Brief introduction of Pingpu nationality

Pingpu people in Keelung Ketagalan are ancestors of Taipei, and the legend of Keelung's old name "Chicken Cage" was translated from "Ketagalan".

Taipei Taipei, as its name implies, is in the north of Taiwan Province Province, which is a combination of "Taiwan Province Province" and "North".

Ruifang Ruifang used to be called "Crucible Lai", which was once the traffic artery from Keelung to Yilan. Once Chen Deng and Lai cooperated to run a crucible shop (grocery store), so it was commonly known as Crucible Lai.

Sunseeker stop is located on the bank of the middle reaches of Keelung River, and its old name is "Water Back to Foot". As the name implies, the tide only rises [so far] and then returns.

The original name of Jingmeijingmei is "Tiaowei", which refers to the wooden trough pipeline used for water irrigation. It was once the end of the irrigation canal in Liugong Town, hence its name.

Three Plows When Taiwan Province opens up wasteland, each tenant can get a plow, and one plow can cultivate about Wu Jia's land. The number of plows assigned to each household is different, so "two plows" and "three plows" have become place names.

Freshwater Freshwater was originally called "Huwei", which is a fishing tool and refers to the estuary at the end of the river. Because it is located at the mouth of fresh water, it is the end of fishing in Shanghai, so it is called.

Shipai is a "Shipai" located between Shilin and Beitou. In the past, Han people and aborigines often fought for territory in the north. In order to determine the boundary between the two sides, the Qing court set up a stone at the junction of the two sides, so it was named Shipai.

Daocheng "Daocheng" is located in today's datong district. At that time, rice was planted everywhere, and there was a public big threshing ground, commonly known as Daocheng.

Wanhua Wanhua's original name is "monga", which is derived from the transliteration of Pingpu nationality in Ketagalan language, meaning canoe.

Luzhou "Luzhou" was originally a sandbar in the Danshui River until it was covered with reeds, so it was called Luzhou.

Banqiao Banqiao is called "Square Bridge". During the reclamation, a wooden bridge was built on the ditch of today's Ximen Mansion, which is convenient for pedestrians to go back and forth, hence the name.

In the early days of the Three Gorges, residents of the Three Gorges flooded into the Delta Plain of Dahanhe River in the Three Gorges River to reclaim land, construction of the village. At that time, the stream was choppy, hence the name "triangular surge".

Taoyuan Taoyuan, originally reclaimed by Hakkas, was named "Tiger Maozhuang"; Later, someone planted peach trees here, renamed it "Peach Garden", and later it was called Taoyuan.

The origin of Guanyin place name is said to be that in the Qing Dynasty, a farmer found a natural stone similar to Guanyin statue by the stream and built a church to worship it, so he named it.

Most Hakkas live in Zhongli Zhongli. "Zhongli" is a Hakka dialect, which refers to a sunken lowland, just between Hsinchu and fresh water, hence the name "Zhongli".

The flat needle used to be a flat needle, which was located in the transportation hub and was often robbed by bandits. So Zhang Wangliao was set up on the roadside, called "Zhang Luliao". Later, this place became more and more calm, so it was called "Anping Town" and changed its name to "Pingzhen" during the Japanese occupation.

There are many old brands in Daxi Daxi. Pingpu people call it "big bone depression", while Han people change it to "big bone soup" Later, because the local Li Tengfang was chosen, it was changed to "Daxitang". The Japanese occupation period was called "Daxi".

Hsinchu Hsinchu, formerly known as "Zhu Qian", was originally the site of the Daokasi Pingpu Bamboo Money Society, so it was transliterated. In the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed "Hsinchu", which meant a newly established county was in Zhu Qian.

The old name of the new house is "Hongmao Port". According to legend, the Spanish once landed here, so it is called Hongmao Port.

Xinpu Xinpu was originally named "Balibao" (the people in Daokaspingpu called the uncultivated wasteland "Balibao"), and later the Han people reclaimed wasteland here to form new land, so it was called "Xinpu".

Kansai Kansai was originally named "boron pickles", which is said to be because it is surrounded by mountains on three sides and looks like an urn full of pickles. It was only during the Japanese occupation period that it was changed to "Kansai" which sounded like Japanese.

Before the people of the Eastern Han Dynasty reclaimed Zhudong, the local area was a lush forest zone, hence the name "Tree Kirin". Later, it was renamed "Zhudong" because it was located in the east of hsinchu city.

Miaoli Miaoli was formerly called "Li Mao", which originated from the transliteration of Li Maoshe of Kaspinpu nationality. Pingpu language means plain.

