Taixi, Yunlin

Taixi Township or Taisi Township, is a rural township in Yunlin County, Taiwan, lying to the west of Dongshi, south of Mailiao and north of Sihu, and including a section of coastline on the Taiwan StraitHistoryTaixi's coastal waters were traditionally used in oyster farming, but in 1991 they were zoned for offshore industrial use.GeographyAs of December 2016, Taixi had 8,727 households and a total population of 24,212, including 11,244 females and 12,968 males.Administrative divisionsThe township comprises 15 villages: Fuqi, Gwanghua, Haibei, Haikou, Hainan, Hefeng, Niuxi, Quanzhou, Shanliao, Taixi, Wengang, Wugang, Wuxiang, Xiding and Yongfeng.EconomyThe township produces radishes.Notable FamiliesUp to 70 percent of the residents of Taixi are members of a Hui muslim family, surnamed Ting, descended from Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar. They trace their lineage to him via the Quanzhou Ting family of Fujian. Even as they were pretending to be Han chinese in Fujian, they still practiced Islam when they came to Taiwan 200 years ago, building a mosque, but eventually becoming Buddhist or Daoist. The mosque is now the Ding family's Daoist temple.