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- National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
- National Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall
- Jiu-Fen
- Shihfen
- Lungshan Temple
- Taipei 101
- National Palace Mu-seum
- Yangmingshan National Park
- Lin An Tai Historical House and Museum
- Xia-Hai City God Temple
- Shin Kong Mitsukosh
- Q Square
- Breeze Song Gao
- Pacific Sogo Depart-ment Store -Fuxing
- ATT 4 Fun
- Shilin Night Market
- Ximenting
- Wufenpu Commercial District & Raohe Street Night Market
- Mitsui Outlet Park
- Guang Hua Digital Plaza
- Chifeng Street
- Eslite
- Huashan 1914
- Tamsui
- Taipei Expo Park
- Maokong
- Taipei Public Library-Beitou
- Da-An Forest Park
- Taipei Zoo
- Xiang-Shan
National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
National Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall
Jiu-Fen
Shihfen
Lungshan Temple
Taipei 101
National Palace Mu-seum
Yangmingshan National Park
Lin An Tai Historical House and Museum
Xia-Hai City God Temple
Shin Kong Mitsukosh
Q Square
Breeze Song Gao
Pacific Sogo Depart-ment Store -Fuxing
ATT 4 Fun
Shilin Night Market
Ximenting
Wufenpu Commercial District & Raohe Street Night Market
Mitsui Outlet Park
Guang Hua Digital Plaza
Chifeng Street
Eslite
Huashan 1914
Tamsui
Taipei Expo Park
Maokong
Taipei Public Library-Beitou
Da-An Forest Park
Taipei Zoo
Xiang-Shan
National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
The National Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is a memorial to the Republic of China's National Father, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and was completed on 1972. The total building area covers 29,464 square meters in an open space of 115,000 square meters. It contains displays of Sun's life and the revolution he led, and is also a multi-purpose social, educational and cultural center for the public.
The main entrance to the hall contains a statue of Sun Yat-sen. Every hour, there is a formal changing of the guards, which is a popular tourist attraction. The building also includes a performance hall, an exhibition center of about 1,000 m2, a multimedia theatre, an audio-visual center, lecture halls, and a library with over 300,000 books.
National Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall
The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a Taiwanese national monument, landmark and tourist attraction erected in memory of Chiang Kai-shek, former President of the Republic of China. It is located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan.
The Memorial Hall is white with four sides. The roof is blue and octagonal, a shape that picks up the symbolism of the number eight, a number traditionally associated in Asia with abundance and good fortune. Two sets of white stairs, each with 89 steps to represent Chiang's age at the time of his death, lead to the main entrance. The ground level of the memorial houses a library and museum documenting Chiang Kai-shek's life and career and exhibits related to Republic of China-era Chinese history, and Taiwan's history and development. The upper level contains the main hall, in which a large statue of Chiang Kai-shek is located, and where a guard mounting ceremony takes place in regular intervals.
The monument, surrounded by a park, stands at the east end of Memorial Hall Square.
The structure is framed on the north and south by the National Theater and National Concert Hall. Most of families love to spent their spare time here.
Jiu-Fen
It is said that long time ago there were only nine families in Jiufen. Before the roads on land were built, all materials were transported via ships. Thus a habit was formed that nine pieces of same object were purchased at one time for reservation. Hence, the place was called Jiufen.
Jiufen used to be the center of gold mining. It is located within the hills in northeast of Taiwan. The village is next to the mountain and facing the sea. In 1890, someone struck gold near Jiufen. The poor village with only nine families soon attracted prospectors of 4,000 families. The village once was gold city of Asia and called little Shanghai or little Hong Kong. However, with the decline of gold mining activities, Jiufen fades. Later, several movies chose to shoot here and the movies won international acknowledgement. For example, the film "A City of Sadness" has won first prize in Venice Film Festival and awakened people's memory of Jiufen. It seems that the prosperous old streets, buildings, mines and the glamorous gold digging days are flashing before our eyes. The place is whispering its golden past. Now, there are many unique teahouses in Jiufen. These teahouses are best stops during visit to this mountain village. Also, there is the beautiful ocean view of Keelung outer sea.
The most prosperous shopping district is Jiufen Old Street. It goes through most of the village. There are many visitors on the street. Along the street there are shops vending the most famous country snack of Jiufen, yam dish and various local dishes. There are some historical items well reserved. The trip to Jiufen is full of fun and delights. Jiufen has many accommodation places provided by local residents. If you were not in a hurry, you may want to pick a nice inn and stay for the starlight and fishing lights at night.
