Fengyuan City 葫蘆墩
—  City  —
Fengyuan City Location in the Republic of China
Coordinates: 24°15′N 120°43′E / 24.25°N 120.717°E / 24.25; 120.717
Country	Republic of China
County	Taichung County
Area
- Total	41.1845 km2 (15.9 sq mi)
Population (2009)
- Total	165,333
Website	http://www.fengyuan.gov.tw/

Fengyuan City (traditional Chinese: 豐原市; simplified Chinese: 丰原市; [[Tongyong&bsp;Pinyin]]: Fōngyuán Shìh; Hanyu Pinyin: Fēngyuán Shì) is located in north-central Taichung County in Taiwan on the south bank of the Dajia River. It is the capital of Taichung County.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Tribute rice for Emperor of Japan(1895—1959) 2 Tourism 2.1 Golf course 2.2 Night market of Miao Dong 3 Native products 4 Industrial products 5 Transportation 6 Notable residents 7 External links

[edit] History

Before the arrival of the Han Chinese, the area of Fengyuan city was inhabited by the Taiwanese aborigines. The Mandarin transliteration of the aboriginal word for the area is "tai ye lue duan", meaning thriving pine forest.

Han immigration to the area began during the reign of late the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty. In 1886, the then governor of Taiwan gave the town its name, Fengyuan, meaning flourishing plain. Then there was a nickname little Suzhou

In 1950, Fengyuan was made the capital of Taichung county.

[edit] Tribute rice for Emperor of Japan(1895—1959)

Emperor Meiji′Emperor Taishō′Hirohito ate rice supplied from Fengyuan City.

[edit] Tourism

[edit] Golf course

Eastern hill part of Fengyuan.

[edit] Night market of Miao Dong

In 1970s, citizens created the Night market of Miao Dong(廟東夜市), there are full of Taiwanese street foods.

[edit] Native products

• Tobacco
• Orange
• grape
• lacquerware
• Wood
• rice

[edit] Industrial products

• Athletic shoe

[edit] Transportation

• National Highway No. 1
• National Highway No. 4

[edit] Notable residents

• Winnie Hsin, pop singer
• Chang Yu-sheng, pop singer

[edit] External links

• Government website

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