Looking back in history, the entire area starting from Taipei's Po-ai District--where the Presidential Palace and other national governmental buildings are located--and radiating out to Taipei's western and southern districts, used to be named Dajiala. In the earliest period of Taiwan history, it was said to be the hunting grounds of the Ketagalan and an official site for worshipping their ancestors.
回溯過往，從總統府所在博愛特區的全台政治中心，放射延伸到台北市西、南區附近，日據時代舊名大加臘，據說最早是平埔族凱達格蘭人的獵場，和祭祀祖先的公廨。