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Han Kuo-yu once shouted that Kaohsiung is "old and poor", in fact, Kaohsiung is a young city, if you are familiar with Kaohsiung's first family, the Kaohsiung Chen family, you basically know the history of Kaohsiung.
The Chen family in Kaohsiung is one of the first five families in Taiwan, located in southern Taiwan, spreading its branches and leaves, proud for more than 100 years.
The Chen family in Kaohsiung, which started in the sugar industry, is the "land lord" of southern Taiwan
The soul of the Chen family in Kaohsiung - Chen Zhonghe
As the years go by, the memories will disappear. Maybe many people in southern Taiwan today don't know much about the century-old Kaohsiung Chen family, and the descendants of the Kaohsiung Chen family are relatively low-key and rarely show up, so they are not very familiar with the development of the Kaohsiung Chen family today.
Han Kuo-yu once called Kaohsiung an "old and poor" city, but in fact, Kaohsiung is a very young city; If you have a little understanding of the century-old family - the Chen family in Kaohsiung, it is equivalent to knowing the history of Kaohsiung.
The earliest five families in Taiwan, from northern Taiwan to southern Taiwan, are the Keelung Yan family, the Banqiao Lin family, the Wufeng Lin family, the Lukang Gu family and the Kaohsiung Chen family. In Kaohsiung, the premier family is the Kaohsiung Chen family, even if you haven't seen the Chen family, you know more or less about the Kaohsiung Chen family, a history of the Kaohsiung Chen family, almost equal to a history of Kaohsiung.
The rise of the Chen family in Kaohsiung is closely related to the sugar industry in southern Taiwan. Chen Zhonghe of the Chen family in Kaohsiung, born in the third year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1853) in Lingyaliao, Kaohsiung, his family was half fishing and half farming, and his life was hard.
Chen Zhonghe, whose ancestral home is Tong'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province (today's Xiamen City), was in the 45th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1780), his great-grandfather Chen Tou and great-grandfather Chen Yuan crossed the sea from Tong'an to Taiwan and landed on the ground to "fight dogs". In 1920, the Governor's Office of the Japanese colonial government renamed "Dog" as "Kaohsiung". In the first year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1850), Chen Zhonghe's grandfather Chen Laihe, his father Chen Jinhua, and his mother Chen Shen moved to Ling Yaliao, and in the third year, Chen Zhonghe was born in Ling Yaliao.
Former residence of Chen Zhonghe
The former residence of Chen Zhonghe, the first western-style building in Kaohsiung Port, which was built more than 100 years ago, still stands at No. 14, Lingdong Road, Lingya District, Kaohsiung City, known as "the first mansion in Hong Kong". In the past, whenever Chiang Kai-shek's wife Soong Meiling went south to Kaohsiung, her entourage would go to Chen's house to borrow antique furniture, which showed that the furnishings in the house were good.
Chen Zhonghe's former residence was built in 1912, this year is the first year of the Republic of China, after 9 years of completion, located in the center of the "dog" street at that time, close to Kaohsiung Port, is a building that combines the traditional Hokkien style and Western arcade style, is the first western-style building in Kaohsiung at that time, and is also the peak of Chen Zhonghe across the political and business worlds, and it is the beginning of the century-old foundation of the Chen family in Kaohsiung.
It is said that Song Meiling liked the furniture of Chen Zhonghe's house back then, at first it was "borrowed and returned", and later the entourage said that his wife was willing to spend money to buy it, and in that era, how could the Chen family dare to accept the money, so they gave it all away.
At that time, there were only 3 wells in the entire Lingya District of Kaohsiung, one of which was in the former residence, and the water quality was particularly sweet, and the spring water was still inexhaustible. Every year on Chen Zhonghe's birthday, when more than 100 descendants of the Chen family in Kaohsiung return to their former residence to worship, they must drink spring water, indicating that they think of the source of drinking water and do not forget the hardships of their ancestors' entrepreneurship.
Chen Zhonghe likes
Chen Zhonghe, who was born in a poor family, rarely went to the "Shunhe Stack" business opened by the local Chen Fuqian to do chores. Because of his talent and willingness to learn and work, the boss greatly appreciated him and intended to cultivate him.
Shunhezhan is an important sugar merchant in southern Taiwan, and has opened 72 "suburbs" (equivalent to business branches) in the south, which shows how influential it is. Chen Zhonghe, who was highly regarded by the boss, was later appointed as the chief head of 72 "suburbs", which is almost the position of general manager of the company today.
Although Chen Zhonghe made Shunhezhan's business prosperous, he did not have a good relationship with the boss's sons, and later after Chen Fuqian's death, Chen Zhonghe, who was regarded as a "thorn in the eye", was kicked out of the business.
