Early History
In the early years, Taoyuan plateau was the home of the Pingpu aboriginal tribe. Before the history of written language, the Ketagalan Tribe of the Pingpu Aboriginal Tribe settled in Nankan. In the early years during the colonization by the Dutch, Spanish, and Cheng He of the Ming Dynasty, there were no large-scale cultivation or industrial activities. During the Qing Dynasty, a number of people from Fujian Province and Guangdong province began to immigrate into present-day Taoyuan to develop and farm the land. They planted peach trees, which, when fully bloomed in spring, were so beautiful that the people named the land "Taoziyuan" which in Chinese means "Peach Garden", which became the present name Taoyuan.
Japanese occupation (1985-1945)
During the Japanese occupation, under the staged migration policy of the Japanese government, Taoyuan City had been developed into a city with various cultures. For example, the temples and worshiping paths (currently the Taoyuan Martyrs Shrine) symbolized cultural systems. Wude Temple was used to represent military systems, and the old Taoyuan City Office for signifying political systems. Taoyuan Area was a part of Shinchiku Prefecture during the era.
Republic of China (1945-present)
In 1950, Taoyuan County was first established by Republic of China government. At the edge of the Greater Taipei Region, made some structural and life-style changes within its society. Due to trade prosperity in recent years and the proliferation of job opportunities, Taoyuan has developed into a major economic district in Northern Taiwan and population has been increasing ever since. On February 26, 1979, as part of the Ten Major Construction Projects pursued by the government in the 1970s,