Shihfen
Located in Pingxi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Shihfen Old Street is the most famous stop along Pingxi Branch Line. Every year, the biggest event like Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival is one of the three most popular customs of lantern festival in Taiwan, will be held in Shihfen Sky Lantern Square that is adjacent to Shihfen Old Street to celebrate the Lantern Festival (fifteenth day of the first month in the lunar calendar) and the end of the Chinese New Year..
Shihfen Waterfall is a scenic waterfall on the upper reaches of the Keelung River. The falls' total height is 20 meters and 40 meters in width, making it the broadest waterfall in Taiwan. It is a cascade waterfall in which the water flows in one direction and the rock is sloped in the opposite.
Lungshan Temple
This temple originated its name from the ancient Lungshan Temple established in Chin-chiang county of Fukien province in the seventh century. Immigrants from the three counties Chin-chiang, Nan-an and Hui-an of Fukien came to Manka in the beginning of the eighteenth century. As they were pious followers of that ancient Lungshan Temple in their home town, they erected this one as a branch temple at Manka and named it after the root temple when they created a new settlement here in Taipei. Lungshan Temple of today is no longer in the original buildings constructed in 1738. It was rebuilt in 1919 and completed in 1924.
The temple has been destroyed either in full or in part in numerous earthquakes and fires but Taipei residents have consistently rebuilt and renovated it. The temple was rebuilt during Japanese rule. Most recently, it was hit by American bombers during the Taihoku Air Raid on May 31, 1945, during World War II because the Japanese were reportedly hiding armaments there. The main building and the left corridor were damaged and many precious artifacts and artworks were lost. It was rebuilt after the end of World War II a few months later.
Lungshan Temple is seen as an emblematic example of Taiwanese classical architecture, with Southern Chinese influences commonly seen in older buildings.
Taipei 101
Taipei 101–stylized as Taipei 101 and formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center – is a landmark super-tall skyscraper in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. The building was officially classified as the world's tallest in 2004, and remained such until the completion of Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2009. In 2011, the building was awarded the LEED platinum certification, the highest award according to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system, and became the tallest and largest green building in the world.
Construction on the 101-story tower started in 1999 and finished in 2004. The tower has served as an icon of modern Taiwan ever since it’s opening. The building was architecturally created as a symbol of the evolution of technology and Asian tradition. Its postmodernist approach to style incorporates traditional design elements and gives them modern treatments. The tower is designed to withstand typhoons and earthquakes. A multi-level shopping mall adjoining the tower houses hundreds of stores, restaurants and clubs. Firework launched from Taipei 101 features prominently in international New Year's Eve broadcasts and the structure appears frequently in travel literature and international media.
National Palace Mu-seum
The National Palace Museum is located in Shilin, Taipei, Taiwan. It has a permanent collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of ancient Chinese imperial artifacts and artworks, making it one of the largest of its type in the world. The collection encompasses over 10,000 years of Chinese history from the Neolithic age to the late Qing Dynasty. Most of the collections are high quality pieces collected by China's ancient emperors.
Must See:
One of the most popular pieces of jade carvings in the museum is the "Jadeite Cabbage". It's a piece of jadeite carved into the shape of a cabbage head, and with a large and a small grasshopper camouflaged in the leaves. The ruffled semi-translucent leaves attached are due to the masterful combination of various natural color of the jade to recreate the color variations of a real cabbage. The "Meat-shaped Stone" is often exhibited together with the Jadeite Cabbage. A piece of jasper, a form of agate, the strata of which are cleverly used to create a likeness of a piece of pork cooked in soy sauce. The dyed and textured surface makes the layers of skin, lean meat, and fat materialized incredibly lifelike.
Yangmingshan National Park
Yangmingshan has beautiful landscapes such as ridges, valleys, lakes, waterfalls and basins
Yangmingshan National Park is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan, located between Taipei and New Taipei City. The districts that house parts of the park grounds include Taipei's Beitou and Shilin Districts; and New Taipei's Wanli, Jinshan and Sanzhi Districts. The National Park is famous for its cherry blossoms, hot springs, sulfur deposits, fumaroles, venomous snakes, and hiking trails, including Taiwan's tallest dormant volcano, Seven Star Mountain (1,120 m).
Lin An Tai Historical House and Museum
The two-century old Lin An Tai Historical Home is a southern Fujianese-style courtyard
The Lin An Tai Historical House and Museum is a museum in Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan.
The building follows the southern Fujian style courtyard. Rocks that cover the front yard of the house are the rocks taken from what was mainland merchants used to stabilize their ships. There is a pond in front of the house used for defense purpose and also for drinking and putting out fires.