Houlong Houlong used to be called Houlong. At the beginning, the settlement was built in the hilly area of Houshan, hence the name.

Xiao Tong Xiao Tong, formerly known as Tunxiao, was transliterated from Dokaspin Tunxiao Society. During the Japanese occupation, Hutou Mountain was renamed "Xiao Tong" because it was towering into the sky.

Before Sanyi, there were three streams in Sanyi, which formed a three-pronged shape, so it was called "Three Forks River". Later, the Kuomintang government thought the word "fork" was similar to the simple word "righteousness" and renamed it "Sanyi".

Qingshui Qingshui, formerly known as "Niumaitou", is a transliteration of Niumaitou Society of Pingpu nationality, taking a selfie. During the Japanese occupation period, it was found that most of the stations gushed out clear springs and changed their names to "Qingshui".

Wufeng Wufeng used to be called "Gaiwu", which is a Chinese transliteration of the name of Hongyaping community, and was later renamed "Wufeng". Some people say that it is because the nearby peaks are prone to fog in the early morning.

Nantou Nantou is the only county and city in Taiwan Province Province that is not near the sea. The place names were translated from the social names of Nantou Society of Hongya Pingpu nationality.

The Atayal people in Puli call Puli the House of Stars. Looking from a height at night, thousands of lights are as bright as the stars in the sky.

Lugu Lake Lugu Lake was formerly known as "Qiangzailiao". Legend has it that hunters once built a work hut here to hunt hadrons, hence the name.

Zhushan Zhushan was originally named "Lin Qipu", so it was named to commemorate the contribution of Zheng Chenggong's reclamation department.

Caotun Caotun used to be the main road between Lugang and Puli. The porters stopped back and forth to change straw sandals, which piled up as high as a mound, so it was called "straw sandals pier".

Changhua Changhua used to be called "banxian", which belonged to the social scope of Babu Pingpu banxian, but it was renamed "Changhua" in Qing Dynasty to show the emperor's meaning.

In the early stage of Taiwan Province Province and American reclamation, there were frequent fights. The origin of the place name "Hemei" is that I hope everyone can live in harmony and stop fighting.

Lugang Lugang was once the gateway to the central provinces of Taiwan Province, formerly known as Luzai Port, Lushui and Luxi. It is said that many deer herds gathered here before.

Flower bed The flower bed used to be called "tomato's foot". The Japanese dialect of "tomato" is similar to Japanese "flower bed", so it was renamed "flower bed".

The member forest before the member forest used to be a woodland. Later, the reclamation people gradually reclaimed this place from all directions, leaving a round woodland and building a village here, named Member Forest.

Yunlin's "Douliumen" is the old name of Yunlin, which originally belonged to Douliumen Society of Hongya Pingpu nationality. Later, because the east is mountainous and often foggy, the place name "Yunlin" got up.

When the ancient cave was first reclaimed from the sea, it was built in the tree-lined alley of the ancient cave tree, hence the name "Ancient Cave Lane".

The old name of Hu Weiwei Hu Weiwei was "Wu Jiancuo". It is said that when the village was built, there were only five families, so it was called Wujiancuo.

Fighting against the south and fighting against the south are the spheres of influence of the Pingpu nationality in Hongya. The old name "Taliwu" was translated from the name of the Taliwu Society of this nationality.

Beigang Beigang, formerly known as "Bengang", is located in the north of Beigangxi. In the past, due to floods and wars between Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, most residents of Beigang were from Quanzhou.

Originally named "Zhu Luo", Zhu Luo Jiayi once fought for the forest in the Shetian of Zhuluo Mountain of Hongya Pingpu nationality. In recognition of people's loyalty to the city, the Qing court changed its name to Chiayi.

Minxiong Minxiong's old name "Cat Beating" was originally within the scope of Hongya Pingpu Cat Beating Society, but it was changed to "Minxiong" with similar pronunciation to Japanese during the Japanese occupation period.

Because of the diversion of Beigang West and the war between Zhang Quan, Xingang was divided into two towns. Most residents of Xingang are from Zhangzhou, which is a newly established settlement.

Cloth bag "cloth bag" is a sandbar terrain, with many salt pans, located in the lagoon, surrounded by sand mouths. It is named after the shape of a cloth bag.

The water on the water used to be called "Shuichengtou". As the name implies, when the settlement was first established, it was chosen in a place with canal irrigation to facilitate farmland irrigation.

Tainan Tainan is the earliest place where Taiwan Province Island was developed. Ming and Zheng called it "Chengtianfu", but in Qing Dynasty it was changed to "Taifu" and later called "Tainan House". Since then, there has been a place name of "Tainan".

