Taiwan

Taiwan Face Mask Miracle in Fighting the CCP Coronavirus

Despite the fact that Taiwan has been excluded from the World Health Organization (WHO) and continually bullied by the Chinese Communist regime, it has been widely praised by the world due to its successful prevention of transmission of the CCP coronavirus. Ranked as the second-highest risk of importation of the new CCP coronavirus With its ...

Billy Shyu

Manufacturing Taiwanese face masks.

A Beautiful Wisteria Garden in Taiwan

While many cherry trees are still in full bloom, wisteria trees in Taiwan have begun to flourish across the country in the spring. Among them are those in the Wisteria Coffee Plantation, also known as the Purple Vine Coffee Garden (紫藤咖啡園), which is the most famous wisteria garden in Taiwan. Boasting the largest garden of ...

Billy Shyu

The Wisteria Coffee Plantation.

An Interesting Wood-Fired Pizza Café in Taiwan

Nestled in a rural setting on the outskirts of Longtan District (龍潭區) in northern  Taiwan’s Taoyuan City (桃園市) is Muhezi Yaokao Pizza (木盒子窯烤披薩). This is an interesting wood-fired pizza café famous for its cozy ambiance, beautiful flowers, delicious pizzas, and creative latte art designs. Please watch the following video of the Muhezi Yaokao Pizza café in ...

Billy Shyu

The Muhezi Yaokao Pizza café.

The Charming Lover’s Lake in Taiwan

Lover’s Lake (情人湖) is a natural highland lake on the outskirts of Keelung, the most northern port city in Taiwan. Located on the top of Dawulun Mountain (大武崙山), the entire area surrounding the lake is designated as Lover’s Lake Park (情人湖公園). Covering an area of about 21 hectares (52 acres), the park also features a ...

Billy Shyu

Lover's Lake in Keelung City, Taiwan.

2020 Yangmingshan Flower Festival in Taiwan

Every year around this time when spring is in full swing, an estimated 1 million people from home and abroad flock to Yangmingshan, also known as Mt. Yangming (陽明山), or Grass Mountain (草山). There, they partake in the Yangmingshan Flower Festival (陽明山花季). Please watch the following video of the 2020 Yangmingshan Flower Festival in Taiwan. Situated ...

Billy Shyu

The Flower Clock.

Temples, Shrines, and Alleyways of Tainan

Unlike Taipei, its modern counterpart to the north, Tainan in the southwestern part of Taiwan stays true to its roots with a traditional, antique look. Its temples and shrines connected by alleyways give the city a unique and nostalgic identity. Strolling in the alleyways and visiting the many temples are things you must do while ...

Raven Montmorency

A street in Tainan.

An Interesting Steel Sculpture Gallery in Taiwan

Hung Yi (洪易) is one of Taiwan’s most acclaimed contemporary artists, who had long committed himself to enameled steel sculpture creations. He also had a dream of establishing a steel sculpture gallery of his own. To fulfill his dream, he looked for locations in various places to construct a steel sculpture museum to exhibit the ...

Billy Shyu

The Hung Yi Art Gallery.

A Cozy Café on Taiwan’s Matsu Islands

Situated on the western tip of Nangan Island (南杆) in Taiwan’s Matsu Islands, Furen Café (夫人咖啡), also known as Madam Café, is a cozy coffee shop on the island’s Xiwei Village (四維村), also known as Furen Village (夫人村). The café is the namesake of the village’s nickname, which is so-called because of various distinct legends. ...

Billy Shyu

The Furen Café.

New Year Reunion Dinner in Taiwan

Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival (chūn jié 春節), is the most important festival for Taiwanese people, and the Lunar New Year’s Eve dinner is the most essential part of the festival. Commonly referred to as the “reunion dinner (nián yè fàn年夜飯, or tuán yuán fàn 團圓飯),” the ...

Billy Shyu

2020 Lunar New Year Bazaars in Taiwan

Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, is the grandest festival in Taiwan. Shopping at the bazaars in Taiwan in the run-up to the Lunar New Year’s Eve is, therefore, something indispensable for almost every household. To celebrate the Year of the Rat and facilitate the general public to ...

Billy Shyu

Taiwan Lunar New Year bazaar.