Xia-Hai City God Temple
Light up your fortune in Xia-Hai City God Temple
Xia-Hai City God was originally a blessed deity of Tong-An County, Quan-Zhou Fu in Fu-Jian province. Because the City God temple was located in Xia-Cheng, next to the Lin-Hai Gate, it was named the Xia-Hai City God after his migration to Taiwan. In 1821, hundreds of villagers from Tong-An County transported the gilded image of Xia-Hai City God across the strait to Taiwan, where they placed the City God in Monga.
Xia-Hai City God Culture Festival
The Festival is for celebrating the birthday of the City God. Art performances are arranged to present to the public during the Festival month, such as Taiwanese operas, hand puppet shows and folk art performances. The temple organized the City God's Guardian Generals martial arts performance in 2008, the Lion dance in 2009, a Drumming performance in 2010 and a splendid ritual performance for the centenary celebration of ROC in 2011. The temple's festivals entitle different themes every year, and free outdoor movies play daily during the Festival season.
Shin Kong Mitsukosh
Taiwan's must-visit spot for fashion shopping
Located next to the Taipei MRT Zhongshan Station and the first of the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi stores, the Taipei Nanxi Store One brings the world's leading fashion brands under a single roof to customers of all age groups.
Q Square
A shopping mall offering a wide range of consumer goods
Q Square is a shopping mall offering a wide range of consumer goods, crammed with shops, restaurants and a cinema adjacent to Taipei Main MRT station and bus station. You could easily find clothing, furniture, home appliances, toys, cosmetics, house ware, gardening, toiletries, sporting goods, and additionally select other lines of products such as food, books, jewelry, electronics, stationery, photographic equipment, baby products, and products for pets.
Breeze Song Gao
A new style of shopping and consumption
Breeze Center brought into the society a new style of shopping and consumption, and successfully became the trendsetter of Taiwan's shopping environment. In 2014, Breeze Song Gao officially opened in Xin Yi District, Taipei, bringing the newest international fashion trends to customers in Taiwan. To meet various needs, Breeze continues to develop fascinating products. Besides constantly reexamining their product categories and services, they also come up with different scenarios that would suit their products and services.
Business hours :
Sun. ~ Wed. 11:00 ~ 21:30
Thu. ~ Sat. 11:00 ~ 22:00 pm
Reference: http://www.breezecenter.com/
Pacific Sogo Depart-ment Store -Fuxing
Providing a full range of goods and services to meet the needs of life for most people
Pacific Sogo Department store has been taking into account the needs of families while providing a full range of goods and services to meet the needs of life for most people; it is the department store that greatly represents the consumption indicator in the great Chinese region.
ATT 4 Fun
ATT 4 Fun is located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. Nearby Taipei 101, Taipei International Convention Center, Taipei World Trade Center , and Cinemas… etc., ATT 4 FUN displays the most “in” products and exotic foods and night spots are available in the neighborhood.
Shilin Night Market
One of the well-organized and most popular night markets
The Shilin Night Market is one of the well-organized and most popular night markets. It is separated into two major sections. One sector covers the streets surrounding the traditional Yangming Theatre and stretching to the Chicheng Temple on Danan Rd. The other sector is a centralized food court serving a wide variety of snacks that attract large crowds. At the Shilin Night Market, visitors can shop from store to store and have a large selection of clothes and accessories that they can bargain for reasonable prices.
Also a lot of the foods from Shilin Night Market are famous for their local flavors and are only available at the Shilin Night Market. Visitors are able to enjoy a wide range of local food, including Sausage Wrapped in Glutinous Rice, Stir-fried Squids, Oyster Omelets, Shilin Super Size Sausages, Ribs Stewed in Chinese Herbal Medicine, Shanghai Bun, Qinwaxiadan, Scallion Pancakes, Paopao Ice, Huge Chicken Cutlet, and many more.
Ximenting
Ximending is the source of Taiwan's fashion, subculture, and Japanese culture
Ximending has been called the "Harajuku of Taipei" and the "Shibuya of Taipei". Ximending is the source of Taiwan's fashion, subculture, and Japanese culture. Ximending has a host of clubs and pubs in the surrounding area. This area is in the northeastern part of Wanhua District in Taipei, it is also the most important consumer district in the Western District of Taipei attracts an average of over 3 million shoppers per month. The local bookstores sell Japanese magazines, books, CD albums, and clothing, making it a haven for the "Harizu", or Japanese culture adorers. Individual vendors gather in the streets as well as the large business buildings, such as Wannien Department Store and Shizilin Square during the day, and Wanguo Department Store at night.
