| dc.description.abstract | In this chapter, there are two topics to be discussed. One is mainly for the period after the middle of the eighteenth century,concerning the research into how the Han frontiersmen pioneer their lands in Nehu-Nankang areas and their irrigation development with its process; the other is an analysis on the study of all kinds of industries which have existed in Nehu-Nankang areas before the middle of the twentieth century. By means of the research on historical documents, we come to understand what industries have developed in Nehu-Nankang areas and furthermore realize what the rising and decaying of every industry is. Besides, we’’ll find out the significance of the history.
As far as geographical situation is concerned, the greatest difference among Nehu-Nankang areas and all the other places in Taipei Basin is that this region is situated at the frontier border of all the places in the basin, and it’’s far away from the mouth of Keelung River. Therefore, in the pioneering process of the Han inhabitants by their tracing along the streams or rivers. The time they spent pioneering is a little later than that of Taipei Basin. In addition, because of so many hills which are not fit for building gullies of great magnitude, the systems of irrigation focus construction on ponds or pools. In the earlier age, the aboringinals in this area are chiefly Ketegalan people; they are Cattaijo, Kimalistsigoouwan, Litsock, and Kipanas, but these four groups of aboriginals hadn’’t developed any industries of great scale. After the Han inhabitants pioneered this region, they lived on growing rice on the farm, so the center of industrial style is agriculture. Until the ending period of Chin Dynasty, Tamsui Harbor became one of the treaty ports for international commerce; this area started to merchandise tea products. And until the middle age of Japanese-ruling, those modern production skills of Bao Zhong Tea developed by the inhabitants of Nankang areas promoted the tea of this area to the most valuable, one in Taipei. Later on, Sotokufu passed these techniques of Bao Zhong Tea. After the Japanese occupied Taiwan,all the other industries started to create records for their development. According to historical data, the coal industry of Nehu-Nankang areas came into being during the Japanese-ruling age. At the most prosperous time, nearly forty-five coal factories existed there. Apparently, the industry of baking brick was booming then. During the middle period of Japanese-ruling, the factories for making brick and roof tile had been the most areas in Taipei Basin. Besides, Nehu-Nankang areas seem to be minor ones in developing metal industries after the middle period of Japanese-ruling. Besides these, the total production value of bamboo industry in this area had been on the top rank of Taipei areas. All of these industries we stated above have brought Nehu-Nankang areas polycentric development of industry. Since World War Ⅱ, they have really contributed so much to these two places.
The major contribution of the research in this chapter is to mold a researching mode for the development of all industries in a single place for a long time. It’’s different from the study of a single industry in a single place, such as the pottery industry in Eingo and coal industry Keelung.Therefore some people often mistake this for a certain industry being developed only by a certain place during the past long time. These might cause people to neglect the characteristic industries that have made contributions. And the main purpose of this research is that we’’ll continue to make a great discovery of these industrial development of the past time. Above all, all of us will recognize the importance of this chapter, and it’’s also the main purpose of this research. | en_US |