Get to know Shitan Township
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- Administrative area
- Rural township · 鄉
- Part of
- Miaoli County
- Chinese name
- 獅潭鄉
- Local areas
- Rural township guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 79.00 km²
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
An old trading street
Wenshui Old Street (汶水老街) was once a main transport route and goods distribution centre. Older houses survive among shops serving Hakka (客家) food. A distinctive local craft is chashou (茶壽), an insulating tea basket made with woven rice straw.
Across the hills
Mingfeng Historic Trail (鳴鳳古道) crosses between Shitan and Touwu Township (頭屋鄉). Originally a Saisiyat (賽夏族) hunting path, it later carried goods between Xindian Village (新店村) and Mingfeng Village (鳴鳳村). The 3.5-kilometre route links Yimin Temple (義民廟) with Yundong Temple (雲洞宮). On the Shitan side, a suspension bridge behind Yimin Temple leads towards stone steps and woodland containing camphor trees, bamboo and acacias.
Sources for this guide
獅潭鄉>苗栗文化觀光旅遊網 · Miaoli County Culture and Tourism Bureau
鳴鳳古道>苗栗文化觀光旅遊網 · Miaoli County Culture and Tourism Bureau
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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Shitan Township 獅潭鄉
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Getting there
Shitan Township is about 10 km in a straight line from central Miaoli County. Search for 獅潭鄉 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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