Shulin District

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Shulin District office

Shulin District (Template:Zh) is an inner city district in southwestern New Taipei City, Taiwan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

History

On August 1, 1946, seventeen urban villages (Template:Lang) were divided from Yingge Township and made into Shulin Township (Template:Lang).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Shulin was upgraded to a county-administered city of Taipei County on 4 October 1999 from an urban township,<ref name="shulin">Template:Cite web</ref> and to a district of New Taipei City on 25 December 2010.

Administrative divisions

Shulin District administers forty-two urban villages:<ref name="shulin"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Religion

Baosheng Dadi is the most commonly accepted deity in Shulin District. The most important holiday in Shulin is the birthday of Baosheng Dadi, which falls on the fifteenth day of the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

The people of Ganyuan celebrate a festival for Baoyi daifu (保儀大夫) on the first day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar.

A hog is sacrificed every year on the sixth day of the first month of the lunar calendar.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Tourist Attractions

  • Datong Mountain
  • Lujiao Creek Wetlands

Infrastructures

Transportation

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Shulin Rail Station

Notable natives

See also

References

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