Provincial Highway 2 (Taiwan)
Provincial Highway No. 2 (台2線) is an east-west, 167.674 km-long provincial Taiwanese highway that starts from the border of Taipei and Tamsui and ends in Su'ao, Yilan. Although designed as an east-west route, the highway actually goes in north-south direction in Yilan County and parts of New Taipei City. The highway serves as the primary road for the north coast cities in Taiwan. Route Description The entire highway is known as The Northern Coastal Highway (北部濱海公路) or simply Coastal Highway (濱海公路) to the locals, although various names are given for specific stretches of the road. The stretch from Tamsui to Jinshan is also known as Tamsui-Jinshan highway (淡金公路), while the stretch from Jinshan to Keelung City is known as Keelung-Jinshan highway (基金公路). New Taipei City and Keelung The highway begins at Guandu Bridge (關渡大橋), which is also the terminus of PH 2b and PH 15. It bypasses through downtown Tamsui and continues along ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tamsui District
Tamsui District (Hokkien POJ: ''Tām-chúi''; Hokkien Tâi-lô: ''Tām-tsuí''; Mandarin Pinyin: ''Dànshuǐ'') is a seaside district in New Taipei, Taiwan. It is named after the Tamsui River; the name means "fresh water". The town is popular as a site for viewing the sun setting into the Taiwan Strait. Though modest in size (population 184,192), it has a large role in Taiwanese culture. Name Historical Originally settled by the Ketagalan aborigines, the location was called ''Hoba'', meaning "stream's mouth". ''Hoba'' was loaned into Taiwanese Hokkien as ''Hobe''. Historical works in English have referred to the place as "Hobe", "Hobé", or "Hobe Village". The Spanish arrived in the 17th century and called this place ''Casidor'' and the Tamsui River ''Kimalon''. Dutch records have used the placenames ''Tamsuy'' and ''Tampsui'' to refer to this area but have also referred to another " Lower Tamsuy" in the south of the island. In his 1903 book ''The Island of Formosa'', form ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ruifang District
Ruifang District () is a suburban district in eastern New Taipei City, Taiwan. History During Japanese rule, Ruifang was called , and was administered as part of of Taihoku Prefecture. Mining was an important industry in Ruifang (then known as ''Sui-hong'') in the early 20th century. Gold was mined in Kyūfun and Kinkaseki while coal was mined in ''Kau-tong'' ( 猴硐; ''Houtong''). After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Ruifang was organized as an urban township of Taipei County. The mining sites became popular tourist destinations after 1990. On 25 December 2010, Taipei County was upgraded into a municipality named New Taipei City and Ruifang became a district of the municipality. In March 2012, it was named one of the ''Top 10 Small Tourist Towns'' by the Tourism Bureau. Administrative divisions There are thirty-four urban villages in the district which are divided between four election districts: *Election District One **Longtan ( ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Heavenly Stem
The ten Heavenly Stems or Celestial Stems () are a Chinese system of ordinals that first appear during the Shang dynasty, c. 1250 BC, as the names of the ten days of the week. They were also used in Shang-period ritual as names for dead family members, who were offered sacrifices on the corresponding day of the Shang week. The Heavenly Stems were used in combination with the Earthly Branches, a similar cycle of twelve days, to produce a compound cycle of sixty days. Subsequently, the Heavenly Stems lost their original function as names for days of the week and dead kin, and acquired many other uses, the most prominent and long lasting of which was their use together with the Earthly Branches as a 60-year calendrical cycle. The system is used throughout East Asia. Table The Japanese names of the Heavenly Stems are based on their corresponding Wuxing elements (e.g. ''ki'' for "wood", ''mizu'' for "water"), followed by the possessive/attributive particle の (''no'') and the word ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Taiwan 2009 Northern Coastal Highway Near JinGuaShi Historic Gold Mine FRD 7581
