The largest high mountain lake in Taiwan, Cueifong Lake (翠峰湖), is situated in Taipingshan National Forest Recreation Area (太平山國家森林遊樂區) between Taipingshan (太平山) and Tayuan Mountain (大元山) in northern Taiwan. At an elevation of 1,840 meters, the area of the lake can spread to 25 hectares during the rainy season from September to November. Please watch ...
Peace Island (和平島), also known as “Sheliao Island (社寮島),” is a small island situated in Keelung City, the most northern port city of Taiwan. It is connected to Keelung’s Zhong Zheng District by a small bridge. In addition to its spectacular rock formations, it was selected by Sinovision Net (美國中文網) as the 21st best place to ...
The Chateau in the Air (天空之城), as its name suggests, is a castle-like concrete structure on the top of a hill. However, this stunning building in the sparsely populated wilderness is not a real chateau, but instead, it’s a highly recommended restaurant that has a classic façade with an art nouveau feel. Hidden on a small ...
Taiwan is known for its exquisite and delicious cuisine, and high on the list is hot pot. Not only is hot pot something that many Taiwanese people cannot do without, but it is also part of Taiwanese culture. Wherever you go in Taiwan, big streets and small alleys alike, you can always find a hot ...
There are many Hakka restaurants offering many tasty dishes in Taiwan, and one of the best is the famous Jujube House Restaurant (棗莊古藝庭園膳坊), a Hakka restaurant that is also known as Zaozhuang (棗莊). Please watch the following video of the Jujube House Restaurant in Taiwan: Located at Gongguan Township (公館鄉) in northern Taiwan’s Maoli County ...
Lantern festivals are the finale of the Lunar New Year celebrations. The Lantern Festival, also known as the Yuanxiao Festival (元宵節), is one of the three most important Taiwanese traditional festivals. It falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month, and is the very first festival after the Lunar New Year. Therefore, various carnival-like ...
Looking like a cuesta (單面山或半屏山) emerging from the surface of the lake, the Lanyang Museum (蘭陽博物館) is situated along a stretch of Taiwan’s Northern Coastal Highway in Yilan County’s Toucheng Township (頭城鎮). As cuesta are a unique geographical feature of Yilan, the museum was modeled after the shape of the cuesta topography commonly found along ...
In Taiwan, it is not uncommon to see floral shops, floral stands, and floral bazaars packed with customers in the run-up to the Lunar New Year’s Eve. The Taipei Jianguo Holiday Flower Market (台北建國假日花市) is the most famous floral bazaar in Taiwan. In fact, it is one of the largest outdoor floral bazaars in the ...
In addition to the Shilin Official Residence located in Taipei City, there were about 30 guesthouses scattered across Taiwan exclusively for Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), late president of the Republic of China (Taiwan), also known as Generalissimo Chiang, to stay during his lifetime. Many of them have since been converted into museums, literature centers, or hotels. Among ...
Taiwan’s Customs Choir, also known as the Guan Sheng Choir (關聲合唱團), performed a flash mob at the lounge of the Customs Building located in downtown Taipei at noontime on January 25, 2018 to mark the Lunar New Year of the Dog. Please watch this video of Taiwan’s Customs Choir’s New Year flash mob: The Guan ...
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