Che Cheng Elementary School

The prior name of Che-cheng is Niu Che Liao.The Song Lun mountain lies on the east and the west side is The Jiji mountain .The Sheui-li river flows through from the north to south.The convenient railroad from Puli to outside Che-cheng was completed in 1912.This railroad supply for transporting goods and guests.Because there are so many cars gather here,it therefore be called Che-cheng.
 Occupied by Japanese, Che-cheng is divided into two parts:outside Checheng(today’s Min-quan Lane and Guang-fu Street）and inside Che-cheng（the north side of Zhu-hu Lane and Shen-keng Lane ）.
In 1959,many houses alongshore the Sheui-li river were destroyed by the 87 flood disaster and the following 81 flood disaster.The residents went to Che-cheng Elementary School for refuge.After that, the government helped the residents rebuild their houses at the slope ground which we call the old Street of Che-cheng today.From that time, we put these three parts of Che-cheng（outside Che-cheng,inside Che-cheng and the prior street） together and give it a new name Che-cheng.

 
    In 1961, the government established Che-cheng village formally, the administrative area included the Guang-fu Street、 Min-quan Lane 、Zhu-hu Lane 、Shen-keng Lane 、Gao-shan Lane 、Min-tan Lane and Jia-dong Lane . In front of the prior Che-cheng elementary school is the Guang-fu Street, it’s the most prosperous street at that time.
To build the Min-tan power-station in 1987 , government moved the residents who living near the school and the side of the Sheui-li river to other places. Many old streets and old circuit 131 were sunk under the dam of Min-tan.

  
 Che-cheng is divided into 13 Neighborhoods.Most of the residents came from the other places. Most of them are the South Fukien people and Hakka people.A half of residents who live along the Guang-fu Street and Min-quan Lane are South Fukien people,and the the rest of it are Hakka people .But most of the residents who live on Zhu-hu Lane 、Shen-keng Lane and Gao-shan Lane are Hakka people.Influenced by the South Fukien culture, most Hakka people can not speak Hakka language gradually.