Developments in Taoyuan

1660-1683: The majority of residents in Northern Taiwan were indigenous people. Taoyuan City was divided by Nankan River, and the two sides across the river were named Nankanshe and Geuilunshe. Naiwulun is a part of Guilunshe, and an indigenous community.
　1723: Tamshui Local Government was established in northern Taiwan. The first ethic Chinese entering Taoyuan was Lan Yung, from the coastal area of China. Lan came to Taoyuan in 1726 when the place was covered with thistles and thrones. Humans and animals suffered from incised wounds caused by the thistles and thrones, thus the place was named “Hu Mao Jhuang”, which means the place covered by plants whose leaves are as sharp as the teeth of tigers.
Large scale of cultivation commenced in 1737 when Shueh Chilung, a Hakka expedition leader, recruited farmers to start cultivation from Guishan, Taoyuan to Bade. Public residence for farmers was established in Taoyuan. Accommodations were simple and crude. After ten years, the jungles were replaced by farms that surrounded by peach trees. In spring, the peach blossomed, and the area was renamed “Tao Ah Yuan [literal: Peach Garden]”, the syllable “Ah” in the name shows that the majority of immigrants are from Jhangjhou, China.