Guanshan Village, Kaohsiung

{{Short description|Village in Jiaxian, Kaohsiung, Taiwan}} [[File:阿里關大武壠族夜祭.jpg|thumb|The annual Night Ceremony of Taivoan people in Alikuan.]]

'''Guanshan Village''' ({{zh|t=關山里}}), also called by the locals as '''Alikuan''' ({{zh|t=阿里關}}; Taiwanese Romanization: ''Ah-lí-kuan'') or '''Aliguan''', is an indigenous Taivoan community located in Jiaxian District in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.<ref>Tsuchida, Shigeru; Yamada, Yukihiro; Moriguchi, Tsunekazu. ''Linguistics Materials of the Formosan Sinicized Populations I: Siraya and Basai''. 東京: Department of Linguistics, The University of Tokyo. 1991-03: 29.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jiasian-en.kcg.gov.tw/cp.aspx?n=0210591EF6A9A24B|title=History|website=Jiasian District Office, Kaohsiung City|access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref> As driven by Chinese immigrants and Siraya, Taivoan people started to emigrate from Tainan to Kaohsiung in the early 18th century, and eventually founded the community in 1744.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=種回小林村的記憶|publisher=高雄市杉林區日光小林社區發展協會|year=2017|isbn=978-986-95852-0-0|location=高雄市}}</ref> Alikuan was also an important battle field in Tapani incident in 1915.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://publications.culture.tainan.gov.tw/front/bin/ptdetail.phtml?Part=A20151214001&Category=101019|title=百年回首噍吧哖事件|last=邱|first=正略|website=Cultural Affairs Bureau, Tainan City Government|access-date=2018-06-12}}</ref>

Taivoan people in Alikuan were forced to migrate in group to nowadays Siaolin by the Japanese government during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, eventually founding Siaolin Village in 1905.<ref name=":1" />

== See also == * Taivoan

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Category:Jiaxian District Category:Taivoan people Category:Villages in Taiwan