Fengyuan District
History
Before the arrival of the Han Chinese, the area of that is now Fengyuan was inhabited by Taiwanese aborigines. Their name for the area, meaning "thriving pine forest", was transcribed into Chinese characters as 泰耶爾墩. Before the mid-18th century, the area was a territory of the Pazeh people, which they called Haluton. This name was adapted into Hokkien as Haloton (Chinese: 葫蘆墩; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hô͘-lô͘-tun; lit. 'gourd mound').
Han immigration to the area began during late Qing rule. Liu Mingchuan gave the area a nickname of "little Suzhou" due to its prosperity and scenic beauty.
Empire of Japan
In 1905, during Japanese rule, the Holotun Station was erected, putting the area along a main thoroughfare. In 1920, the Governor-General of Taiwan gave the town its name, Toyohara (Japanese: 豐原), meaning flourishing plain. Emperor Meiji, Emperor Taishō, and Emperor Hirohito ate rice supplied from Toyohara until 1953.
After World War II
After World War II in 1945, the area was renamed to Fengyuan and was organized as an urban township of Taichung County. In 1950, it was made the capital of the county from the former capital Yuanlin after the separation of Changhua County and Nantou County from Taichung County. On 1 March 1976, Fengyuan was upgraded to a county-administered city due to its population. On 25 December 2010, Taichung County was merged with Taichung City and Fengyuan was upgraded to a district of the city with Xitun District as the capital of the city.
The restaurant chain KLG has its headquarters in Fengyuan District. In the 1970s, citizens created the Miaodong Night Market (廟東夜市), that is full of Taiwanese street foods.
The district is also home to the Fengyuan Museum of Lacquer Art and the Taichung Municipal City Huludun Cultural Center.
Transportation
Rail
Fengyuan District is accessible from TRA Fengyuan Station.
Road
Notable natives
- Chang Yu-sheng, pop singer
- Johnny Chiang, Chairperson of Kuomintang
- Kuan Bi-ling, member of Legislative Yuan (2008–2020)
- Lin Chung-chiu, baseball player
- Liu Fu-hao, baseball player
- Tu Ai-yu, golfer
- Winnie Hsin, pop singer
References
- ^ ""Contact Us". KLG. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
快樂雞股份有限公司 台中市豐原區西勢路154號
External links
- Official website (in Chinese)