Beipu

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Coordinates: 24°39′50″N 121°4′5″E / 24.66389°N 121.06806°E / 24.66389; 121.06806

Not to be confused with Beipu in Xincheng, Hualien.
Beipu Township in Hsinchu County

Beipu Township (Chinese: 北埔鄉; pinyin: Běipǔ Xiāng; Hakka: Pet-phû-hiông) is a rural township in Hsinchu County in northern Taiwan. Beipu is well known in Taiwan as a center of Hakka culture, especially for production of dongfang meiren tea and its special Hakkanese blends of tea and nuts called lēichá (擂茶).

History

The town was the scene of the 1907 Beipu Uprising against the Japanese occupation of Taiwan when insurgents of both Hakka and indigenous Saisiyat extraction attacked Japanese officials and their families. In retaliation, Japanese military and police killed more than 100 Hakka people, the majority of whom were young men from Neidaping (內大坪), a small village in the mountainous southern part of the township.[1]

Demographics

As of 2004, Beipu had a population of 10,514, of whom 98 percent were Hakka.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Yang Ching-ting. “Time to Recall the Beipu Uprising”. Taipei Times editorial. 28 November 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Beipu offers glimpse into hard-fought Hakka way of life". The China Post. 2004-08-23. Retrieved 2008-10-17. 

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Cities and townships of Hsinchu County
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