Get to know Zaoqiao Township
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- Administrative area
- Rural township · 鄉
- Part of
- Miaoli County
- Chinese name
- 造橋鄉
- Local areas
- Rural township guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 48.00 km²
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
A community-built crossing
In 1731, residents raised funds for a crossing because the riverbed obstructed travel between Zaoqiao and Toufen (頭份). They called the resulting structure Dengyun Bridge (登雲橋), also known as Long Bridge (長橋); the act of building it supplied the township’s name.
Zheng Han’s memorial trail
Zheng Han Trail (鄭漢步道), beside Provincial Highway 1 (台一線) in Tanwen Village (談文村), is about two kilometres out and back. Railway sleepers form steps among camphor trees, casuarinas and wild flowering shrubs. A hilltop monument commemorates Zheng Han (鄭漢), a young man who drowned after rescuing children from the Zhonggang River (中港溪). From the monument, the view extends across the river plain towards the Taiwan Strait (台灣海峽).
Sources for this guide
造橋鄉>苗栗文化觀光旅遊網 · Miaoli County Culture and Tourism Bureau
鄭漢步道>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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Zaoqiao Township 造橋鄉
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Getting there
Zaoqiao Township is about 10 km in a straight line from central Miaoli County. Search for 造橋鄉 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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