About Taiwan

Taipei
The capital is busy place, with three million people in the city itself and another three million in the surrounding landscape. That is, it has many attractions to keep for a few days, including air temples, museums, monuments and bustling night markets. If nothing else, visit the National Palace Museum, the world’s largest manufacturers in China, he moved here in 1948 by the Kuomintang, is such a great collection that displayed only a small fraction at any time. Chian Kuo is one of the biggest jade market in the world, with more than nine hundred sellers. Also a must is Snake Alley, where fortune-tellers, tattoo parlors, the fruit vendors and restaurants nestle along stands to enjoy a drink snake blood and bile (and poison optional), enjoy killed just removed from a sample and skinned in front of you. The dizzying brew aims to strengthen the eyes, spine and sexual vitality

Taroko Gorge
On the east coast is the island’s main tourist attraction for a roaring river, high cliffs and a lot of good opportunities for camping and trekking. The best way to the canyon is 200 km via the Cross-Iceland from Tungshih Highway, with breathtaking landscapes – tropical valleys, lakes and mountains – all the way

KentingNational Park
In the sunny, fertile plains in the south of the island, this park, near the town of Kenting, white sand beaches, forests, an attractive coastline, waterfalls, hot springs and much more has to be discovered. On the beaches there are many water sports and day to pubs and discos and karaoke bars try to choose at night

Alishan
At 2190 m, the best places in the island is to offer an escape from the heat of the plains is limited: it is beautiful place, surrounded by forests of cedar and pine trees, the cherry blossoms in spring, a special function. Among the many trips here, the hike is imperative that the peak of 2489 meters Chu Shan (Mountain Celebration), where several thousand people flock every morning with a look at the sunset. Some Westerners often disappointed by the foggy weather, but the locals are just as happy as the conditions to believe that the mountain mist contains a high density of Qi, “life force”. The narrow-gauge train to Chiayi to Alishan flow is a particularly attractive route is to climb under three hours through the mountains, negotiating 50 tunnels and 77 bridges along the road

Tainan
The temples are the main reason for this city to visit, said about two hundred of them mentioned. The most famous is the Temple of the Jade Emperor, the oldest Taoist temple in the city, where a steady stream of visitors to pray in an ambient atmosphere, every wall, ceiling and the door will be decorated with frescoes and carvings detailed , are spirit, and media here often involved in rituals in which they to contact the dead in the name of life test

Under the highway from the east coast of Taitung Suao
In some places the road from the cliffs, the carved fall to a 1000m summit of the surf below. The past is even more dramatic between Suao and Hualien, have a section called Ching Shui Cliff, where the drops are on the side of the road is very steep contains. About halfway between Hualien and Tiatung, the river rafting is popular Hsiukuluan Taiwan area.

Lukang
A major port of the twentieth century, maintains this small town west coast in its streets and historic atmosphere. In the middle of the city, Lungshan Temple, from the eighteenth century, has a fantastic carved ceilings, was Kuanyin, the goddess of mercy, inaugurated by the Chinese settlers in gratitude for their safe passage from the mainland. The artisans here produce more furniture, fans, lanterns and incense with traditional techniques and Lukang Folk Art Museum is a good place to see good examples of their art historical

Fokuang Shan
This modern complex temple / monastery in the hills northeast of the city of Kaohsiung in Taiwan is the center of Buddhist scholarship. There are four main temples, all dedicated to beautiful and spacious, with the largest Buddha, his walls with 14,800 slots, each lined with a golden statue of Buddha. At the other end of the scale, a 32-meter Buddha – the largest island – is located in the park, surrounded by 480 life-size statues of Buddhist disciples.

Scaling Yushan
At 3997m, the highest peak of the island, including the summit of Mount Fuji. Is to reach the summit, spend two nights on the mountain, watching the sunrise from the top.

Sun Moon Lake
750m hill in September, this popular created by damming the valley here for a hydroelectric power plant system. The surrounding forests and bamboo groves contain many excellent hiking trails.

Lanyu or Orchid Island
Only 45 square miles is home to over a hundred people Yami, natives of the island, nor a seafaring lifestyle. Accessible by ferry from Taitung to Lanyu has excellent coastal landscapes and volcanic landscape is the ideal place to explore.

Taiwan, or officially the Republic of Taiwan, is in addition to historically recognized Formosa, from your words Portuguese Ilha Formosa “- a pleasant tropical island, said the first words come across otherwise silent Portuguese navigators at the time of their thinking about things to see the interior of the island. And so suitable for the name for centuries to come, and so far, some sentimental souls still insist on meeting these beautiful tropical island of Formosa as glued.

With an area of ​​35,980 km ². Flooded eccentricity of the geographical terrain of this jewel yam-shaped island. Through the green mountains and thriving Wulai, the robustness of the scenic Taroko Gorge, the dramatic basalt cliffs of Penghu, the Taian Hot Springs, Taiwan is a reputation as one of the diverse nature destinations in Asia.

The culture of Taiwan, a mixture of sweet Asian mainland and islands of ethnic customs and traditions, will become a strategic crossroads in economic and cultural cooperation between the two. It contains the Chinese culture in it, because of the origin of Taiwanese ethnic Chinese from the mainland, with a little cultural influences nutrient Japanese, Malay and Western Austronesian.

It is seen that the increase in economic growth in Taiwan over the past 30 years or so is a wonder more, and is in fact called really friendly as “The miracle of Taiwan,” a testament to the continued strength of patriotism and Taiwan tenacity . But they look closely, people in Taiwan, friendly, warm and cheerful. In fact, some of the nicest people in the world. I’m so full Renqing white, would be about as “personal affection”, a visitor for the first time ever someone really something “unusual on arrival, during his stay translates hear and certainly after leaving this beautiful island state.

So feel free to see Taiwan and the romantic, who can not resist, the island of Formosa – the beautiful island.