Xizhi District
Xizhi (Chinese: 汐止區; pinyin: Xīzhǐ Qū，Bopomofo:ㄒㄧˋ ㄓˇ ㄑㄩ) is an inner city district in New Taipei City in northern Taiwan.
Xizhi grew quickly during the 1980s and 1990s, and is home to many of Taiwan's major electronics companies, such as Acer, Garmin (Asia), Coiler, Lanner Electronics and DFI.
Origins of its Name
The old name in Chinese (Chinese: 水返腳; pinyin: Shǔifǎnjiǎo; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chúi-tńg-kha; literally: "water returning foot") refers to the fact that the tide from the Keelung River stops at Xizhi and goes back to the sea. During the Japanese rule, the place name was changed to 汐止 (shiodome (しおどめ), literally "end of tides") and was under Shichisei District (七星郡), Taihoku Prefecture. This is the source of the current name.
History
In the past, the area was the Kypanas (Basay: Kippanas) locality (峰仔峙社; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phang-á-sī-siā) of the Ketagalan Taiwanese aborigines.
In 1758, Han immigrants near the area built a settlement (峰仔峙庄; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phang-á-sī-chng).
In 1920, during the Japanese rule, the place was organized as Shiotome Town (汐止街), Shichisei District (七星郡), Taihoku Prefecture.
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Be With Me Now
by: SojaIn two months I'm through the doorway,
Put my guitar on the floor,
And you will sit and tell me,
That you can't take anymore,
And you will sit and wonder,
What I can only speculate,
That time is going to be telling us what we don't want it to say.
So just be with me now,
With your hair wrapped around my fingers,
Where your words turn into whispers,
Where you fall asleep and dream, dream,
That you could be with me now,
As I keep track on my fingers,
Of the cities and the strangers,
Of the pieces of my dreams.
It's been so long since I've seen you,
Almost forgot your face,
And time it brings me full close to,
But it does the opposite for me.
So I've got my hallways and my hotels
And a ticket with my name
It's been too long since I've seen you
And there's so much to say.
But just be with me now,
With your hair wrapped around my fingers,
Where your words turn into whispers,
Where you fall asleep and dream, dream, dream
That you can be with me now.
As I keep track on my fingers
All the cities and the strangers