Ruisui

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| other_name = Mizuho

| native_name = 瑞穗鄉

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{{Infobox Chinese |title=Ruisui Township |c=瑞穗鄉|p=Ruìsuì Xiāng|w=Jui⁴-sui⁴ Hsiang¹|poj=Sūi-sūi-hiong or
Sūi-hūi-hiong|phfs=Lui-sui-hiông|hide=no}}

Ruisui Township[http://gn.moi.gov.tw/GeoNames/DataFile/%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E5%9C%B0%E5%8D%80%E9%84%89%E9%8E%AE%E5%B8%82%E5%8D%80%E7%B4%9A%E4%BB%A5%E4%B8%8A%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E5%8D%80%E5%9F%9F%E5%90%8D%E7%A8%B1%E4%B8%AD%E8%8B%B1%E5%B0%8D%E7%85%A7%E8%A1%A8.pdf 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表] Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. Ministry of the Interior. 26 March Minguo 104 (2015). Retrieved 5 November 2017. {{in lang|zh}} is a rural township located in southern Hualien County, Taiwan, and has a population of 10,944 inhabitants in 11 villages.

The population is composed of Hoklo, Hakka, and Taiwanese aborigines, most of whom are Amis. Agriculture and tourism are major industries.

History

During Qing rule, the headquarters of Taitung Prefecture was located in modern-day Ruisui, known then as Tsui-be,{{cite book |title=Sketches from Formosa |year=1915 |last=Campbell |first=William |author-link=William_Campbell_(missionary) |publisher=Marshall Brothers |location=London |url=https://archive.org/stream/sketchesfromtaiw00camprich#page/278/mode/2up |ol=7051071M |page=278 |quote=The eastern prefecture of TAI-TANG, made up of the two sub-prefectures of Pi-lam and Hoe-lian-kang, with head-quarters at the middle-eastern centre called Tsui-be.}} or Tsui-boe{{sfnp|Campbell|1896|loc=map}} ({{zh|c=水尾|poj=Chúi-bóe}}). Those Chinese characters ({{lang|ja|水尾}}) were rendered Mizuo in Japanese during Japanese rule of Taiwan, but were later changed to {{lang|ja|瑞穗}}, Mizuho in 1917.{{cite book|script-title=zh:臺灣歷史地圖增訂版. |trans-title=Taiwan Historical Maps, Expanded and Revised Edition|date=February 2018|publisher=National Museum of Taiwan History|isbn=978-986-05-5274-4|pages=109|location=Taipei|quote={{lang|zh-hant|水尾瑞穗 (1917)}}}} This written form was retained after the Kuomintang takeover of Taiwan in 1945; the characters are pronounced Sūi-sūi and Ruìsuì in Taiwanese and Mandarin Chinese, respectively.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

Geography

The township lies in an alluvial plain which located midway up the Huadong Valley between the Central Mountain Range, Coastal Mountain Range and Wuhe Terrace. Rafting activity on the Xiuguluan River often starts from the Ruisui Bridge.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

The climate is between tropical and subtropical monsoon with a humid climate.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

The Tropic of Cancer passes through the township.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

Administrative divisions

The township comprises 11 villages: Fumin, Fuxing, Fuyuan, Hegang, Jimei, Ruibei, Ruiliang, Ruimei, Ruisui, Ruixiang and Wuhe.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

Tourist attractions

File:Wuhe Plateau in the middle of the valley.jpg

Fuyuan National Forest Recreation Area
Rareseed Ranch
Ruisui Tropic of Cancer Marker
Saoba Stone Pillars
Ruisui Hotspring
Honyeh Hotspring (Red Leaf Hotspring)
Wuhe Terrace Tea Plantations
Ruisui Rafting Tourist Center (Xiuguluan River Rafting)
Ruisui Range
Fuyuan Bao'an Temple
Fuyuan Butterfly Village
Maliyun Tribal Village
Ruisui Qinglian Temple

Transportation

File:Ruisui Station 2.JPG on the Hualien–Taitung Line]]

Taiwan Railway Administration stations on the Hualien–Taitung Line in Ruisui include:

Highways in Ruisui include:

Provincial Highway 9, a north–south route through the Huadong Valley
{{ill|County Road 193 (Taiwan)|zh|縣道193號|lt=County Road 193}}, a parallel route crisscrossing the Xiugulan River

Sister cities

{{flagicon|Japan}} Misato, Akita, Japan{{cite web|url=http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=05&n=Akita%20Prefecture|title=International Exchange|work=List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures|publisher=Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR)|language=en|access-date=21 November 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121141212/http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=05&n=Akita%20Prefecture|archive-date=21 November 2015}} (friendship city)

Notable natives

T.H. Tung, businessperson

References

Bibliography

{{cite journal |last=Campbell |first=William |author-link=William_Campbell_(missionary) |title=The island of Formosa: Its past and future |journal=Scottish Geographical Magazine |date=1896 |volume=12 |issue=8 |pages=385–399 |doi=10.1080/00369229608732903 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1430413 }}

External links

[http://www.juisui.gov.tw/ Office of Ruisui Township] {{in lang|zh}}

Category:Townships in Hualien County