Wufenpu Commercial District & Raohe Street Night Market
Located by Songshan Station, the Wufenpu Garment Wholesale Area is Taipei's biggest wholesale clothing market
Wufenpu is Taipei's largest wholesale market for clothes. This is the place where street vendors come to purchase goods for reselling. Low prices also attract many young customers.
Located by Songshan Station, the Wufenpu Garment Wholesale Area is Taipei's biggest wholesale clothing market. Over a hundred clothing stores are packed into this area selling the latest fashions at very reasonable prices. If you're ready for a change from the malls, Wufenpu is a great place to hunt for that perfect addition to your wardrobe.
Raohe Street night market is 600 meters long, which may sound small, but it is very comprehensive, including grocery stores, fashionable clothes, electronics—everything you can imagine. Raohe Street night market is most distinguished for its traditional snack stalls and stalls selling traditional Taiwanese handicraft items. You absolutely don't want to miss snacks like: Stew Ribs in Chinese herbal Medicine, Crispy Pepper Pastry Cake, Steamed Bun, Oyster Noodles,forget the Spicy Stinky Tofu, Beef Noodle, and Tempura
Mitsui Outlet Park
features approximately 130 stores from famous foreign and domestic brands
Located in Linkou District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, in addition to foreign luxury brands, the outlet park features approximately 130 stores from famous foreign and domestic brands offering women's, men's and kid's fashion, sporting and outdoor goods, fashion items, lifestyle items and more.
Guang Hua Digital Plaza
The surrounding area and streets are also full of shops selling electronics
The Guang Hua Digital Plaza building today consists of six stories above ground and one story below ground. The first story above ground is an exhibition space for electronic products. The second and third stories are the new locations for the 196 vendors of the original Guang Hua Market. The fourth and fifth stories are the new locations for the vendors of Xining Guozhai Electronics Market. The sixth floor is reserved for repair shops, education classes, and offices. The basement floor is parking. The market attracts tens of thousands of visitors each day.
It is located on the corner of Xinsheng North Road and Civic Boulevard and is accessible from MRT Zhongxiao Xinsheng Station. The surrounding area and streets are also full of shops selling electronics. Large companies, including Microsoft and Intel, regularly unveil products at Guang Hua Digital Plaza.
Chifeng Street
There used to be many
blacksmiths on this street, but
now a lot of cultural and
creative types have set up shop
in one of the old smithies.
Among these, you’ll find vintage
and secondhand clothing
stores, coffee shops,
bookstores, as well as hardware
and auto part stores. This
accidental coming together has
created a unique atmosphere in
this neighborhood.
You might want to drop by in the
early evening, just when the sun
is setting and the lights are
coming on. It’s a magic moment
that happens every day!
Eslite
The Songshan Cultural and Creative Park is housed in Taiwan’s first modern tobacco factory. Built in 1940, the abandoned facility was rededicated in 2011 as the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park. It regularly hosts city cultural and creative festivals as well as the Taipei Original Festival. Moreover, the diverse annual calendar of art exhibitions, cultural activities, and cultural performances has continued to breath vital new life into this historical site -- now considered one of the city’s key creative hubs.
Take a stroll in the complex’s lush green spaces, enjoy the many local and international performances, feel the allure of youthful cultural-creative brands, and appreciate the new cultural and creative vitality that now infuses this historical site.
Huashan 1914
Huashan 1914 Creative Park interweaves the original architectural stylings of this heritage winery site with new design aesthetics that give this park its unique charms.
Creative Park shops showcase Taiwanese culture, with enough to see to spend an entire day! The park also has a cinema, a performance theater, and theme restaurants. Watch a movie, take in a play, or enjoy a concert while here.
The park also hosts over a thousand art and cultural exhibitions each year, making it an important national venue for cultural activities. Non-profit organizations and individuals put on art and literature exhibitions and music performances that also add to the unique Taiwanese cultural-creative vibe of the Huashan 1914 Creative Park.
Tamsui
Tamsui is located in northwest of Taipei basin. Tamsui is surrounded by mountains and rivers and the scenery is beautiful. Hongmao Castle is a historical site in Tamsui with historical meaning. It was built by the Spaniards in 1626 and restored by the Dutch. The castle was called Anthony Castle. Because Taiwan people called the Dutch people Hongmao (people with red hair), the castle thus was called Hongmao Castle.
When one ascends to the overlook platform, one can view one of the eight great scenes of Tamsui, the sunset at Shutai. Nearby there are Old Oxford School, Residence of Dr. Mackay and Tamsui College. These old buildings are mostly well preserved.
