Checheng
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Checheng Township[1] is a rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.[2]
Names and etymology
The name of the town. Checheng (Template:Zh) combines the Chinese character for "cart", Template:Zh today used to refer to cars and other motorized transport, and Template:Zh which is used in words for walled fortresses and cities, but which in the Taiwanese historical context refers to a town with an earthen security berm.
With the arrival of ethnic Chinese on Taiwan, the native Paiwan name of Kabeyawan was transliterated as Ku-piah-oan (Script error: No such module "Lang".) in the Taiwanese Hokkien language of these new settlers.[3] Following the period of Dutch rule in the 17th century, the name Thóng-léng-po͘ (Script error: No such module "Lang".; Hakka: Thúng-liâng-phû) was used after Koxinga's son and successor Zheng Jing stationed troops there under a Template:Ill (Script error: No such module "Lang".),[3] a military officer with rank roughly equal to a battalion commander; The suffix po͘ (Script error: No such module "Lang".) is often used for place names in Taiwan. A village gradually grew up in the area.[3]
After the Manchu Qing Dynasty assumed control of the lowlands of western Taiwan, ethnic Chinese settlers wanted protection from aboriginal attacks.[3] A wooden palisade was built around the town giving rise to a new name, Chhâ-siâⁿ (Script error: No such module "Lang".; Hakka: Tshài-sàng),[3] using the character Script error: No such module "Lang". (chhâ) which is the Hokkien word for "wood". Thus Chhâ-siâⁿ has roughly the meaning of "stockade".
In 1788, the fifty-third year of the Qianlong Emperor's rule, Manchu general Fuk'anggan landed his army in the area to suppress the Lin Shuangwen rebellion.[3] In commemoration, the town received yet another name Hok-an-chng (Script error: No such module "Lang".; also Hok-an-siâⁿ [Script error: No such module "Lang".]),[3] with Script error: No such module "Lang". from Fuk'anggan's Chinese name and Script error: No such module "Lang". for "pacified", plus Script error: No such module "Lang"., meaning "hamlet".
The origin of the town's current name Checheng is disputed.[3] Some such as Japanese anthropologist Inō Kanori believe that it arose as a mispronunciation of Chhâ-siâⁿ (Script error: No such module "Lang".);[3] the pronunciations of Script error: No such module "Lang". and Script error: No such module "Lang". are similar in both Hokkien and Hakka, chhâ/chhia and tshài/tshâ respectively. Another theory is that as an aboriginal army approached the town, the inhabitants used dozens of oxcarts carrying charcoal to lined up as a defense.[3]
Today, Hokkien-speaking inhabitants continue to pronounce the name of the town with the older Chhâ-siâⁿ, though the written form is almost inevitably Script error: No such module "Lang".. English-language maps and sources have historically used spellings such as Chasiang that reflect this pronunciation.
Geography
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Population: 8,002 (February 2024)
Administrative divisions
The township comprises 11 villages: Baoli, Fuan, Fuxing, Haikou, Houwan, Puqi, Sheliao, Tianzhong, Tongpu, Wenquan and Xinjie.
Education
Tourist attractions
- Checheng Fu'an Temple
- Kenting National Park
- National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium
- Sichongxi Hot Spring
- Dongyuan Forest Recreation Area and Dongyuan Wet Grassland
- Shihmen Ancient battle Field and Mudan Incident Memorial Park
- Syuhai Grassland Recreation Area
- Hsi Chung River Hot Spring
- HaiKou
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Notable natives
- Pan Men-an, Magistrate of Pingtung County
References
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- ↑ 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 Template:Webarchive Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. Template:In lang Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website Template:Webarchive Template:In lang. Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j 《歷史沿革》 ["History"] at 屏東縣車城鄉公所官方網站 [Checheng Township Government website]. Template:Webarchive.
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External links
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