Life has to go on, Chen Zhonghe had to set up his own door, he opened the "and Xingxing", the old owner Shun and the original customer relationship naturally turned around, and later, and Xingxing gradually replaced Shun and the stack.
The five major families in Taiwan in the early days experienced the end of the Qing Dynasty, the era of Japanese occupation and then the recovery of Taiwan, and their wealth and influence have a lot to do with the changes of the times. Of course, there is no exact time point in the formation of the five major families in Taiwan, namely the Keelung Yan family, the Banqiao Lin family, the Wufeng Lin family, the Lukang Koo family, and the Kaohsiung Chen family, which have witnessed a century of turmoil, and the academic view is often fixed in the middle of the Japanese colonial era.
After the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895, Taiwan was ruled by Japan, and the sugar industry began to develop, and the island also entered an era dominated by the sugar economy. Chen Zhonghe, whose business is getting smoother and smoother, has become the overlord of the sugar industry in southern Taiwan, and naturally has become the object of cooperation with the Japanese. At the beginning of the establishment of the "Taiwan Sugar Co., Ltd.," Japan was hesitant to move forward, but later Chen Zhonghe invested in the company, and in addition to making money, he also had good relations with the Japanese authorities. Later, Chen Zhonghe led the establishment of the "Xinxing Sugar Co., Ltd.", and with the prosperity of the entire Taiwanese sugar economy, the "overlord" Chen Zhonghe also became the richest man in southern Taiwan.
Kaohsiung in love
The Kaohsiung Chen family, even today, is also known as the "land prince" of southern Taiwan, and the Kaohsiung Chen Zhonghe family, which started in the sugar industry, has descendants who have stepped into the financial, medical and other industries, but their greatest wealth is to own a large piece of land. The Kaohsiung Chen family has maintained its unsubsiding since its rise during the Japanese occupation period, because the largest landlord in Kaohsiung is the Kaohsiung Chen family.
Today, it is difficult for outsiders to know how much land the Chen family has in Kaohsiung. For example, Kaohsiung Aihe Carrefour, which opened in 1996, was founded in 1902 as the Chenzhonghe Rice Mill, which was later changed to "Chenzhonghe Rice Milling Factory", and in 1943 it was renamed "Nanwa Xingsan Co., Ltd." again. Some people estimate that even if the Chen family has sold land aggressively in recent years, its land inventory is at least tens of thousands of square meters, and some of the land is built with shopping malls.
In Chen Zhonghe's heyday, as the richest man in Kaohsiung, he controlled the industries that were the lifeblood of the people of southern Taiwan at that time, such as Xinxing Sugar Co., Ltd., Wulin Salt Co., Ltd., Chen Zhonghe Properties, etc. In the past, rice, sugar, and salt were all concession industries, and the Chen family, which had been accumulating wealth, also continued to absorb land. It is said that Chen Zhonghe once established the family motto of "only entering but not leaving" and "only renting and not selling" land.
A few years ago, after foreign capital took over the Chen family's "Nanhe Xing Property", some land began to be sold. Incidentally, although some land has been sold, it is only a "left and right" conversion, such as the Carrefour Shiquan store was sold to Kaohsiung Medical University, founded by the Chen family.
When the construction of Kaohsiung Port began in 1908, the Japanese colonial government also opened the "Dog Dog Land Preparation Co., Ltd.", borrowing private forces to dredge river sand and reclaim land for Kaohsiung Port. Later, when the land was allocated, Chen Zhonghe was allocated a large amount of land in Yancheng District, Kaohsiung, and quickly accumulated wealth. The Chen family made a fortune with sugar, and many of the people who worked for the Chen family in the sugarcane fields at that time were Hakka, which is one of the reasons why today's Kaohsiung Sanmin District has become a Hakka gathering area, and the Kaohsiung Medical College founded by the Chen family is also located here.
The century-old Chen family in Kaohsiung has looked down on a page of politics
Gu Zhenfu plays Kong Ming in the Peking Opera "Empty City Strategy".
History is rolling in the torrent, no matter how strong and powerful the family is, the reputation can be preserved in the world, and money is "not brought by life and not brought by death" in the final analysis.
Taiwan's five major families have experienced the erosion of the torrent of the century-old era, some of them are still standing, some have retreated to silence, and some have disappeared in the lively political and economic tide, and they don't like to show their heads, such as the century-old Chen family in Kaohsiung, which has looked down on a page of politics. The Kaohsiung Chen family, known as the "first family of dog fighting" in the past, has been downcast on politics since the death of former Kaohsiung "Speaker" Chen Tianjian in March 2018.
