The
Tropic
of
Cancer
bisects
the
counties
of
Chiayi
City
and
Hua-lien
.
There
is a
monument
just
outside
Chiayi
City
that
marks
its
latitude.
Some
of
the
earliest
pioneers
from
Zhangzhou
in
Fujian
Province
landed
in
Chiayi
City
and
settled
in
the
area
near
present
Shingang
.
The
inhabitants
of
the
area
remained
loyal
to
the
imperial
govern-ment
during
the
Lin
Shuang-wen
rebellion
in
1786--a
period
of
history
recorded
in
artifacts
preserved
in
Yimin
Temple
in
Chiayi
City
.
