Get to know Xinpu Township
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- Administrative area
- Township · 鎮
- Part of
- Hsinchu County
- Chinese name
- 新埔鎮
- Local areas
- Township guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 72.00 km²
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Family houses in a trading town
Hakka (客家) settlers from Guangdong (廣東) arrived during the Qing Yongzheng (雍正) reign. Commercial prosperity in the mid-nineteenth century encouraged wealthy local families to build substantial courtyard residences. The museum presents both their architectural character and the families’ histories, extending through the living town rather than occupying a single building.
A network of halls and lanes
Heping Street (和平街) includes the Zhang, Liu and Zhu family temples (張氏家廟、劉氏家廟、朱氏家廟) and Pan House (新埔潘屋). Chenggong Street (成功街) has the Lin and Fan family temples (林氏家廟、范氏家廟), while Zhongzheng Road (中正路) contains the Chen Ancestral Hall (陳氏宗祠). Outlying sites include Liu’s Shuangtang House (劉氏雙堂屋) and Wu Zhuoliu’s former home (吳濁流故居).
Sources for this guide
數位走讀VR360影音資源網站-【新埔鎮】三街六巷九宗祠 · Ministry of Education, Department of Information and Technology Education
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-27.
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Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Xinpu Township 新埔鎮
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Getting there
Xinpu Township is about 8 km in a straight line from central Hsinchu County. Search for 新埔鎮 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
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