- Fengyuan City
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latd= 24.25|latm= |lats= |latNS= N
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website = http://www.fengyuan.gov.tw/
footnotes =Fengyuan City (zh-tsht|s=丰原市|t=豐原市|hp=Fēngyuán Shì|tp=Fōngyuán Shìh) is located in north-central
Taichung County inTaiwan on the south bank of theDajia River . It is the capital ofTaichung County .History
Before the arrival of the
Han Chinese , the area of Fengyuan city was inhabited by theTaiwanese 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 the
Kangxi Emperor of theQing dynasty . In 1886, the then governor of Taiwan gave the town its name, Fengyuan, meaning flourishingplain .In 1950, Fengyuan was made the capital of Taichung county.
Tribute rice for
Emperor of Japan (1895—1959)Emperor Meiji ′Emperor Taishō ′Hirohito aterice supplied from Fengyuan City.Transportation
*National Highway No. 1
*National Highway No. 4Notable residents
*
Winnie Hsin , pop singer
*Chang Yu-sheng , pop singerExternal links
* [http://www.fengyuan.gov.tw/english/index.htm Government website]
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