• Once a self-sufficient community
  • Taiwan's economic export value accounts for the largest proportion
  • Departing from an abandoned railway
  • With the introduction of local people
  • Let's understand the history of Taiwan Sugar
Sugar mill locomotive

Retired train that used to transport sugar cane

Old banyan tree

Old banyan tree accompanied Pingtung sugar factory

Shinpei Torii

Japanese engineer built a water collection corridor

Taitang County People's Park

The transformed Park is full of amazing designs

Introduction

Pingtung sugar factory was once one of the three major general factories of Taiwan sugar industry company. During the Japanese reign, it was called aiche sugar institute. It was established by Taiwan sugar production society and started sugar production in 1909. After the recovery, affiliated to the second division of the Taiwan sugar company, renamed as the Taiwan sugar company pingdong district. Pingtung sugar mill was established at first purpose is to make sugar, but with the market demand shrinking, the international sugar prices depressed for a long time and the high cost of production factors, so the Taiwan sugar factory shut down several, now only Hu-wei sugar factory and Shan-hua Sugar Factory are in operation . Pingtung Sugar Factory ceased producing sugar , and established Tai-tang Cultural Museum to promote the development of tourism industry.

Revolution of history

Pingtung Sugar factory used to be the largest factory in the far east. Although being seriously damaged by allied aircraft bombing during the second world war, in October 1945, Taiwan was rebuilt . In 1950, it was reorganized into the Taiwan industry company pingtung equipment factory. In its heyday, there were industries such as manufacturing, paper-pulp factory , and animal husbandry. Two chimneys stand out from the sky and become the landmark of Pingtung. One was built in 1937 during the Japanese era ,and the other was built in 1976.

Presentation

Since 2001, Tai-tang has ceased to manufacture products as their main business. Today, the current site of the Pingtung factory in the downtown has been changed to the "Pingtung operation office of the asset management center". Instead of the old factories and machines, it has increased its interaction with the community. In addition, the museum has been set up to preserve the history of Taiwan sugar, so that people can have a deeper understanding of Taiwan sugar and gradually develop towards the tourism industry. Now retain the heritage and building a factory five characteristics of the general office of s form a complete complex (Japanese construction area), in addition to) the rise and fall of the diabetes plant development, because of great historical significance and the value of saving, now in order to cooperate with the government and the cultural industry policy of the company, since 2000, could lead to diabetes industry related literature history data, machinery, civil building site of cultural relics, cultural landscape, the oral history data, intangible assets, group overview of cultural assets to store inventory.