length of 36 km and a horizontal width of 5 km. The Laonong River passes from north to south through the center of the township.[15]

Administrative divisions

The district consists of Sinwei[7] /Xinwei, Xinxing, Xinliao, Xinfa, Laonong, Liouguei, Yibao, Xinglong, Zhongxing, Baolai, Wenwu and Dajin Villages.[16]

Economy

During Japanese rule, the district was known for the production of Camphor oil. The Japanese government constructed a route and tunnels to facilitate the transportation of the product.[17]

Culture

Liouguei comprises mainly Hakka, Chinese mainlanders, plain indigenous people, and mountain indigenous people. The Hakka community is primarily located in the areas of Xinliao, Xinwei, and Xinxing near the Liouguei Tunnel, with most of them originating from the Meinong area and maintaining close connections and intermarriages with neighboring regions. The population of Chinese mainlanders mostly consists of retired soldiers and their descendants who stayed behind after the construction of the Southern Cross-Island Highway, mainly residing in the areas of Zhongxing and Wenwu. The plain indigenous group Taivoan is scattered across several villages, and the mountain indigenous people have migrated from nearby mountainous areas.[18]

Taivoan

See main article: Taivoan people. The Night Ceremony and the Public Hall Kong-kài in Liouguei and Laonong are signigicant markers of the Taivoan people's culture in the district. According to local records, thousands of years ago, when the ancestors of the indigenous people encountered a typhoon during their sea voyage to Taiwan, it was the highest ancestral spirit, Hagan, who appeared and led them to land safely on the island. This was the beginning of the people's worship of the spirit in Kong-kài.[19]

Tourist attractions

Agricultural Products

Transportation

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Administrative Districts. 高雄市政府. 4 April 2017. 30 September 2016. Liouguei District：.
  2. Web site: 16 June 2011 . zh:臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 . http://placesearch.moi.gov.tw/translate/Admin1000616.pdf . 4–5. . https://web.archive.org/web/20120325205328/http://placesearch.moi.gov.tw/translate/Admin1000616.pdf . 25 March 2012 . dmy-all . 高雄市 Kaohsiung City六龜區 Liugui District.
  3. Web site: About us. 30 July 2019. Liouguei District Office, Kaohsiung City. Liouguei district is located on the northernmost end of Pingdi Township in the remote mountain region of Kaohsiung City; it is penetrated by the Danshuei River at the bottom and the west bank of the Laonong River at the top..
  4. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  5. News: https://news.pts.org.tw/article/360700. KAOHSIUNG'S TAUYUAN HAS ACCUMULATED RAINFALL OF 1,337 MM IN 3 DAYS, MOST IN TAIWAN . zh:桃源累積雨量冠全台 勤和部落10民宅沖毀 . 王柔婷 . 陳顯坤. Other areas affected in Kaohsiung include an indigenous tribe near the Laonong Creek, and some Liouguei District residents took precautionary evacuation, no injury was reported.. 30 July 2019. 5 June 2017. Public Television Service.
  6. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. Undrained behavior and shear strength of clean sand containing low-plastic fines. Vu To-Anh Phan . Darn-Horng Hsiao . 2. Materials tested sample preparation Soil specimens were taken from Liouguei District, located in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan. A quantity of natural sandy soil was carefully sieved. April 2018. 3194 . 2018EGUGA..20.3194L.
  7. Black Rice Festival, Butterfly Watching in Maolin District. Love Kaohsiung 愛·高雄. 4. October 2019. 2. Maolin Scenic Area Administration No. 171, Sinwei Village, Liouguei District. Information Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. Chen Ting-fang. Hou Ya-ting.
  8. Web site: https://www.moi.gov.tw/files/site_stuff/321/1/month/m1-07.xls. zh:1.7-鄉鎮市區戶口數. Population for Township and District. August 2020. 23 September 2020. Ministry of the Interior. 六龜區 Liouguei District 194.1584 5,496 12,430 6,717 5,713 117.57 2.26 64. zh-tw,en.
  9. Web site: History. Tribal name theory Liouguei was called Liouguei Li because of the group name of the Sih She Shou Fan Mang Zih Mang Fan of the Pinbu Tribe "Lakuri", during the Japanese occupation in 1920 it was renamed Liouguei Li Village.Address：No.18, Minjhih Rd., Liouguei District, Kaohsiung City 844, Taiwan (R.O.C.). Liouguei District Office, Kaohsiung City. 29 July 2019.
  10. Web site: 認識六龜 - 基本資料 (Introduction to Liugui). 2013-10-24. Liouguei District Office, Kaohsiung City. 2018-06-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141649/http://liouguei.kcg.gov.tw/Userpage.aspx?str=lgb03. 2018-06-12.
  11. Web site: 各鄉鎮客家人口統計 (PDF) -- Hakka Demographic Statistics by Township (Chinese). 2019-01-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20171010210810/http://ebooks.lib.ntu.edu.tw/1_file/hakka/78/51272219271.pdf. 2017-10-10.
  12. Web site: 六龜鄉文化與特色 (Cultures in Liugui District). 運正. 張. 2018-06-10. 2019-08-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20190816082451/http://www.lgm.ks.edu.tw/lgm/local/%E5%8F%83%E3%80%81%E6%9C%AC%E5%9C%9F%E6%95%99%E8%82%B2/%E5%AD%B8%E6%A0%A1%E8%87%AA%E8%BE%A6%E6%9C%AC%E5%9C%9F%E6%95%99%E8%82%B2%E7%A0%94%E7%BF%92/991117%E5%85%AD%E9%BE%9C%E9%84%89%E4%BA%BA%E6%96%87%E8%88%87%E7%89%B9%E8%89%B2.pdf. dead.
  13. Book: 游, 永福. 尋找湯姆生：1871臺灣文化遺產大發現 (John Thompson x Formosa). Walkers. 2019. 978-986-508-043-3. New Taipei. 13.
  14. Web site: CWB issues heavy rain warnings for southern Taiwan. 17 August 2019. 23 October 2019. Taipei Times. Troops also assisted local government units in Liouguei (六龜), Jiasian (甲仙) and Shanlin (杉林) districts in Kaohsiung to evacuate residents from high-risk areas as a pre-emptive measure to ensure their safety, Wu said..
  15. Web site: Liouguei District. Liouguei District Office, Kaohsiung City. 19 February 2018.
  16. https://www.cec.gov.tw/pc/en/TV/nm64000003200000000.html
  17. Web site: Liouguei Tunnels prove popular visitor attraction. 16 February 2018. Taipei Times. 19 February 2018.
  18. Web site: 本區沿革 . Development of the Area . 2024-04-01 . Liouguei District Office Kaohsiung City. November 2016 .
  19. Book: 劉, 建鵬 . 高雄縣六龜鄉神農宮公祖廟沿革 . 六龜神農宮管理委員會 . March 1996 . Liu . Jianpeng . The History of the Temple of Shennong and Public Ancestral Hall in Liuguei Township, Kaohsiung County.

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