Time is like the wind, life is like a dream. The Keelung Yan family, the Banqiao Lin family, the Wufeng Lin family, the Lukang Gu family and the Kaohsiung Chen family, the five major families in Taiwan have witnessed a hundred years of prosperity and can stand unshakable, including the rapid accumulation of wealth in the past, which is more or less matched with the struggle for power. In the past 100 years, from the Japanese colonial period to Taiwan's liberation, and then to today, when they rise with the pulse of Taiwan's economy, they are more or less closely attached to different regimes, otherwise they would not be able to form a towering tree.
Of course, Taiwan's five major families, such as the Wufeng Lin family, were feudal officials in the Qing Dynasty, but after the Japanese rule, most of their family descendants were active in the literary and artistic circles, and they also showed their style in the face of national righteousness, so they naturally distanced themselves from the political circle.
Speaking of close to the political center, the Lukang Koo family, which is the first of the five major families in Taiwan, is also the only one that runs through the five major families in Taiwan, both old and new. Mr. Gu Zhenfu, who loves Peking Opera "Empty City Strategy", likes to dress up as Kong Ming, and he is also known as "the last aristocrat in Taiwan's political and business circles". The chairman of the front desk mud once said: "If you don't have political connections, you can't keep it." But he also said: "Politics is for protection, don't want to use politics to make money, if you fall into it because of this, you will be in trouble." ”
The Gu family in Lukang, from Gu Xianrong, who originated during the Japanese invasion of Taiwan, to Gu Zhenfu, a "red-capped businessman", and then to Gu Kuanmin, who is not absent from "Taiwan independence", has been in various political color camps, and has repeatedly clashed without falling, and is exquisite in all directions, I am afraid that this is the only one in Taiwan, and it is also rare in Chinese family history.
Former Kaohsiung "Speaker" Chen Tianan and his wife Huang Shuhui
On the evening of February 3, 2021, Ms. Huang Shuhui, the widow of former Kaohsiung "Speaker of the National Assembly" Chen Tianan, passed away at the age of 89, and she has been with her husband for 63 years. Former Kaohsiung "Speaker" Chen Tianan died in March 2008 at the age of 90, as a descendant of the Kaohsiung Chen family, Chen Tianan has a high influence in the Kaohsiung political arena, he served as the "Speaker" for more than 20 years, can be called "shouting water will freeze" political figures.
Speaking of Huang Shuhui, her background is not simple, she is the daughter of Huang Bailu, the "Chairman" of the Senate of Nan City, and marrying the Kaohsiung Chen family is also a "good match". The successive departures of Chen Tianan and his wife Huang Shuhui also heralded the end of an era of the Chen family in Kaohsiung, whose descendants have become pessimistic about politics and are getting farther and farther away from the political circle.
Feng Shui takes turns, and this year it still comes to my house. Although the land owned by the Kaohsiung Chen family has doubled its wealth with the increase in value, they have adhered to the concept of their ancestor Chen Zhonghe's "Si Tu must have wealth", and their wealth has been well inherited, but they are also getting farther and farther away from the political circle.
Chen Tianjian and his wife Huang Shuhui have two sons and a daughter, the eldest son Chen Jiandong is now the chairman of the Xingao Gas Company, and the second son Chen Jianping has previously served as a public opinion representative and chairman of the Public Bank, and his daughter has passed away.
Chen Tian anchor
Earlier, Chen Qiqing of the Kaohsiung Chen family served as a representative of the "Constituent National Assembly", and Chen Tianan, the son of Chen Qiqing, dominated the Kaohsiung "Speaker" for 22 years.
Incidentally, Chen Jianzhi, chairman of Kaohsiung Medical University, is Chen Tianan's nephew. Chen Tianan went from "the youngest 'speaker' to the oldest 'speaker'", which shows how influential it is. It is necessary to mention that Huang Chiu-shun, a celebrity in Taiwan's political circles, once said that during the tenure of the old 'Speaker of the National Assembly' Chen Tian-anchor, there was no distinction between blue and green, and there was only the "Chen Tian-anchor faction" at that time.
Although it is in Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan, the Gu family in Lukang was implicated in the Chen Shui-bian case, and the Chen family in Kaohsiung has nothing to do with it.
Kaohsiung Chen family, more than a hundred years of glory, different from other families, they are because of business and politics, from Chen Qichuan to his nephew Chen Tianan, as soon as he leaves the political arena, he no longer cares about politics, retreats bravely, and leaves as soon as he says, this sober wisdom is also the main reason why the Kaohsiung Chen family can inherit a hundred years!
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