Shizi, Pingtung

Shizi Township
獅子しし鄉きょう
Shizi Township; 獅子しし鄉きょう
Mountain indigenous township
	Shizi Township in Pingtung County
Location	Pingtung County, Taiwan
Area
• Total	301 km2 (116 sq mi)
Population (February 2024)
• Total	4,768
• Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)

Shizi Township^[1] is a mountain indigenous township in Pingtung County, Taiwan. It is the largest township of the county. The main population is the Paiwan people of the Taiwanese aborigines.

Names[edit]

The original Paiwan name for the area was Tjakuvukuvulj (Tjakuvukuvuɬ; historically rendered as Chaobo Obol or in Chinese: 腳歐伯はく伯はく). Han Chinese settlers noted a rock outcropping in the shape of a lion's head (Chinese: 獅仔頭山つむりやま; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sai-á-thâu-soaⁿ; lit. 'lion-head mountain') and called the village Sai-a-thau-sia (獅仔頭あたま社しゃ; Sai-á-thâu-siā; 'lion-head village').

Under Kuomintang rule, the name was changed to the current Shizi, though in Taiwanese Hokkien the name Sai-a-thau is still normally used in spoken contexts.^[2]

Geography[edit]

The terrain of Shizi is mountainous, as the district is located near Taiwan's Central Mountain Range.

Administrative divisions[edit]

The township comprises eight villages:

Caopu (Chinese: 草くさ埔; pinyin: Cǎobù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chháu-po) (Paiwan: Supaw)
Danlu (丹に路ろ; Dānlù; Tan-lō) (Paiwan: Tjakuljakuljai)
Fenglin (楓かえで林りん; Fēnglín; Png-lîm)(Paiwan: Kaidi/Naimalipa)
Nanshi (南みなみ世よ; Nánshì; Lâm-sè) (Paiwan: Nansiku/Tjuladu)
Neishi (內獅; Nèishī; Lāi-sai) (Paiwan: Kacedas)
Neiwen (內文; Nèiwén; Lāi-bûn) (Paiwan: Naibun/Tjakuvukuvulj)
Shizi (獅子しし; Shīzi; Sai-chú) (Paiwan: Tjaqaciljai)
Zhukeng (竹たけ坑あな; Zhúkēng; Tek-kheⁿ) (Paiwan: Tjuruguai)

Economy[edit]

Agriculture[edit]

Agriculture produced in the township includes mangoes, bird's-nest ferns and watermelons.

Tourist attractions[edit]

Places of interest in or around Shizi are Shuangliu Forest Recreation Area, the Cultural Objects Museum, Lilongshan and Neiwen Village.

Transportation[edit]

Shizi is connected via railway through the TRA South-Link Line. A key station is Fangshan Station. Two highways run through the township: Provincial Highway No.1 and Provincial Highway No.9 (South-Link Highway).

References[edit]

^ 臺灣たいわん地區ちく鄉きょう鎮市區しく級きゅう以上いじょう行政ぎょうせい區域くいき名稱めいしょう中ちゅう英えい對照たいしょう表ひょう Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (in Chinese) Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website Archived 2013-08-16 at the Wayback Machine (in English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
^ 吳ご秀麗しゅうれい (1994). Independence Evening Post 商用しょうよう台だい語ご (in Chinese). Taipei. p. 145. ISBN 9789575963149.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links[edit]

Shizi Township Office website (in Chinese)

22°12′06″N 120°42′19″E / 22.2018°N 120.7054°E / 22.2018; 120.7054

[1] 臺灣たいわん地區ちく鄉きょう鎮市區しく級きゅう以上いじょう行政ぎょうせい區域くいき名稱めいしょう中ちゅう英えい對照たいしょう表ひょう Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (in Chinese) Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website Archived 2013-08-16 at the Wayback Machine (in English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2015.

[2] 吳ご秀麗しゅうれい (1994). Independence Evening Post 商用しょうよう台だい語ご (in Chinese). Taipei. p. 145. ISBN 9789575963149.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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v t e Cities and townships of Pingtung County
County seat: Pingtung City
Cities	Pingtung City
Urban townships	Chaozhou Donggang Hengchun
Rural townships	Changzhi Checheng Fangliao Fangshan Gaoshu Jiadong Jiuru Kanding Ligang Linbian Linluo Liuqiu Manzhou Nanzhou Neipu Wandan Wanluan Xinpi Xinyuan Yanpu Zhutian
Mountain indigenous townships	Chunri Laiyi Majia Mudan Sandimen Shizi Taiwu Wutai