cishan

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1. A Neolithic culture in northern China.

   “Domesticated millets — Setaria italica and Panicum miliaceum — appear a little later than rice in the archaeological record, around 6500-5000 BCE in sites of the Peiligang, Cishan and related cultures, in the mid Huang He river valley, the Wei river valley and the upper Han river valley in northern China.”

   “In Manchuria, changes in subsistence and sedentism can be traced through time and between regions. Interpretations of millet cultivation in Manchuria vary, but in general the sites are regarded as related to and derivative from the Cishan culture.”

2. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

   “Taiwan Red Cross members escort rescued residents who were trapped following Typhoon Morakot, to receive medical care in Cishan, Taiwan, 12 August 2009. Taiwan soldiers on 12 August found 70 more survivors from a village buried by a mudslide, bringing to 1,000 the number of people found alive in mountain region affected by landslides in the southern county of Kaohsiung.”

   “In Cishan, a storm-ravaged town of 41,000, both road bridges had collapsed, smashing houses and taking down cars. Residents jammed a footbridge which remained standing.”

   “The trail runs relatively wide and flat most of the way, skirting the northern slopes of the deep, V-shaped Cishan River (旗山溪) valley.”

   “We gathered 500 turmeric buds from Cishan District of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan in February 2008.”

   ““Bike to Remember” is a cycling event in Cishan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan and has been held for 5 times already. The event is created in memory a typhoon that destroyed a great part of this area. Although the area has now been rebuilt the organizers wanted later generations to know about the disaster and they encouraged participants to write a brief ‘feeling’ paragraph on Facebook after the competitive activity had finished.”