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Guanshan Village, Kaohsiung - Wikipedia

Guanshan Village, Kaohsiung

Guanshan Village (Chinese: 關山せきやまさと), also called by the locals as Alikuan (Chinese: おもねさとせき; Taiwanese Romanization: Ah-lí-kuan) or Aliguan, is an indigenous Taivoan community located in Jiaxian District in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.[1][2] As driven by Chinese immigrants and Siraya, Taivoan people started to emigrate from Tainan to Kaohsiung in the early 18th century, and eventually founded the community in 1744.[3] Alikuan was also an important battle field in Tapani incident in 1915.[4]

The annual Night Ceremony of Taivoan people in Alikuan.

Taivoan people in Alikuan were forced to migrate in group to nowadays Siaolin by the Japanese government during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, eventually founding Siaolin Village in 1905.[3]

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  1. ^ Tsuchida, Shigeru; Yamada, Yukihiro; Moriguchi, Tsunekazu. Linguistics Materials of the Formosan Sinicized Populations I: Siraya and Basai. 東京とうきょう: Department of Linguistics, The University of Tokyo. 1991-03: 29.
  2. ^ "History". Jiasian District Office, Kaohsiung City. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b たねかい小林こばやしむらてき記憶きおく. こう雄市ゆういち: 高雄たかおすぎはやし日光にっこう小林こばやししゃ發展はってん協會きょうかい. 2017. ISBN 978-986-95852-0-0.
  4. ^ 邱, せいりゃく. "百年回首噍吧哖事件". Cultural Affairs Bureau, Tainan City Government. Retrieved 2018-06-12.