Xinpu Baliguo 新埔吧哩啯

This is what I had read in the book about the history of Xinpu Township~

Xinpu with a former name of Baliguo (is indigenous people language) means “new prairie”, originally is hunting area of Pingpu. Han Chinese developed this area since 1725 AD. In 1784 AD, this area has become a small market and the name of Xinpu Village appeared on the official literature. Early of 19th Century, Xinpu has become a distribution center for sugar, tea and camphor. Nowadays, dried persimmons, flat noodle, pears, citrus and tangerines are famous products of Xinpu.

Besides that, Xinpu has many historical spots are worth to visit such as Xinpu Heroes Temple (褒忠亭义民庙), Liu’s family ancestral hall(刘家祠), Catholic Church(天主教堂) and many others.

From my point of view, Xinpu is a small and traditional township~ Here don’t have shopping centers and high buildings~ same as other small townships~ Xinpu facing the problem of aging population, most of the young people are moving to city for their career and education~ when you walk around at the township, you will see most of the pedestrian are old people.

Although Xinpu not lively as city but it has its own special attraction that I had mentioned at the first paragraph. Many tourists will travel to this little and traditional township because of the foods and historical spots. That’s why you will see a different picture between weekdays and weekends or holiday~ A lonely street during weekdays and a lively street during weekends and holidays~

Residents of Xinpu are hardworking and healthy, they wake up early to work and sleep early too~ I almost remain the same lifestyle when I staying here~ wake up and sleep early~ Hehe~ I’m very healthy for the moment~

Overall, Xinpu is a special township for me because I had stay here for almost 4 weeks~ will back to Malaysia after 2 weeks~ Not a long period but is enough for me to fill in a part of my memories~ No matter it is sweet or bitter~ ^.^