| Fengyuan District 豐原區 (葫蘆墩) |
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Fengyuan District
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| Country | Republic of China |
| Special municipality | Taichung |
| Area | |
| • Total | 41.1845 km2 (15.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 165,333 |
| Website | http://www.fengyuan.taichung.gov.tw/ |
Fengyuan (traditional Chinese: 豐原區; simplified Chinese: 丰原區; pinyin: Fēngyuán Qu) is located in north-central Taichung in Taiwan on the south bank of the Dajia River.
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Before the arrival of the Han Chinese, the area of Fengyuan city was inhabited by the Taiwanese 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 late the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty. In 1886, the then governor of Taiwan gave the town its name, Fengyuan, meaning flourishing plain. Then there was a nickname little Suzhou
In 1950, Fengyuan was made the capital of Taichung County, until 25 December, 2010, when Taichung County and Taichung City merged to form a new special municipality.
Emperor Meiji′Emperor Taishō′Hirohito ate rice supplied from Fengyuan City.
Eastern hill part of Fengyuan.
In 1970s, citizens created the Night market of Miao Dong(廟東夜市), there are full of Taiwanese street foods.
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