Liugui (六龜) - Spectral Codex
六龜

Liugui

Liùguī (六龜), formerly Liùguīlǐ (六龜里), is a long, narrow mountain district stretching along the Laonong River (荖濃溪) valley in northeastern Kaohsiung. The name is said to derive from turtle-shaped rocks in the riverbed. Like neighboring Jiaxian, the district has a significant Taivoan (大武壠族) Indigenous population, and several public shrines (kuma) for the veneration of Alizu (阿立祖) survive here. During the Japanese colonial era the Liugui Special Garrison Trail (六龜特別警備道路) was built to extend police and military control into the surrounding mountains, and the heritage-listed Ikeda House (池田屋), built by a Japanese businessman around 1929, has been restored and reopened to the public.

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Liugui Turtle King Rock (六龜龜王岩), Liugui Shennong Temple (六龜神農宮), Liugui Guanghua Theater (六龜光華戲院), Liugui Tenmangū Shinto Shrine (六龜天滿宮社), Liugui Xinliao Bridge Remains (六龜新寮橋殘蹟), Laonong Theater (荖濃戲院), Liugui Special Garrison Trail (六龜特別警備道路), Liugui Theater (六龜戲院), Liugui Ikeda House (六龜里池田屋), Laonong Kuma (荖濃公廨), and Liugui Tunnel (六龜隧道).