This is a brief information about the beautiful place where I am presently residing now.

Brief History: Hsin-chu has been here for 3 centuries now and it was once the beautiful homeland of the Taokas, one of the tribes of Taiwanese plain origines. Hsin-chu’s old name was "Chuchien", It is a Taokas word that means "seashore".  The Taokas lived by the coast around Shiang-shan Wetland. Hsin-Chu is the oldest city in Northern Taiwan. In 1711, a Han Chinese named Wang Shi-jie settled in Chuchien. 1723, bamboo groves were planted to serve as a city wall and 4 gate towers were erected. 1826, during Qing emperor Daoguang’s reign, 47 members, including Zheng Yong-xi, requested the Qing court to erect a city wall made of bricks and stones. The project included a city wall, a moat and 4 gate towers: The Xingyi gate (east gate), the Yishuang gate (West gate), the Gexun gate (South gate), and the Gongchen gate(North gate). Today only the east gate and the section of the moat survived. 1895, the Japanese tear down many traditional buildings and the city walls. 1945, the KMT government came to Taiwan, and it puts focus on industrial development. In 1980, the gov’t established the Hsin-chu Science Park and the high-tech quality, high-tech industry began.

The Windy City

Located in Northwestern Taiwan, Hsin-chu city is sorrounded by mountainson three sides and the sea on one side. Hsin-chu City is also what the Taiwanese says, the Windy city. Shiang-Shan boasts the largest oyster farming operations in northern Taiwan, it has a 200 year history of oyster farming here. Hsin-chu’s unique local specialty is rice noodles, local delicacies should not be missed when visiting Hsin-chu. Hsin-chu’s Science Park is Taiwan’s Silicon Valley, It is the global center of Technological development.

I encouraged my friends and relatives who lives from other part of this world to come and visit Hsin-chu, the windy city and join us explore the beauty of it.