Get to know Yanping Township
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- Administrative area
- Rural township · 鄉
- Part of
- Taitung County
- Chinese name
- 延平鄉
- Local areas
- Rural township guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 456.00 km²
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
A village shaped by relocation
Planning for Yongkang as a collective relocation settlement began in 1940, bringing together eleven Bunun families from several communities. A typhoon flood in 1968 damaged all 35 village houses. Three years later, residents moved to a site 500 metres south of the police station. The area north of the station became known as the old village; some families subsequently built homes there again.
Hunting and the harvest
The Ear-shooting Festival (射耳祭) includes prayers for successful hunting and crops. In the preparations described by National Taitung University (國立臺東大學), men hunt in the mountains and women make wine. Male family members take part in the ear-shooting rite, followed by a fire ritual at the ceremonial fire ground.
Sources for this guide
永康 – 山海部落遊憩教育中心 · National Taitung University Mountain and Sea Tribal Recreation Education Centre
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.
Yanping Township 延平鄉
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Getting there
Yanping Township is about 40 km in a straight line from central Taitung County. Search for 延平鄉 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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