Shipai
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Shipai is the name of many places. There are two townships called Shipai in Taiwan.
[edit] Shipai, Beitou District, Taipei
The Shipai in Beitou District, Taipei includes seven neighborhoods.
Before the Qing Dynasty of China, Shipai was the territory of the local Taiwanese aborigines. In the early Qing Dynasty, Han Chinese started to settle this area. As a result, the two sides faught a lot. In about 1745 to 1748, the tenth officer of the local government erected many stone tablets to split the two groups apart. One of the stone tablets became the origin of the name Shipai, which means stone tablet. The original site of the tablet was believed to be located at the Yunghe Neighborhood. It was moved to the Shipai Police Station in 1935. The police station moved, in 1999, to a place near the Shipai MRT Station. It is belived that this place is closer to the original site.
Right now, Shipai is an urban township that has a dense population.
[edit] Shipai, Yilan County
This Shipai is located at the boundary of Yilan and Taipei Counties. Yilan and Taipei Counties built the Shipai County-Boundary Park here.
In 1900, the official of the local government carved a stone tablet to celebrate the completion of the Taipei-Yilan Road. Then people started to call it Shipai.
