Jiasian

English

Alternative forms

• Chiahsien, Chia-hsien (Wade–Giles)
• Jiaxian (Hanyu Pinyin)

Etymology

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 甲仙 (Jiǎsian).

Proper noun

Jiasian

1. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
   • 2005, Birdwatching in Taiwan‎^[3], Taipei: Wild Bird Society of Taipei, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 193:

     Take Expressway 84 from Tainan to Yujing; get on Provincial Hwy. 20 and continue to the Southern Cross-Island Highway after passing Jiasian.

   • 2013, Wei Jun Yang, Jian Guo Liang, editors, Progress in Industrial and Civil Engineering II‎^[4], Trans Tech Publications Ltd, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Paulon Bridge, acrossing Chishan River, is located in southwest side of Jiasian district, Kaohsiung city, south Taiwan.

   • 2017 November 30, Maggie Hiufu Wong, “Why Kaohsiung should be on your travel list”, in CNN Travel‎^[5], archived from the original on 6 December 2017:

     Old New Restaurant serves the best taro sago sweet soup from the Jiasian District.
     The restaurant changes its menu daily using local specialties such as cuttlefish rice vermicelli, oyster soup and sashimi.

   • 2018, Lena Dominelli, editor, The Routledge Handbook of Green Social Work‎^[6], Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 134:

     The Jiasian region is famous for taro ice cream. Even though taro is the key ingredient in the ice cream, people in this area bought taro from other regions. During the post-Typhoon Morakot reconstruction process, JCA and other local organisations encouraged large numbers of farmers in Jiasian to grow taro. The Agriculture Bureau then started investing in Jiasian taro farming. Local taro ice cream makrers are now using local taro to support local agriculture.
     Usage of local products has boosted the income of local farmers, created more work opportunities and lowered carbon footprints. Previously, business owners in Jiasian competed with each other and fought over business opportunities. After the Typhoon, the community engaged in discussions on how best to showcase Jiasian's unique features and come together for joint marketing in new collaborations and connections.

   • 2019, “CWB issues heavy rain warnings for southern Taiwan”, in Taipei Times‎^[7], archived from the original on 16 August 2019:

     Troops also assisted local government units in Liouguei (六龜), Jiasian (甲仙) and Shanlin (杉林) districts in Kaohsiung to evacuate residents from high-risk areas as a pre-emptive measure to ensure their safety, Wu said.

   • 2019, Chen Ting-fang, “Camphor Trees Recall Jiasian's Captivating History”, in Hou Ya-ting, transl., Love Kaohsiung 愛·高雄, number 4, page 4:

     As pointed out in a 2013 documentary about Jiasian in the wake of Typhoon Morakot, "Bridge over Troubled Water," if people join events and activities in Jiasian, the district will once again flourish. For this reason, Jiasian residents cordially welcome everyone to visit their hometown.

   • 2020, Che Ming Yang, Keng Hao Kang, Shun Hsing Yang, Kuo Wei Li, Hui Jung Wang, Yin Tsan Lee, Kuei Kun Lin, Yii Wen Pan, Jyh Jong Liao, “Large paleo-rockslide induced by buckling failure at Jiasian in Southern Taiwan”, in National Chiao Tung University‎^[8], archived from the original on 28 September 2020:

     This study investigated a paleo-rockslide site in detail and proposes a geological model to explain the failure mechanism. The studied area is in Jiasian, Southern Taiwan, and the site is a dip slope consisting of Miocene sedimentary rocks.

   • 2021 October 1, Steven Crook, “Highways & Byways: Northern Kaohsiung: more than just a ‘dog feces pit’”, in Taipei Times‎^[9], archived from the original on 30 September 2021:

     Just before the intersection with Kaohsiung Local Road 129 — which connects Jiasian District (甲仙) with Shanlin — a pair of macaques bolted into the trees.[...]Around 1,000 one and two-story houses have been built and handed over to typhoon survivors. Many residents are members of recognized Aboriginal communities. Others are of Han descent. Scores are from Siaolin (小林), a village near Jiasian that — prior to its obliteration by Morakot — fascinated researchers because it had preserved some of the traditions of the Taivoan (大滿族) a lowland Aboriginal ethnic group.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Jiasian.

Translations

district in southern Taiwan

• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 甲仙 (Kah-sian)

  Mandarin: 甲仙 (zh) (Jiǎxiān)

Gallery

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  Jiasian in Kaohsiung
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  Jiasian Elementary School, Kaohsiung City
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  Jiasian (Hōzu) (1928)