Peipu Daai-A Guided Tour of Its Elegance

韓鈴(Ling Han)
清華大學社會所研究生

2004/01/03

Peipu is a Hakka village with rich historical and cultural legacy. Its cultivation process involved the capital aggregation of Han people and a difficult migration process. On the other hand, the Pingpu aboriginal people, who originally lived in Peipu, got into to serious armed fights with the Hakka migration group and was forced continuously moving upward to the mountain. In order to avoid further expansion of the conflicts between Han and the aboriginal people, the Qing government set up a boundary named “Niutujie.” With the past history in mind, the developed site of Peipu reflects the past armed migration legacy, and this legacy also influences the entire scenery of the village, such as the architectures, and streets.

The name “Da-ai” means the “big pass,” a frontier pass signifying an important military entrance point. The cultivation group “Jing-guang-fu” started the earliest development process of Peipu, and it is a group organized by Hakka immigrants from Guangdong, Fujian provinces. They started the cultivation with governmental approval and at the same time established a frontier military pass way to prevent attacks from aboriginal people. The name “Dai-ai” came from this period because “Jing-guang-fu” was the biggest frontier spot.

Though today Peipu has lost its original purpose as a frontier pass, the historical legacy can still be seen everywhere, fusing with daily lives of Peipu people. During the early period of Taiwanese industrialization, Peipu like many rural villages faced the gliding moments of population loss and the decline of traditional towns. However, in recent year, Peipu has actively developing tourism, promoting the delicacy of agriculture. Tea and persimmon cakes are the two representative delicacy of Peipu. In the fall of Shinju area, the special dry wind, “jiu-jiang-fong,” comes right in time for making persimmon cakes and dry persimmons. Therefore, Peipu is famous for its history of growing persimmons, and besides tree gardens on the hills, the majority are persimmon plantations.

The current goal of Peipu people is trying to find a balance point between the protection of past historical cultural legacy and current tourism. The tour of Peipu hopes to give everyone an overview of the hardworking achievements from local Peipu people, making it an attractive tourist spot and also preserving the priceless historical culture.

Glossary

Hakka--客家人,客家語
legacy--遺產,遺贈
aggregation--聚集,集成
migration--遷移
aboriginal--最早就有的,山地的,原始的
cultivation--耕作,開墾
armed--武裝的
frontier--邊疆,新領域
persimmon--柿子
representative--代表性的
delicacy--美味,佳餚
industrialization--工業化
tourism--觀光業
preserve--保存
achievement--成就

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