| dc.description.abstract | This text regards to Guanyin township as the case of studying, the changes of external politics, economy and the society will all influence local society and religious development of the Guanyin township. Issue for a long time (1684-1990) history observe, to probes into the changes of village and religious development for different period of government in Guanyin.
The people of Guanyin area moved and cultivated it mainly from the period of Yong Zheng in Cing dynasty, Chinese immigrants were mostly employed and cultivated from Jhih Ba Li village, Dasi Cian village, especially is the family of Guo Guang Tian. The Hakka more than the Ho-lo in this district, they can roughly divide into the Hakka village of Guanyin district, the Ho-lo village of Can Ta district and the mixed village of Sin Po district. The distribution of ethnicity were mainly influenced by the division of the reclamation area and different immigrant’’s sources in Cing dynasty. The new immigrants of Shih-Men reservoir after the Republic of China, includes the Hakka, Ho-lo and aborigine of Tai-Ya. They distributed in the coastal village of Guanyin.
The economic activity of Guanyin take agriculture as the core in the past. The official built the ditch of Taoyuan in the period of Japanese government, they afforestted for windproof, this made the local agricultural production of amount increase rapidly, and became the important granary of Taoyuan area. With the industrialization of Taiwan after the Republic of China, agriculture of Guanyin declined, the people in the countryside outflow, they transferred to the factory or other trades and made a living. The industrial area of Guanyin had finished in the 79th year of the Republic of China (1990), although they had promoted the local economic prosperity, also brought the industrial pollution .The development of Guanyin area was influenced by national strength deeply. Due to near to the sea ,Guanyin district and Can Ta district had been developed firstly in Cing dynasty, as the official way moved inside, the ditch of Taoyuan were built, the Sin Po district emerged gradually, it became the most prosperous place of Guanyin area in the period of Japanese government. Because of the establishment of the industrial area in Can Ta district after the Republic of China, they developed prosperous gradually too
Every large domination over throught the number of the family, there were more influences in the local society. As the most populous of Huang and Liao surnamed, they emerged promptly in Cing dynasty, and participated in multiple public affairs. They were the social leading, and took part in the public office local in the period of Japanese government, their posterity accepted new-type education, extend over the social influence of the family. Because in the past it was a traditional agriculturally society in Guanyin area, peasant’’s organization had quite political influence, a lot of local personages of political all came from peasant’’s organization after the Republic of China.
The religious activity of the Hakka and the Ho-lo were divided roughly by the river of Da Ku in Guanyin township , Guanyin district and Can Ta district close to the sea, they were more prosperous relatively early , already formed the village in Cing dynasty, and developed so far. The Guanyin district believed in Gan Cyuan temple and Pu Ji temple. The Can Ta district believed in Bao Jhang temple. Because the Sin Po district emerged relatively late, it was influenced by other ones that the range of sacrifices take shape earlier. | en_US |