A study on the land exploitation and settlement developmant in Fen-Chi-Hu Area, Sinpi Town, Pingtung County

• Main Authors: Wu Su Ping, 吳素萍
• Other Authors: Chiung-Jen Chien
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/66128432506425553403

碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 客家文化研究所 === 95 === This research focuses on the cultivation of the Fen-Chi-Hu area in Sinpi, and the development of villages in the neighboring regions. The Fen-Chi-Hu area is close to the Da-Wu Mountain. During the old days, it was the area where the residents of Cattia conducted shifting cultivation and hunting activities. During the Kangsi reign in the Cing Dynasty, this area was considered part of tribal territory, and functioned as an important border guard station. The arable land around the Fen-Chi-Hu area was very small and it was not appropriate for farming, so the development of Fen-Chi-Hu was not based on agriculture. Since Da-Wu Mountain produced thick woods, the Cing government set up military factories in the Fen-Chi-Hu area during Yong-Zheng’s reign. Lumber for military use became the critical factor of local development in this area, and it attracted large numbers of timber-jacks and farmers to move into the Fen-Chi-Hu area and the surrounding villages, which revived the development of Sinpi and Jiadong. Later, the Fen-Chi-Hu’s lumber industry declined because of the prosperous lumbering in northern Taiwan and since the thick wood was not as economically beneficial as camphor trees. Moreover, Fangliao, the export port for wood, also declined because of adverse natural conditions, leading to the downfall of Fen-Chi-Hu area. After the lumbering industry declined, the Hakka people relying on lumbering were forced to go to neighboring villages. They became the major cultivation force of the Hakka villages in the Sinpi and Jiadong areas. In the past, scholars believed that Liudui cultivation routes were divided into three lines: the north line, the central line and the south line. The south line is the cultivation route toward Zuodui. Based on literature review and 24 old local documents concerning Cattia, the research probes into the cultivation processes of the Han people in the Fen-Chi-Hu area and attempts to find a cultivation route for Zuodui which differs from that recognized by other scholars. And this research also exhibits that Hakka people in Luidui had diverse cultivation routes which were not merely restricted to agriculture.