Bēitáng shì Táiwān Kèjiā nóngyè de zhòngyào shuǐlì shèshī.
Embanked ponds are an important irrigation feature of Hakka agriculture in Taiwan.
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Literary and agricultural term, seen in classical poetry and in regional descriptions of Hakka and southern farming landscapes. Everyday speech uses 池塘 (pond).
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陂 has multiple readings: bēi (embankment, pond), pí (slope), and pō (uneven). In 陂塘 it is bēi. Don't read it as pō táng.
