• 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

Yi-Xin Lane

Yi-Xin Lane is located in Ping-tang community. The local religious center is Wan-Fu temple on Zi-Li Road. The main god of the temple is Wu-Fu His Highness. There are many different versions of historical legends about the origin of Wu-Fu His Highness. According to the History of Nan-Kun-Shen of Dai-Tian-Fu , "Wu-Fu His Highness lived in the end of Sui Dynasty. Emperor Yang of the sui dynasty was fatuous , and the people are very poor and suffering . At that time, Li , Chi, Wu, Zhu and Fan were the five brothers who were sworn over as friends of life and death.

Knowing that Emperor Yang was not the emperor they wanted to assist, they sold their possessions and helped the people.Save the people, five brothers together to take refuge in the Emperor Gao, to help Emperor Gao defeat Emperor Yang, and established the Tang Dynasty. From five thousand years old to call god to the 21st century today, there has been more than 1,300 years of history, and five thousand years old in the hearts of everyone is still so great.

Guang-Hua Lane

The Dong-Long Temple in Guang-Hua Lane is the local center of faith, and the temple is closely related to the history of "Guang-Hua Lane". The main gods of the Dong-Long temple were Wen, Xuei, as well as Ma and Zhao. They moved out of the Guang-Xin Alley and built the temple on the site in 1960. Most of the culture is evolved from religion, so most of the culture in guanghua community is evolved from the belief of donglong palace. Mr. Tang-Rong, who started out as a sugar factory contractor in 1930, recruited workers from all over the country for the construction of the colony, which gradually became a settlement with the surrounding staff quarters in what is now Guang-Hua Lane. Later, Mr. Tang rong also opened an iron factory in kaohsiung, which was well managed and was one of the largest iron factories in Taiwan at that time. At the same time, it also benefited the local area and created many jobs. The cultural relics used in the early days of sugar making, as well as the steam trains that transported sugar in the early days of Tai-Tang street, and the elevated railway from Pingtung to Chao-Zhou, all show the steps of its urban development in the old low houses of Guang-Hua Lane.

Yi-Yong Lane

Yi-Yong Lane is a part of pingtan community. The biggest area in the area, namely green square, has become another leisure place for pingtung residents. Besides, Tai-Tang ice shop is located in yiyong li, which can attract people to taste ice every day. The Tzi-Feng Shrine,located in Yi-yong Li, is the only one temple in Taiwan that celebrates the Enlightenment Day of Heavenly God,.Because most of the residents nearby are engaged in the sugar industry, they celebrate the birthday of the Heavenly God along with the busy agricultural period.