thumb|Shulin District office

Shulin District () is an inner city district in southwestern New Taipei City, Taiwan.

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History

On August 1, 1946, seventeen urban villages () were divided from Yingge Township and made into Shulin Township ().

Shulin was upgraded to a county-administered city of Taipei County on 4 October 1999 from an urban township, and to a district of New Taipei City on 25 December 2010.

Administrative divisions

Shulin District administers forty-two urban villages:

  • Sanxing (), Sanfu (), Sanduo (<!--Santuoli-->), Sanlong (), Qiangliao (), Guangxing (), Jinliao (), Tandi<!--Tande--> (), Wenlin (), Baoan (), Zunan (), Zunfu (), Zunmin (), Zunsheng (), Shude (), Shufu (), Shuxi (), Shuxing (), Shuren (), Yuying (), Shunan (), Ponei (), Shutung (), Shubei (), Pengfu (), Heping (), Pengxing (), Pengcuo (), Datong (), Zhonghua (), Taishun (), Tungsheng (), Tungyang (), Tungshan (), Shanjia (Shanchia, ), Zhongshan (), Leshan (), Ganyuan (), Xiyuan (), Nanyuan (), Tungyuan () and Beiyuan () Village.

Religion

Baosheng Dadi is the most commonly accepted deity in Shulin District. The most important holiday in Shulin is the birthday of Baosheng Dadi, which falls on the fifteenth day of the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

The people of Ganyuan celebrate a festival for Baoyi daifu (保儀大夫) on the first day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar.

A hog is sacrificed every year on the sixth day of the first month of the lunar calendar.

Tourist Attractions

  • Datong Mountain
  • Lujiao Creek Wetlands

Infrastructures

  • Shulin Refuse Incineration Plant

Transportation

thumb|[[Shulin Station|Shulin Rail Station]]

  • TR Shanjia Station
  • TR Shulin Station
  • TR South Shulin Station

Notable natives

  • Sung Yu-chi, Taekwondo athlete

See also

  • New Taipei City

References

  • 107年樹林區施政成果影片 ('2018 Shulin District Government Work Video')