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ABSTRACT This study aims to understand the influence of natural environment on the settlement development of Husi County. Another purpose is to figure out the correlation of settlement between Husi and Kinmen and to analyze the similarities and differences of living center between Husi settlement and Kinmen. The last purpose is to figure out the present situation and reasons of the formation of family name in Kinmen County. Through years of development, the settlement in Penghu which was immigrated from Kinmen remains partially similar with the original Kinmen settlement and at the same time develops its uniqueness apart from the original Kinmen settlement. Due to the closer voyage from Kinmen to Penghu, Penghu has become the top one choice for Kinmen immigrations. Settled down in Husi County which has much more fertilized land along with the limitation of strong North-east wind, immigrates chose to settle down in the lower part of the county which is behind the wind and good for farming. Some settled down in the north part along the seashore which allows them to go out fishing. From the statistical number of household of the initial immigrates, we can find out the immigrates of the same family name came from one single family and therefore, the village was cultivated by people of different family names. That’s so-called “the multi-family-name village,” which is different from the origin Kinmen village which was formed by people of one single family name. The average number of ancestral temples per village in Husi is 1.73 which is more than Kinmen which is from 0.69 to 1.42. The structure, exterior, size, and area of ancestral temples are much smaller in Husi than Kinmen.There are seventy-four temples in Husi County and the average number is 3.36 per village and the number is greater than that in Kinmen which is only two in average. The temple is a gathering place to integrate villagers of multiple family names and unite villagers through the religion activities.
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