Peaches and tea After the separation of city and county, the government of Hsinchu County was moved north to Chupei, but there was no space for new administrative buildings in the cramped streets of central Chupei itself. Instead, land was procured in phases among the fields and hills of Hsinfeng and Hukou, north of Chupei, where there was ample room for expansion.
至於新竹縣，分家後縣政府便北遷到竹北市，但舊有的竹北市中心狹小擁擠，無法容納，所幸北邊到新豐、湖口一帶，幾乎全為農地、丘陵，腹地廣袤，縣政府即採用變更地目、區段徵收的方式取得土地，規劃建設縣治。