Zhushan, Nantou

Zhushan is an urban township in the southwest part of Nantou County, Taiwan, lying off the south shore of the Zhuoshui River. Its name means Bamboo Mountain. The township is home to about 51,800 people and is made up of a long list of villages, from Zhushan and Zhongzheng to Ruizhu and Tongtou. It is best known to visitors for earthquake and landscape sites, among them the Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park, the Shadonggong National Earthquake Park, the Jiji Weir, the Shanlinxi Forest Recreation Area and the Xiaping Natural Education Park, and it holds the Chien Chiao ritual. National Zhushan Senior High School is in the township, and the Central Backup Center of the Central Emergency Operation Center is based here. Highway Tai 3 runs through the downtown, the Formosa Freeway has a Zhushan interchange, and rail travellers board at Ershui Station. The American businessperson Min Kao is a native.