The Development and Change of Luju Area

• Main Authors: Chiang-yu Huang, 黃瓊玉
• Other Authors: Chih-Chang Lai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/49679797210927771410

碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 台灣文化研究所碩士班 === 98 === The study aims at the regional development of the Luju township in Kaohsiung County to inspect the development and changes in different periods from the points of politics and society, industry and economics, space distribution, and cultural characters. Luju locates on the Da-Hu Table in Chia-Nan Plain. The plain area is suitable for agriculture; however, the agricultural and industrial developments are deeply restricted for the lack of water resource in Luju. Besides the northern and southern part with rivers, most of land here is rain fed farmland. There had been habitants here about 3500 to 2000 years ago early in the New Stone Age. Before the Dutch Occupation, Luju was the living area of the Da-Jie-Dian Tribe, one of the Ping-Pu aborigines, then it was cultivated by Hann immigrants, and settlements appeared in the Dutch Occupation period. It had the most settlements here in the southern part of Er-Jen River in the period of Koxinga, and reached to the highest and founded the basis of settlement development in the Ching Dynasty. The development kept in a steady state in the Japanese Colonial Period, and it formed the primary scale for the present time, although some settlements disappeared because of the black plague. For the lack of water resource, most farmland here is rain fed land. Farmers cultivate rice in the area with water conservancy; raise dry crops like sweet potato and sugar cane, or money crops like sesame, magnolia, and cyperus malaccensis. In the west coastal area, the inhabitants engage in fishing and oyster farming. After the World War II, the agriculture here became multiple for the change of environment and transition of industries. Some farmers raised cauliflower and tomato, others engaged in animal husbandry and aquaculture. Luju became a famous and important production area of cauliflower, tomato, egg, and milkfish in Taiwan, which were viewed as “the four treasures of Luju” therefore. Processing and manufacturing is another important industry in Luju, especially the screw products, which had been well known all over the world. The Kaohsiung Scientific Park established in 2001 was entrusted to promote technical levels and increase industrial competence by new industries, and to draw great occupation population and promote local prosperity by related constructions.