Walking on the old streets along the riverbank, visitors may view the old buildings and may try the tasty local dishes, such as fish dumplings, Ah Gei (Oily Bean Curd) and hard eggs, etc. The dock is a good place for marvelous sunset viewing. Visitors can also take the boat ride between Tamsui and Bali.
Taipei Expo Park
Converted from the 2010 Taipei International Flora Expo, the TAIPEI EXPO PARK is an urban recreational facility that comprises three typical park areas (Yuanshan, Taipei Fine Arts Museum and Xinsheng) while offering venues for the hosting of various events in the former Flora Expo’s pavilions. Among the iconic Flora Expo displays, still available, on the parks’ premises, mostly featuring perennial flowering/foliage plants and turfs, are the 3-dimensional Green Walls, Flower Walls, “Flora Rainbows”, Special Exhibition Area, Flower Landscape, Rare Flowers & Plants Area, and Fruit Tree Area, which aim to keep the Expo’s images and variety alive, while impressing park visitors with the openness of a vision of verdure, combined with enhanced recreational quality. The TAIPEI EXPO PARK is also perfect for accommodating the hosting of exhibitions or other events as it lies strategically in the vicinity of MRT Yuanshan Station.
Maokong
Widely known as the most scenic spot in Taipei to drink quality, locally grown tea, Maokong is a quaint village located at the top of a mountain providing breathtaking views of Taipei City.
Maokong is located in the southwest of Getou Mountain in Wenshan District of Taipei outskirts. It is facing the shield of more than 500 meters high.
There are many teahouses with diversified styles. They are good places to visit no matter during day or night. In the daytime, there are tea trees and hills forming green scenery. Many citizens visit the place by taking the mountain tracks. After dusk, Maokong is like an enchanting, mysterious lady. Colorful light bulbs are lit in front of every building.
The best way to reach Maokong is to take the Maokong Gondola scenic cable car up the mountain from MRT Taipei Zoo Station,
The Maokong Gondola was built in 2007 and retrofitted with Crystal Cabins (glass-bottom cars) in 2010 to provide more viewing angles and opportunities, also lowering the service interval to 3 minutes per car.
Taipei Public Library-Beitou
Beitou Library is Taiwan's first green-built library. It is located in Beitou Park next to the Beitou Hot Spring Museum, with one basement level and two above ground floors. Green construction techniques were used throughout the design. The roof is made of a lightweight eco material and set with power-generating solar panels. The green roof and sloping turf naturally drain rainwater into tanks for use in landscape irrigation and toilet flushing to reduce water waste and green the grounds. In 2012, the U.S. website Flavorwire.com ranked Beitou Library among "the world's 25 most beautiful public libraries."
Da-An Forest Park
Situated in the urban center, Da'an Forest Park officially opened in 1994. Covered in grasslands, trees, flowers and foliage plants, there is a Buddha Statue and a bamboo forest in the south, an open - air theatre for art performances in the center, and an accessible recreational area surrounding it attracts many park visitors. Known as the "lungs of Taipei City," the park is a green world unto itself. Besides shaded trails for pedestrians and joggers, the park is equipped with a wide range of recreational facilities, including a public square, public bicycles, open-air music stage, children playground, kiosks etc, providing Taipei's citizens with a valuable green space and the best venue for exercise and recreations.
Taipei Zoo
With their black eye patches, rotund bodies, and natural charms, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan have attracted thousands of visitors to Taipei Zoo. The Giant Panda House recreates the feel of the pandas’ native bamboo forests in Sichuan, China. Take advantage of the interactive information systems here to learn more about the pandas at the zoo and in the wild.
The Taipei Zoo is the largest zoo in Southeast Asia. The size of the zoo complex and the large number of animals on display make it difficult to see everything in just one day. In March, the zoo will open an all-new pangolin pavilion. Before visiting, browse the map and the recommended itineraries on the official website to make sure your route takes you to everything you’d like to see.
Xiang-Shan
For the best view of Taipei City, make a hike to the top of Elephant Mountain!
Also known as the Nangang District Hiking Trail and Xiangshan (象山), the hiking trail is located close to the Xinyi Shopping District and Taipei 101.
The best time to hike the mountain is during late afternoon, this way you can catch the sunset as well as a daytime view and stunning nighttime view of the city, however the trail can get relatively crowded during the weekend.
The hike takes a total of around 15-20 minutes to the top, and includes lots of stairs! Remember to take a left at the fork in the path. After around 8-10 minutes, there will be a landing area with facilities and restrooms where the path branches off in multiple directions.