Get to know Nantun District
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- Administrative area
- District · 區
- Part of
- Taichung City
- Chinese name
- 南屯區
- Local areas
- District guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 31.00 km²
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
A pangolin tradition
Local lore associates Litoudian’s feng shui with a pangolin. Residents stamp their wooden clogs during the Dragon Boat Festival (端午節), symbolically waking the pangolin so that its underground activity can help prepare farmland. The custom carries an agricultural story into the old street’s festival life.
Jute leaves and fibre
Mawei soup (麻芛湯) uses tender jute leaves that are selected, rubbed and rinsed, then cooked with sweet potato and thickened. Jute bark also supplied fibre for ropes, canvas and sacks. The Mawei Culture Museum (麻芛文化館), established in 2004 on the fifth floor of Wanhe Temple’s cultural building (萬和宮文化大樓), introduces Litoudian’s history and jute culture.
Sources for this guide
南屯老街-童樂Q臺中 · Education Bureau of Taichung City Government
萬和宮麻芛文化館-童樂Q臺中 · Education Bureau of Taichung City Government
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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Nantun District 南屯區
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Nantun District is about 4 km in a straight line from central Taichung City. Search for 南屯區 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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