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8 展高雄系列展覽專刊│大寮

大寮：細說從頭

D a li ao : F r o m t h e B eg innin g

先民搭寮，一步一腳印
Early settlers built huts, taking one step at a time

清康熙年間，開始有大批的漢人移民進入開墾，高屏溪沿岸的溪埔地，雖常受氾濫之
苦，但也因氾濫而致土質肥沃，利於農耕。數百年來，先民為免住屋受溪水氾濫威脅，採取
搭建臨時寮舍的方式，作為暫時的居住場所，其中「溪埔寮」、「潮州寮」、「頂大寮」與
「下大寮」，是四個較大的移墾聚落。日治時期將此四區合稱為「大寮」，成為今日地名。

During the reign of Emperor Kang-Hsi, large groups of Han Chinese people began to move into
this untapped land. While the land along the coast of Kao-Ping River was subject to constant flooding,

the flood also produced fertile soil excellent for farming purposes. For hundreds of years, in order to
prevent houses from being threatened by natural disaster, early settlers began building huts to serve as
temporary homes. The “Shipuliao”, “Chouzhouliao”, “Dingdaliao” and “Shiadaliao” were
the four biggest settlements among them, and were thus collectively called “Daliao” during Japanese

colonization.