The transformation of social culture in Nangjing area and its association with Nangjing sugar factory

• Main Authors: Kuan Yen Chun, 官彥君
• Other Authors: 黃阿有
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/wj2r6a

碩士 === 國立嘉義大學 === 史地學系研究所 === 97 === Nangjing villages were agricultural culture during Qing Dynasty. In accordance with rhythm of nature cycle, the villagers worked at the break of dawn and rested after the sunset. However, all of these underwent a drastic transformation during the Japanese colonial period. Toyo Sugar Company Co., Ltd. which was a Japanese-owned sugar companies, decided to construct a modern sugar factory in Nanjing due to its good location, i.e. it's near water resources, cane supply regions, railroads, and cheaper land for affordable factory. Nanjing Sugar factory had the function of job creation that brought more immigrants to the area and increased new communities such as factory inner community and Nanjing railway station community. When the sugar factory went into operation, the people of Nanjing area turned to a new rhythm of life. After World War II, The four major Japanese-managed sugar companies were reorganized to Taiwan Sugar Corporation and became a state-owned enterprise as yet. After a short period of reconstruction, Nanjing Sugar Factory managed to sustain a solid growth after 1951. Still, the local people considered the Sugar Factory the center of their lives. Since 1981, however, the influence of the sugar industry has waned as a result of Taiwan's changing economic structure. Nanjing Sugar Factory went into recession later and to stop producing sugar in March 2008. The villagers' lives were no longer traced the factory.