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Taroko Waiting Another One At Toucheng Station
Taroko may refer to: *Taroko people, indigenous people of Taiwan ** Taroko language, language of the Taroko people * Taroko Mountain, mountain in Taiwan *Taroko National Park, national park in Taiwan *Taroko Park, amusement park and shopping center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan *''Taroko Express The ''Taroko Express'' () is an express train service of the Taiwan Railways Administration, and is part of ''Tze-Chiang'' Limited Express. The name of the service comes from the long Taroko Gorge, which is one of Taiwan's most popular touri ...'', express train service of the Taiwan Railways Administration * Taroko Bus, bus company serving northern Hualien County, Taiwan {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taroko People
The Taroko people (), also known as Truku people, are an Indigenous Taiwanese people. Taroko is also the name of the area of Taiwan where the Taroko reside. The Executive Yuan, Republic of China has officially recognized the Taroko since 15 January 2004. The Taroko are the 12th aboriginal group in Taiwan to receive this recognition. Previously, the Taroko and the related Seediq people were classified in the Atayal group. The Taroko people demanded a separate status for themselves in a "name rectification" campaign. The Taroko resisted and fought the Japanese in the 1914 Truku War. Notable people * Bokeh Kosang, actor and singer * Chen Tao-ming, politician * Lin Yueh-han, footballer * Tseng Shu-chin, singer See also * Truku language * Mona Rudao * Wushe Incident * Taiwanese indigenous peoples Taiwanese indigenous peoples (formerly Taiwanese aborigines), also known as Formosan people, Austronesian Taiwanese, Yuanzhumin or Gaoshan people, are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taroko Language
Seediq, also known as Sediq, Taroko, is an Atayalic language spoken in the mountains of Northern Taiwan by the Seediq and Taroko people. Subdivisions Seediq consists of three main dialects (Tsukida 2005). Members of each dialect group refer to themselves by the name of their dialect, while the Amis people call them "Taroko." #Truku (Truku) – 20,000 members including non-speakers. The Truku dialect, transcribed 德路固 in Chinese. #Toda (Tuuda) – 2,500 members including non-speakers. #Tgdaya (Tkdaya, Paran) – 2,500 members including non-speakers. Phonology In Seediq there are 19 consonant phonemes and 4 vowel phonemes. Among these, there are two velar fricatives, one voiceless and the other voiced, and a uvular stop. In both labial and alveolar plosive series, voice opposition is contrastive; velar and uvular series, however, only display voiceless sounds. The alveolar affricate has a marginal phonological status and is found in some interjections (such as ''teʼcu!'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taroko Mountain
Taroko Mountain is a mountain in Taiwan with an elevation of . See also * List of mountains in Taiwan References Landforms of Hualien County Mountains of Taiwan {{Taiwan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taroko National Park
Taroko National Park () is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan and was named after the Taroko Gorge, the landmark gorge of the park carved by the Liwu River. The park spans Taichung Municipality, Nantou County, and Hualien County and is located in Xiulin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan. History This national park was originally established as the by the Governor-General of Taiwan on 12 December 1937 when Taiwan was part of the Empire of Japan. After the Empire of Japan's defeat in World War II, the Republic of China took over Taiwan in consequence. The ROC government subsequently abolished the park on 15 August 1945. It was not until 28 November 1986 that the park was reestablished. Taroko National Park covers an area of . It is located in Hualien County, Taichung City, and Nantou County, and is home to unique geological and natural resources, including twenty-seven peaks over located in and around the Qilai and Nanhu Mountain ranges. It includes the marble gorge of Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taroko Park
The SKM Park is an amusement park and outlet in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is owned by Shin Kong Mitsukoshi. SKM Park is positioned as an "international lifestyle complex" with restaurants, lifestyle theme stores, and entertainment and lifestyle facilities in a semi-open-air shopping area. History The park was opened on 9 May 2016 during a grand opening ceremony attended by Taroko Group officials and Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu. On 26 January 2022, Taroko Park was reopened under the name of SKM Park and officially transformed into an outlet mall. Location The park spreads over an area of 87,120 m2. It features a 600-meter long circuit race track covering an area of 30,000 m2. The shopping center consists of more than 200 retailers built with European architecture style. The park is accessible from exit 2 of the Caoya Station of Kaohsiung MRT. See also * List of tourist attractions in Taiwan * E-Da Outlet Mall * Dream Mall * Hanshin Arena Shopping Plaza Hansh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taroko Express
The ''Taroko Express'' () is an express train service of the Taiwan Railways Administration, and is part of ''Tze-Chiang'' Limited Express. The name of the service comes from the long Taroko Gorge, which is one of Taiwan's most popular tourist spots, and the Truku people. It began commercial operations on 16 February 2007. The ''Taroko Express'' uses the tilting electrical multiple unit series known as TEMU1000 based on the JR Kyushu 885 series. They were imported to Taiwan in 2006; since 2007, they have been running between Hualien and Taipei City, on the curved Yilan line at the existing narrow gauge tracks, where they reduced traveling time between the two places from previously 3 hours down to about 2 hours. Some trains also continue from Taipei to . Its maximum operational speed is . On 2 April 2021, a ''Taroko Express'' train derailed in Hualien County, killing 49 people with many others injured. See also * Rail transport in Taiwan * Puyuma Express The ''Puy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
