新竹市位于台湾岛的西北,与桃园县相邻.新竹原名竹堑,是台湾北部开发较早的地区.明朝将军王世杰因功受赏,得到这块封地后,带领福建泉州的乡亲们致力垦殖,使竹堑发展起来.1875年易名为新竹,正式设县,以后一直是南来北往的交通重镇. Hsinchu is located in the northwest of Taiwan Island and adjacent to Taoyuan County.Hsinchu, formerly known as the bamboo cut, is an area developed earlier in northern Taiwan.When Wang Shijie, a general of the Ming Dynasty, was rewarded for his meritorious service, Hsinchu led the villagers in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, , So that the development of bamboo cutting up .1850 renamed as Hsinchu, officially set up the county, has been the traffic center from south to north.