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The Breathtaking Southern Cross-Island Highway in Taiwan

Commonly referred to as Provincial Highway No. 20, the Southern Cross-Island Highway is one of the three breathtaking cross-island highway systems that cut through Taiwan’s Central Mountain Range. The other two are: the Northern Cross-Island Highway (Provincial Highway 7), and the Central Cross-Island Highway (Provincial Highway 8). For more beautiful images, please watch the following ...

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A stretch of the Soputhern Cross-Island Highway.

The Joy of Picking Pomelos

It is fun and interesting to pick pomelos yourself at a leisure farm. In particular, it is meaningful to pick pomelos with your family in the run-up to the Moon Festival (the Mid-autumn Festival), because both the pomelo fruit and the moon are round in shape, representing family reunion. For more photos of picking pomelos, ...

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A pomelo orchard.

Chike Mountain, a Breathtaking Daylily Mountain in Taiwan

Chike Mountain (赤柯山) is located at the top of the Coastal Mountain Range in eastern Taiwan’s Hualien County. It covers an area of ​​300 hectares (741 acres) at elevations of between 800 meters (2,624 feet) and 1,200 meters (3,937 feet) above sea level. The mountainous terrace is one of the three most famous tourist attractions ...

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A field of daylilies.

The 2022 Ghost Festival of Keelung City in Taiwan

Keelung is a port city surrounded by mountains on three sides in northern Taiwan. One of the most iconic events in this small city with a population of about 350,000 is the Keelung Mid-Summer Ghost Festival, also known as Keelung Chung-Yuan Festival (雞籠中元祭). Please watch the following video of the Dazzling Night Scene of Keelung ...

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The Main Altar in Taiwan's Keelung City.

The Magnificent Baiyang Trail in Taiwan

The Baiyang Trail (白楊步道) is a popular scenic hiking trail located in the internationally renowned Taroko National Park in eastern Taiwan’s Hualien County. Its entrance is about 300 meters (984 feet) away from Tianxiang (天祥) on the Central Cross-Island Highway. The trail is a family-friendly hiking path featuring tunnels, valleys, cliffs, rivers, waterfalls, and a ...

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The Baiyang Trail is famous for its intriguing tunnels.

The Old Man Under the Moon

During the Tang Dynasty, a man named Wei Gu traveled to Songcheng and stayed at the Nan Hostel. One night, while Wei Gu was walking down the street, he saw an elderly man sitting on the ground under the moonlight. The old man was sitting next to a stack of books filled with red strings; he was ...

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Statue of Yue Lao, the God of Marriage.

The Distinct Distoechodon Tumirostris Eco Park in Taiwan

Longtan Lake in northeastern Taiwan’s Yilan County is not only famous for its picturesque natural beauty but also renowned for its Distoechodon Tumirostris Eco Park (龍潭湖鯝魚生態園區). The Distoechodon Tumirostris Eco Park is the best place to view Distoechodon tumirostris returning to spawn upstream.  History Distoechodon tumirostris is a cyprinid species, or ray-finned fish, in the family Xenocyprididae ...

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The unique fish ladder at Longtan Lake.

The Amazing Longkeng Ecological Protection Area in Taiwan

Located about 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) east of Eluanbi Promontory in southern Taiwan’s Kenting National Park, the Longkeng Ecological Protection Area (龍坑生態保護區) is a distinctive destination featuring rough and wild terrain created by uplifted coral reefs.   Please watch the following video for images of the Longkeng Ecological Protection Area in Taiwan: With ​​approximately 61.7 hectares ...

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The Longkeng Ecological Reserve in Taiwan.

The Unique Sail Rock in Taiwan’s Kenting National Park

Strikingly standing on the seashore just a few meters off the coast highway, Sail Rock (Chuanfan Rock 船帆石) is an amazing vertical monolith that is one of the iconic landmarks of Kenting National Park in southern Taiwan. Please watch the following video for more images of Sail Rock. Origin of Sail Rock Sail Rock is ...

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The Sail Rock is a striking rock in Hengchun Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan.

The Four Anchors Are Traditional Chinese Virtues

The Chinese proverb of the Four Anchors, also known as the Four Social Bonds (四維 sìwéi), represents the sense of propriety, justice, integrity, and honor (禮義廉恥 lǐ yì lián chǐ), which are the traditional Chinese virtues. lǐ (禮) means proper rite, ceremony, propriety, etiquette, courtesy, manners; yì (義) denotes righteousness, justice; lián (廉) signifies honesty, cleanness, incorruptible; chǐ (恥) means shame, a sense ...

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A Chinese temple.