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 The water quality of Dajia Brook and the superior quality of the soil produces three treasures: the clear water, the white rice and the beautiful girls in Fengyuan. As a result, Liumingchuan, the Gerenal Commander of Taiwan in Ching Dynasty, named it as ˇ§ Fuchun Township ˇ¨ due to the fertile soil and the abundant products while he went around and inspected Huludun (Fengyuan). Fengyuan also got a good praise as ˇ§Micro Suzhouˇ¨.
During Japanese Occupation, the main agricultural product is rice. ˇ§Calabash Riceˇ¨ was named ˇ§Xiangu Riceˇ¨ (Penglai Rice) due to it was white, fragrant, sweet and delicious and the tributed rice to Japan Emperor. From then on, Fengyuan has been famous with ˇ§the first rice chest in Taiwan ˇ¨. |
