8 major tourist attractions. Thank you for your interest in coming to Taiwan. Taiwan welcomes you. 1. Taipei 101 is located in the Xinyi Planning District, the most prosperous financial and trade district in Taipei. With a total height of 508 meters, it is currently the second tallest skyscraper in the world.
In terms of architectural style, Taipei 101 integrates Eastern classical culture and Taiwanese local characteristics. It is shaped like a strong bamboo with rising joints, and uses high-tech materials to create an everlasting impression.
In addition to combining securities, finance, corporate headquarters, industrial and commercial activities with entertainment, life, shopping, food and other purposes, it has become a new landmark in Taiwan.
2. The National Palace Museum The National Palace Museum, located in Shuangxi outside Taipei City, houses 650,000 world-famous cultural treasures, most of which are collected by the former royal family. It covers the entire uninterrupted history of Chinese culture for more than 5,000 years and is unique in the history of world civilization.
Especially after the renovation was completed in February last year, digital learning spaces and diversified catering service facilities were added, as well as a cinema and cultural stores.
The Zhang Daqian Memorial Hall next to the Forbidden City was renovated from Zhang Daqian's former residence and houses many masterpieces and cultural relics by the master. The clock on the wall of the room stopped at 8:15 am, which was set to commemorate the moment of Zhang Daqian's death.
3. Sun Moon Lake is located in Sun Moon Lake in Yuchi Township, Nantou County, with an altitude of 760 meters. The water source comes from the Hehuan Mountains in the upper reaches of Zhuoshui Creek. It is a reservoir lake-type scenic area with an area of ??more than 100 square kilometers and a circumference of 33 kilometers around the lake. The northern half is shaped like a sun wheel.
, the southern half is shaped like a moon hook, hence its name.
During the Japanese occupation, in order to generate electricity, the Japanese built a 15-kilometer-long underground waterway, which submerged many hills next to a depression, forming today's Sun Moon Lake, surrounded by water and mountains.
Since it is a living reservoir, algae plants are not easy to grow and the water quality is very transparent. It can also breed fish with delicate flesh, such as bent fish, chili fish and pond shrimp.
In general, only by taking a boat trip around the lake and getting close to the water can you fully appreciate the beauty of Sun Moon Lake at dawn and dusk.
4. Alishan is located in Alishan, Chiayi County. It is the sacred mountain of the local Tsou Aboriginal people. The sunrise and sea of ??clouds in Alishan are even more international-level tourist attractions.
In recent years, international tourists have gradually noticed the value of the Alishan Forest Railway. As one of the only three alpine forest railways in the world, the Alishan Railway was built in 1899 with a total length of 71.4 kilometers.
The entire line starts from Chiayi, which is 30 meters above sea level, and climbs all the way to Alishan Station, which is 2,216 meters high. It passes through 49 tunnels and 77 bridges. Along the way, you can enjoy the changes in plant species and beautiful mountains in different forest zones such as hot, warm, and temperate.
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In particular, in order to accommodate the steep mountain shape on the way, it has to spiral around Independence Mountain three times to reach the top of the mountain. Because it even moves in a zigzag shape, the train must sometimes be dragged forward and sometimes pushed back, so it is known as the train "hitting the wall".
5. Yushan Yushan, with an altitude of 3,952 meters, is located in the center of Taiwan and is a key alpine national park in Taiwan.
The area is majestic and majestic with its majestic mountains and ridges, covering the four counties of Nantou, Chiayi, Kaohsiung and Hualien, covering an area of ??more than 100,000 hectares.
In 1966, two mountainous youths overcame all kinds of hardships and moved a bronze statue of Yu Youren, the party and state leader and master of cursive calligraphy, to the top of Yushan Mountain and erected it. Before Youren's death, he said, "Bury me on the high mountain and look at me."
With the last words of "Mainland", Yushan once reached a height of 4,000 meters.
In 1995, the head of the bronze statue of Yu Youren was sawed off by an independent mountaineering group. As a result, Taiwanese officials replaced it with a stone product symbolizing Yushan.
Since the top of Yushan is the highest point in Taiwan, Taiwanese politicians often regard climbing Yushan as a highly symbolic itinerary. 6. Kaohsiung Love River The Love River flows through Kaohsiung City, with a total length of about 16.4 kilometers, and is one of the main rivers in Kaohsiung.
The Yancheng area through which the Love River flows used to be an important center for international commerce and shipping in southern Taiwan, with thousands of sails passing through it. However, due to industrial pollution and improper discharge of urban wastewater, the Love River has become notorious for serious pollution. In recent years, the river has been renovated through downstream river bank renovation and greening.
Bin Park has become a good place for young people to take a walk and relax. It is also the stage for Dragon Boat Festival dragon boat racing and Lantern Festival lantern shows in the southern region.
7. Kenting is located on the south side of the Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County, the southernmost part of Taiwan, and is surrounded by the sea on three sides. Its development began in 1877. The Recruitment Bureau of the Qing Dynasty recruited a large number of young men from the Chaozhou area of ??Guangdong to reclaim wasteland here, and it was named after it.
Kenting is the only tropical area on the island of Taiwan. It has beautiful plants and coastal topography, abundant wildlife, and abundant activities in the surrounding waters, including diving, windsurfing, banana boating, and snorkeling. The underwater landscape is of international first-class quality, so it attracts a large number of tourists.
International people travel here, and Kenting’s streets have a unique exotic flavor and nightlife.
8. Hualien Taroko spans Hualien, Nantou and Taichung and is world-famous for its majestic, almost vertical marble canyon landscape.
Walking along the canyon of Liwu River, you will see thousands of cliffs, cliffs and canyons as far as the eye can see, as well as winding caves, tunnels, marble formations and streams.
Taroko is surrounded by huge peaks, with a drop of up to 3,742 meters, creating a complex layer of vegetation.
In order to connect the east and west sides of Taiwan, the Kuomintang in the 1950s, led by Chiang Ching-kuo, led a large number of retired officers and soldiers to dig out an extremely dangerous passage in the high mountains, which was to connect Taroko with the east and west sides of Taiwan.
of the Central Cross Highway.
The Taroko Archway, which is full of Chinese flavor, is recognized by ordinary tourists as the starting point of the Zhongheng Highway, and it is also a popular scenic spot for taking photos as a souvenir.