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consist of 168 islands, with a combined area of . The main island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital, Taipei, forms along with New Taipei City and Keelung the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Taiwan has been settled for at least 25,000 years. Ancestors of Taiwanese indigenous peoples settled the island around 6,000 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ruifang, Taipei
Ruifang District () is a suburban district in eastern New Taipei City, Taiwan. History During Japanese rule, Ruifang was called , and was administered as part of of Taihoku Prefecture. Mining was an important industry in Ruifang (then known as ''Sui-hong'') in the early 20th century. Gold was mined in Kyūfun and Kinkaseki while coal was mined in ''Kau-tong'' ( 猴硐; ''Houtong''). After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Ruifang was organized as an urban township of Taipei County. The mining sites became popular tourist destinations after 1990. On 25 December 2010, Taipei County was upgraded into a municipality named New Taipei City and Ruifang became a district of the municipality. In March 2012, it was named one of the ''Top 10 Small Tourist Towns'' by the Tourism Bureau. Administrative divisions There are thirty-four urban villages in the district which are divided between four election districts: *Election District One **Longtan ( ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jinshan District, New Taipei
Jinshan District () is a rural district on the coast in northern New Taipei, Taiwan. The district draws many visitors each year because of its hot springs and its proximity to Chin Pao San and the Ju Ming Museum. The district is home to the Dharma Drum Buddhist College, an institution of higher learning founded by Dharma Drum Mountain monastics devoted to the principles of Zen Buddhism. Name Origin This area was originally a Ketagalan people, Ketagalan settlement, called "Ki-ppare" (Basay language, Basay: Quimourije), meaning "bumper harvest". This was later adapted as ''Kimpauli'' (金包里; ), the choice of characters perhaps influenced by the discovery of golden dust in the Sulfur creeks. In 1920 during Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule, the area was renamed Kanayama Village (金山庄), Kīrun District (基隆郡), Taihoku Prefecture. Qingshui Wetland Adjacent to Jinshan town at the north-west is a lowland wetland formed by alluvial deposits from Sulphur Creek ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Provincial Highway 9 (Taiwan)
Provincial Highway 9 is an important highway across eastern Taiwan from Taipei City to Fangshan, Pingtung, Pingtung County. This provincial highway, at 476.1 km long, is the longest provincial highway in Taiwan and passes the regions of Taipei City, New Taipei City, Yilan County, Hualien County, Taitung County and Pingtung County. Route Description The highway begins in front of Executive Yuan in downtown Taipei. It continues along Zhongshan South Road (中山南路) and Roosevelt Road (羅斯福路) until it reaches Xindian, New Taipei. From there the highway follows Beixin Road (北新路) and later becomes Bei-Yi Highway (北宜公路). The highway passes through mountainous regions, enters Shiding and Pinglin in New Taipei City before reaching Yilan County. In Yilan County, the highway finally leaves the mountainous region and enters Yilan Plain, but not before a stretch of curvy mountain roads. The highway passes through Toucheng, Jiaoxi, Yilan City, Wujie, Luod ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wujie, Yilan
Wujie Township () is a rural township in the eastern part of Yilan County, Taiwan. Geography * Area: 38.87 km2 * Population: 39,378 people (2014) Administrative divisions The township comprises 15 villages: Chengxing, Daji, Erjie, Fuxing, Jinzhong, Jixin, Lize, Sanxing, Shangsi, Sijie, Wujie, Xiaowei, Xiehe, Zengan and Zhongxing. Tourist attractions * Chung Hsing Cultural and Creative Park * Dongshan River Water Park * Erjie Rice Barn * Lizejian Yong'an Temple * National Center for Traditional Arts Festivals * Yilan International Children's Folklore and Folkgame Festival Transportation The Erjie Station and Zhongli Station of Taiwan Railways is located in the township. Notable natives * Lin Yi-hsiung Lin Yi-hsiung (; born 24 August 1941) is a politician from Taiwan. He was a major leader of the democratization movement in Taiwan. He graduated from the Department of Law of National Taiwan University. He was first exposed to politics in 1976 ..., Chairperson of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zhuangwei, Yilan
