Taichung City is located in the west of Taiwan Province Island and the center of Taichung Basin. The city is divided into five urban areas in the east, south, west, north and middle and three suburbs in Beitun, Nantun and Xitun. Area 163 km2, population 750,000. It is the third largest city in Taiwan Province Province and a famous historical and cultural city in central Taiwan Province Province.
Taichung City used to be called "Dongdadun" and "Hutong". The land around it is fertile and the climate is mild all year round. It is rich in rice, sugar cane, fruit and tobacco. It is not only a distribution center for products in central Taiwan Province, but also an important industrial city.
Taichung's industry and commerce are increasingly developed, mainly in sugar, food, machinery repair and chemical industries. The suburb has a suitable climate, gentle terrain, good irrigation efficiency and developed agriculture, and mainly produces rice, sweet potatoes, peanuts, corn, soybeans and citrus. , is a famous agricultural area in western Taiwan. At the same time, due to the mild climate and beautiful environment, it has the reputation of "quiet capital".
History and culture
1, Wanhe Palace surname drama
Since March 21st of the lunar calendar, Wan He Gong's drama has been staged in the surnames of various prefectures in Nantun, competing to raise funds to prepare the sacrificial ceremony and reward the gods. The first day is Zhangzhou Opera, the 22nd day is Cantonese Opera (Chaozhou, Jiaying and Huizhou), the 23rd day is Mazu Birthday, the 24th day is Quanzhou Opera, the 25th day is Tingzhou Opera, and then there are twelve surnames (Zhang, Liao, Jane, Lin, Liu, Lai, He, Chen, Huang, Yang, Jiang and Dai).
Except for Zhang who donated the temple land, the other surnames invited the troupe to perform in turn. Then the drama of thanking the gods and the drama of soldiers were also staged, which lasted for more than a month and formed the local traditional folk customs. Nowadays, in Taiwan Province Province, there are not many temples for repaying gratitude with the surname of "Wanhe Palace", and the operas with the surname of "Wanhe Palace" have also become learning places for people who study Mazu and traditional operas.
Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on May 5th.
Every year at noon on the Dragon Boat Festival, Limin runs with long clogs in Litoudian Street (now the third section of Nantun Road) to "scare" pangolins, interspersed with a series of folk talent activities, such as sedan chair competition, gyro, hoop walking, tug-of-war, field race, boating on water, lighting incense and taking his wife with him, which makes him homesick.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Taichung City