Information and Resources on Dazhi History?

[likeanyother]

Hello, if anyone has any leads on where I can find information (in English) about the history of the Dazhi area I would be much obliged. I searched both the forum and the internet to no avail.

(Why my school put my non-Chinese speaking, non-Taiwanese self in charge of finding this is beyond me, but nevertheless I would sincerely, greatly appreciate any help.)

Thanks!

[Mucha_Man]

I would find the old Chinese or Taiwanese name for the place and start doing a search on Google books, NTU library website and the National Central Library website. There are a lot of history books out there in English on Taiwan.

Check out some of the university history department websites and start emailing professors, explaining your task.

Here, quick search and I found a reference to mining in the area:
books.google.com/books?id=O_jBNO … q=&f=false

Or wait, here’s a site on the development of the Dazhi community. Man you are one lousy Googler :

librarywork.taiwanschoolnet.org/ … ndex1.html

The name Dazhi Village first appeared on the map of Taiwan in 1684 (during Kangxi Emperor’s reign in Qing Dynasty). Because after the winding KeeLung River flows into this area, its river course becomes very straight and wide. That’s allegedly how this area got its name－Dazhi (Da means “large”, while zhi means “straight” in Mandarin.)

[Juba]

They have an exceptionally good baseball team.

[likeanyother]

@Mucha Man

Or wait, here’s a site on the development of the Dazhi community. Man you are one lousy Googler :

Ah, apparently so, and I used to be known for my exceptional googling skills! Drat. Seriously though, thank you thank you for your help.
Time to go impress some 5 year olds!