(((( History of Taichung )))) Taiwanese aborigines, including the Babuza people, populated the plains that make up modern Taichung City. They were originally hunter(for deer...etc) gatherers who later lived by cultivating millet and taro. Taiwan became a province of Qing-dynasty China in 1885, this city named Dadun at the time, was designated as the capital of the Taiwan Prefecture. However, four years later,the provincial capital was moved to what is now known as Taipei. After China lost the Sino-Japanese War in 1895, Taiwan was ceded to Japan by the Treaty of Shimonoseki. The Japanese changed the name of the city from Dadun to 台中 (Taichū in Japanese). The Japanese sought to develop the city to make it the first “modern” area of Taiwan.The Japanese administration invested in roads, dams and levees. (1)Taichung Park was completed in 1903. Taichung Park is one of the most popular places in the city for people to relax. (2)The first market in Taichū was built in 1908, along the JiGuang Road between the ZhongZheng and ChengGong Roads and it is still in use today (3)The Japanese undertook a north-south island railway project. Taichung Train Station was completed and began operation in 1917, and still operates today. (4)Taichung was officially designated as a city by Japanese Imperial authorities in 1920, and Taichung City Hall was completed in 1924 after eleven years of construction. At the end of the WWII , Republic of China (ROC) forces crossed the Strait of Taiwan on U.S. ships and accepted the Japanese surrender on behalf of the Allied Powers on 25 October 1945. Upon losing the Chinese Civil War to the Communists, the Kuomintang (KMT), relocated the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan. Taichung was declared a special municipality in 1949 by the ROC government. Since then the city has grown as a center of higher education, commerce and culture. In 2010 the city was merged with the surrounding county to create a municipality of 2.65 million people spread across 2,214 square kilometres.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 06:21:47 +0000
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