Syuejia District used to be settled by the Pingpu People (of the Siraya Tribe). In the 15th year of Emperor Yongli of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong, Prince of the Yanping Province, successfully defeated the Dutch colonists. Prince Zheng garrisoned the islands and placated the Siraya Peoples, clearing the forests to create more farmlands in order to build up his forces. Many people in Fujian, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou loyal to the Ming cause followed Zheng Chenggong to Taiwan. These early settlers included members of the Li, Chen, Sie, Jhuang, uo, Lai, Wu, Wang, Lin, Cai, Hou, Dai, and Su clans. Many of them settled the wilderness at Zhaigang, Caodi, Dawan, Tougang, Hongqie, Xinfang, Dingzhou, and Zhongzhou regions. The settler population grew over the years to form villages and hamlets. As migrants continued to arrive from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, the Siraya people retreated into the mountains. The Han settlers thus dominated Syuejia.
In the 1st Year of Emperor Guangxu, two prefectures of Taiwan and Taipei were established in Taiwan. The area of jurisdiction of Taiwan prefecture included the two counties of Taiwan and Chiayi. Syuejia District was under the Chiayi County. In the 14th Year of Emperor Guangxu, Taiwan prefecture was divided into new administrative divisions of Tainan Prefecture and Taitung Autonomous Prefecture. Syuejia District remained under Chiayi County, which was transferred to Tainan Prefecture.
In the 20th Year of Emperor Guangxu (CE 1895), Qing China was defeated by Japan in the War of Jiawu. The Treaty of Shimonoseki, which ceded Taiwan to Japan as a colony, was signed in March. In October of the same year, the residents of Syuejia, Jiangjun, and Beimen were mustered into battalions to protest the cessation of Taiwan to Japan and to refuse to become slaves of a foreign nation. The Taiwanese militia fought against the Japanese army at Dapukou (modern day Pingdong village) and Jishui River (Ergangzi Settlement at Zhaigang village) in a deadly battle that lasted a day and night. However, due to their poor tactics and weapons, the Taiwanese forces were defeated. The common folk fled before the Japanese invaders, who then proceeded to burn and destroy the settlements throughout the Zhaigang and Syuejia regions, forcing the elderly, women, and children to flee to Xiaolong She. It was at Xiaolong She that an unnamed resident slew the Japanese commander at Zhulan Alley with a farming sickle. The Japanese retaliated by massacring every single resident of Xiaolong She.
On February 16th of the 29th Year of Emperor Meiji (CE 1896), the Japanese government reorganized the three prefectures of Taipei, Taiwan, and Tainan into the three prefectures of Taipei, Taichung, and Tainan. Syuejia She was renamed as Syuejia Bao under the jurisdiction of Tainan Prefecture and included the hamlets of Syuejia, Zhongzhou, Zhaizigang, Syuejialiao, Xizhouziliao, Xidiliao, Beimenyu, Eliao, and Duzaitou. On April 1st of the same year (1896), the local administration was reformed such that the region came under the jurisdiction of Chiayi Prefecture. On December 28th of the following year (1897), Syuejia was reformed as 9th District of Zhongzhou composed of the hamlets of Zhongzhou, Xidiliao, Beimenyu, Eliao, and Duzaitou and 10th District of Syuejia composed of the hamlets of Syuejia, Zhaizigang, Syuejialiao, and Xizhouziliao. Each district was to be governed by its own district chief. In 26 October of the 34th Year of Emperor Meiji (CE 1901), the prefecture system was dissolved and replaced with the Cho-system. Syeujia thus came under Beimenyu Shicho of Yanshuigang Cho. In the 43rd Year of Emperor Meiji (CE 1910), Yanshuigang Cho merged to form Tainan-Cho. Syuejia remained under the Beimenyu Shicho of Tainan-Cho. On October 1st of the 9th Year of Emperor Taisho (CE 1920), the Japanese government replaced the district administration division with the Gai-sho (street and hamlets) system. The two districts of Zhongzhou and Syuejia were merged to become Syuejia Sho under Beimen-ken of Tainan-Shu. Syuejia Sho would include the five major sections of Syuejia, Zhongzhou, Zhaizigang, Syuejialiao, and Xizhouziliao. After the end of World War II, the Sho were reorganized as villages and townships on January 10th 1946. The reorganized Syuejia Village included the 5 settlements of Syuejia, Zhongzhou, Zhaizigang, Syuejialiao, and Xizhouziliao. There were a total of 28 villages in the district.
In December 1965, in response to regional development programs, the village representative committee passed the
Gai Xiang She Zhen (Township Establishment) proposal during the 4
th meeting of the 8
th Committee. The Township Office submitted these documents to the Tainan County Government, which were then approved by the Tainan County Council, formally enacting the establishment of townships on February 2, 1968. In 1977, the original 28 villages were reorganized to form 26 Li (Pengcheng Village was merged into Yixiu Village, while Donghe Village was merged into Guanghua Li) following the government's directives on administrative division adjustments. In 2004, the Ministry of the Interior has approved the adjustments to the overall administrative divisions of Syuejia Township, integrating and reorganizing the 26 villages to form 13 villages. These 13 villages would be Rende Village (not adjusted), Xinrong Village (not adjusted), Guanghua Village (merging of Guanghua Village and Tougang Village), Zhaigang Village (not adjusted), Cifu Village (merging of Cisheng Village and Baifu Village), Xiuchang Village (merging of Yixiu Village and Huanchang Village), Mingyi Village (merging of Ximing Village and Yimin Village), Fenghe Village (merging of Meifeng Village and Meihe Village), Pinghe Village (merging of Pingdong Village and Pingxi Village), Xinda Village (merging of Xinsheng Village and Daming Village), Dawan Village (merging of Wenhua Village and Da'an Village), Sanqing Village (merging of Dingzhou Village, Hongqie Village, and Xinfang Village), and Zongzhou Village (merging of Minji Village, Xijin Village, Guangming Village, and Baizhu Village). On December 25, 2010, Tainan County was reorganized and elevated to a municipality. Tainan County Syuejia Township Office was thus renamed as Tainan City Syuejia District Office.