Kerry Kerry's old name "Xiao Long" is the sphere of influence of Pingpu people in Pinggu who live in Tainan.

The new town, formerly known as "Xingang", is also the base of the Pingpu people in Xiaya.

There are many limestones in the upper reaches of Baishuixi, and there used to be ash kilns. Most of the water is white, so it got the name of "White River".

Yujing Yujing, formerly known as Jiaobama, is the place where the famous Jiaobama incident happened. Later, I changed the Fulao dialect of "Jiaobama" into "Yujing" with similar pronunciation in Japanese.

Xinhua Xinhua, formerly known as "Damujiang", originally belonged to Damujiang Society of Pingpu ethnic group in Silaya. After Zheng Lingtai in Ming Dynasty, it was renamed "Xinhua", which means a newly naturalized community.

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung used to be the seat of the Pingpu Dog Fight Club in Makalu. It used to be called "beating dogs", but later I changed it to "Kaohsiung" with a similar pronunciation to Japanese.

Birdsong Birdsong was originally called "Birdsong Foot", and Birdsong is a red banyan tree. It is said that the village was established under the red banyan tree.

Okayama "Okayama Town, when it was uncultivated, was a land full of stalks and thorns, so it was originally called" the forest of stalks ". Later, it is said that an old man opened a shop in the local area, so it was also called "grandfather shop".

Qishan Qishan was formerly called "Sweet Potato Cabin". It is said that residents planted sweet potatoes when they built huts here for reclamation, hence the name.

Meinong Meinong, formerly known as "Mi Nong", is a typical Hakka settlement. At the beginning of reclamation, some people praised it as "a fertile land", so they called it "rice farmer"

Jia Dong Jia Dong's old name is "Chedo", which is the Chinese name of Pingpu people in Maka Island. Later, I changed it to "Jia Dong" with similar pronunciation in Japanese.

Hengchun Hengchun, formerly known as "Langjiao", is a transliteration of Paiwan dialect, referring to the coastal areas of Checheng and Haikou. Later, because of the mild climate, it was renamed "Hengchun".

Manzhou Manzhou was originally named "Mosquito Cricket" and belonged to Paiwan Mosquito Cricket Peak Community. Later, I took a pronunciation similar to Japanese and renamed it "Manchuria".

Taitung Taitung was formerly known as "Baosang" and "North South". In the past, the leaders of the northern and southern ethnic groups once ruled the vertical valley plain in Taitung in the name of "the king of the northern and southern regions", and other ethnic groups paid tribute to them.

The former name of the Great Wu Dawu was "Balangwei", which was translated from the social name of paiwan. It was only during the Japanese occupation that it was renamed Dawu, probably from Dawu Mountain, the highest peak in the south of the Central Mountains.

The old name of success is "Machero", which is a transliteration of the Ami nationality and describes the withering of vegetation.

Changbin Changbin belongs to the coastal Ami nationality, where the tribe once set up a lookout post to resist the Qing army. The old name "Jiazouwan" means lookout in Ami language.

Yuli Yuli's old name is "Pushige". In Bunun language, it refers to the potholes full of wind and sand, and in Arabic, it refers to the land full of ferns.

Mizuho Mizuho originally belonged to Xiuguluan Ami, and its old name "Shuiwei" means vast Yuan Ye in Ami language.

Lakeside Lakeside used to be the distribution place of Ami people along the coast. There used to be evergreen trees here, and the old name "Maogong" was taken from the transliteration of the Ami language Evergreen.

Shroud Shroud's old name is "Li Yuwei". It is said that the former settlement was built in the south of the sharp tail corner of Liyushan, hence the name.

Old names such as Yilan, Yilan, "Ha in the South" and "Kamalan" are all translated from the local ethnic names of Kamalan Pingpu people, meaning people living in the plains.

Suao Suao was first led by Su Shiwei and located by the bay, hence the name "Suao".

Luodong Luodong's old name is "Laozhi", which means "monkey" in Pingpu language.

Jiaoxi Jiaoxi is a famous hometown of hot springs. As the name implies, it refers to a dry road. In addition to the rainy season, the nearby streams are almost in the state of sandbars, hence the name "Jiaoxi".

Toucheng Toucheng is Wusha's first stop in Yilan. First of all, it is cultivated by building a city with earthen castles. Therefore, the old name "Touwei" means to build a village by building a "fence".

Ma Gong Penghu Ma Gong Tian Hou Temple is the first Mazu Tempel in Taiwan Province, formerly known as "Ma Gong", because it is dedicated to Mazu.