Taiwan’s Customs Choir, also known as the Guan Sheng Choir (關聲合唱團), performed a flash mob at the lounge of the Customs Building located in downtown Taipei at noontime on January 25, 2018 to mark the Lunar New Year of the Dog. Please watch this video of Taiwan’s Customs Choir’s New Year flash mob: The Guan ...
As a famous signature rice cultivation area, Chihshang Township (池上鄉) is located in Taiwan’s Taitung County (台東縣) in the East Rift Valley (花東縱谷) between the Central Range (中央山脈) and the Coastal Range (海岸山脈). The area features chewy rice. Please watch the following video of Chihshang Township in Taiwan: Alluvial soils with nutrient-rich organisms, coupled with ...
One of the leisure activities that many people may like to do with their family members or friends on holidays in Taiwan is kilning sweet potatoes. Please watch the following video of kilning sweet potatoes at a Hakka leisure farm in Taiwan: In Taiwan, there are many leisure farms where visitors can take part in ...
Boasting the largest automobile exhibition in history, the 2018 Taipei International Auto Show is being held at Taiwan’s Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center from December 30, 2017, through January 7, 2018. To accommodate all of the entries, 3,636 exhibit spaces in the Exhibition Center were opened, and all of them were fully occupied. Please watch the ...
Located in northern Taiwan’s Yilan County, the Luodong Forestry Culture Garden (羅東林業文化園區) was opened to the public in 2009. With an area of 39.5 acres (16 hectares), the garden used to be a timber production site of the Luodong Branch of the Taiping Forest Area during the Japanese occupation. Please watch the following video of ...
Some type of Christmas celebration occurs in almost every part of the world, and Taiwan is no exception. Though Christians only make up 4.5 percent of Taiwan’s population, people across the nation can always feel the festive atmosphere of Christmas time in every corner during this time of the year. Shopping malls, department stores, office ...
To promote Hakka culture, Taiwan’s Hakka Affairs Council (客家委員會) has organized the Hakka Expos in Taipei once every two years. This year’s event was held at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall from December 2-10, 2017 and attracted some 350,000 visitors. Please watch the following video of the 2017 Hakka Expo in Taipei, ...
It’s not uncommon to see oil paintings on canvasses, but it’s unusual to see them on kitchenware, chairs, handkerchiefs, bags, and other household items. But in Taiwan, there is a grandmother who paints on anything. Please watch the following video Wang Chen Min-chu: Born in 1927 in the countryside of Tainan County in southern Taiwan, Wang ...
Located on the Yuanshan (Round Mountain圓山) and overlooking Taipei City and the Keelung River, the Grand Hotel (圓山飯店) is a splendid, eye-catching landmark full of historical significance. It is believed that the hotel was constructed in response to a suggestion by Madame Chiang (Soong Mei-ling), wife of Taiwan’s late president Chiang Kai-shek, to accommodate international dignities. It is also ...
Never before has a woman been so dedicated to bonsai art as Amy Liang (梁悅美). A native Taiwanese, she was born into a respected family in northern Taiwan and married a prominent gynecologist/obstetrician before becoming an internationally renowned bonsai master. Please watch the video about legendary bonsai master Amy Liang and her museum: As noted in ...
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