Zhuangwei Township or Jhuangwei Township () is a rural township in eastern Yilan County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China, the smallest in the county. Geography * Area: * Population: 24,492 (2014) Politics and government Administrative divisions The township comprises 14 villages: * Dafu (), Fuxing/Fusing (), Gonglao (), Gujie (), Guoling (), Guting (), Jixiang/Jisiang (), Meicheng (), Meifu (), Donggang (), Xinnan/Sinnan (), Xinshe/Sinshe (), Yongzhen/Yongjhen () and Zhongxiao/Jhongsiao (). Elections The township participated in the 2018 Taiwanese municipal elections supporting the candidacy of Lin Zi-miao (KMT). Energy The township government is currently constructing an organic refuse resource center to process 200 tons of refuse daily with a planned capacity of 400 kW. Tourist attractions * Wujian Ziyun Temple * Yongzhen Coast Park Transportation The nearest train station to the township is Yilan Station of Taiwan Railways, located in Yilan City. Notable nativ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Toucheng, Yilan
Toucheng Township () is an urban township in Yilan County, Taiwan. The township includes Guishan Island and Guiluan Island in the Philippine Sea. The Senkaku Islands, known in Mandarin as the Diaoyu Islands, are claimed as part of the township. History Toucheng was formerly called ''Thau-ui'' (). Toucheng Township () was established on 9 September 1946. Toucheng Township was upgraded to an urban township () on 1 January 1948. Geography * Area: 100.89 km2 * Population: 29,890 people (2014) Administrative divisions Toucheng includes twenty-five urban villages: *Shicheng/Shihcheng (Shih-ch'eng-tzu, Sekijōshi; ), Dali (Ta-li-chien, Dairikan; , 大里簡), Guishan (Kuei-shan, Kīzan; ), Daxi (Ta-ch'i, Taikei; ), Gexing (Ho-hsing, Gōkō; ), Gengxin (), Waiao (Wai-ao, Gaiō; ), Gangkou (Chiang-k'ou, Kōkō; ), Wuying (), Dakeng (), Chengtung (), Chengbei (), Chengxi (), Chengnan (), Zhuan (), Xinjian (), Baya (), Fucheng (), Jinmian (Hsiao-chin-mien, Shō-kimmen; , 小金 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fulong Beach
Fulong Beach, also known as Fulong Bathing Beach (), is located at Fulong Village, Gongliao District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It is the outlet of the Shuang River. History The beach was opened to the public on 22 June 1975. The resort at the beach was initially operated by Taiwan Railways Administration and was later transferred to the Northeast and Yilan Coast National Scenic Area Administration of Tourism Bureau. Geology The beach's sands are golden, which is rare in Taiwan. The Shuang River divides the beach into inner and outer parts. Recently the sands have been diminishing year by year, and the coastline is moving shoreward; i.e., the beach is shrinking, possibly related to the staithe built for the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant of Taiwan for equipment disembarking. Facilities Nearby is a camping site named Longmen. There is a footbridge named Rainbow Bridge (彩虹橋) linking the two parts. The watercourse of the river varies from year to year; sometimes the bridge is function ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cape San Diego Lighthouse
The Cape Santiago Lighthouse ( or Santiaochiao Lighthouse ) is a lighthouse at Cape Santiago, Gongliao District, New Taipei, Taiwan. History The lighthouse was built in 1931 for ship navigation. Since 30 September 2018, the lighthouse has been opened to the public. Architecture The lighthouse rises up to 16.5 meters in height. The lighthouse features a gallery on its information and equipment. Transportation The lighthouse is accessible by bus from Taipei Main Station or Fulong Station. See also * List of tourist attractions in Taiwan * List of lighthouses in Taiwan This is a list of lighthouses and lightvessels in Taiwan. Northern Taiwan * Pengjia Lighthouse () (Pengjia Islet, Keelung) * Keelung Island Lighthouse () ( Keelung Islet, Keelung) * Keelung Lighthouse () (Keelung Harbor, Keelung) * Ciouzish ... References External links Maritime and Port Bureau MOTC 1931 establishments in Taiwan Lighthouses completed in 1931 Lighthouses in New Taipei {{ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |