Yuchi, Nantou
Yuchi Township (, also known as Yuchih) is a rural township in the center of Nantou County, Taiwan. History The area is home to the Thao people who live near Sun Moon Lake. The township was formerly called ''Go-sia-po'' () Administrative divisions The township comprises 13 villages: Dalin, Dayan, Gonghe, Riyue, Shuishe, Toushe, Tungchi, Tungguang, Wucheng, Wudeng, Xincheng, Yuchi and Zhongming. Tourist attractions * Ci En Pagoda * Dajhu Lake Waterbirds Reserve * Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village * Jinlong Mountain * Kong-ming Temple * Lalu Island * Peacock Park * Shuei-she Mountain * Sun Moon Lake * Wen Wu Temple * Tataka Visitor Center * Xuanzang Temple Transportation * Provincial Highway No. 21 goes through Yuchi. * Sun Moon Lake Ropeway * Shuishe Pier Notable natives * Lin Yang-kang, President of Judicial Yuan (1987–1994) * Tang Huo-shen, member of Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) loca ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Township (Taiwan)
Townships are the third-level administrative subdivisions of counties of the Republic of China (Taiwan), along with county-administered cities. After World War II, the townships were established from the following conversions on the Japanese administrative divisions: Although local laws do not enforce strict standards for classifying them, generally urban townships have a larger population and more business and industry than rural townships, but not to the extent of county-administered cities. Under townships, there is still the village as the fourth or basic level of administration. As of 2022, there are totally 184 townships, including 38 urban townships, 122 rural townships and 24 mountain indigenous townships. 174 townships with 35 urban and 118 rural townships are located in Taiwan Province and 10 townships with 3 urban and 4 rural townships are located in Fujian Province. Penghu and Lienchiang are the only two counties that do not have urban townships. Statistics of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tang Huo-shen
Tang Huo-shen (; born 29 October 1956) is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the National Assembly from 1996 to 2000, and represented Nantou County in the Legislative Yuan between 2002 and 2008. Education Tang studied sociology at Fu Jen Catholic University and earned an MBA from Regis University in the United States. Political career Electoral history Tang was elected to the National Assembly in 1996. He won a seat on the Legislative Yuan in 2001 and 2004, losing his bid for a third term in office in 2008. He faced Lee Wen-chung in a Democratic Progressive Party primary for the Nantou County Magistracy in 2013, and lost. Tang contested a 2015 legislative by-election in Nantou, but lost to Kuomintang candidate Hsu Shu-hua. Later, Tang became the assistant director of the Executive Yuan's Central Taiwan Joint Services Center. Political stances Tang opposed exorbitant penalties against individuals who illegally raise endangered animals, believing that if the privat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Judicial Yuan
The Judicial Yuan () is the judicial branch of the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan.''See'' Constitution arts. 77-82, ''available at'' ''See'' Additional Articles of the Constitution art. 5, ''available at'' It runs a Constitutional Court and oversees all systems of courts of Taiwan, including ordinary courts like the supreme court, high courts, district courts as well as special courts like administrative courts and disciplinary courts. By Taiwanese law, the Judicial Yuan holds the following powers:''See'' Introduction to the Judicial Yuan, ''available at'' * ''Interpretation'' – Constitutional Court interprets the Constitution and other statutes and regulations by either the central government or local governments. * ''Adjudicate'' – Most civil, criminal, and administrative cases are adjudicated by the respective courts supervised by the Judicial Yuan. The Constitutional Court adjudicate Presidential impeachment and political party dissolution cases. * ' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lin Yang-kang
Lin Yang-kang ( ; 10 June 1927 – 13 April 2013) was a Taiwanese politician. He was born at Sun Moon Lake during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. Some thought he might be Chiang Ching-kuo's successor as head of the Kuomintang (KMT), but after failing to win the KMT's nomination for president in 1996, he became an independent. Lin rejoined the party in 2005, and died in 2013. Biography Lin was born in Niitaka District, Taichū Prefecture (modern-day Nantou County) Taiwan and graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor of science degree. Lin was married to Chen Ho (陳閤) and had one son and three daughters. On 13 April 2013, Lin died at home in Taichung, of intestinal obstruction and organ failure, aged 85. Political career Lin began his political career in the 1960s. By 1990, he was a vice-chairman of the Kuomintang. Aligned with the "non-mainstream faction" that aimed to be less confrontational with the People's Republic of China than Lee Teng-hui, Lin tried to r ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shuishe Pier
The Shuishe Pier () is a pier at Sun Moon Lake in Yuchi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. Destinations The pier serves for destinations to Ita Thao Pier and Xuanguang Pier at the other perimeter sides of Sun Moon Lake. Transportation The pier is accessible by bus from Taichung HSR station or Taichung TRA station. See also * Transportation in Taiwan Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, an ... References Piers in Nantou County {{Taiwan-struct-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sun Moon Lake Ropeway
The Sun Moon Lake Ropeway () is a gondola lift in Yuchi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. History The construction of the ropeway took around 18 months. On 14 December 2009, it passed the inspection of Nantou County Government. The soft opening of the ropeway to the public was done on 28 December 2009 and the official opening was carried out on 31 March 2010. Geology The ropeway runs through two Buji mountains with an altitude of 996 meters and 1,044 meters. Stations The ropeway consists of two stations, which are Sun Moon Lake Station and Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village Station. Sun Moon Lake Station The Sun Moon Lake Station is located at the edge of Sun Moon Lake. The station spans over an area of 3.74 hectares. Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village Station The Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village Station at the entrance of Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village. Technical specifications The ropeway consists of 16 supporting towers. It has a 1,877 meters of path length a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Provincial Highway No
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Xuanzang Temple (Taiwan)
Xuanzang Temple or Syuentzang Temple () is a Buddhist temple located in the Sun Moon Lake tourist area, Yuchih Township of Nantou County, Taiwan. History Syuentzang Temple was built in 1965 by the Nantou County Government in honor of Hsüan-tsang (also romanized as Syuentzang or Xuanzang) (602–664), a prominent Buddhist monk who made a seventeen-year overland journey to India during the Tang dynasty (618–907) in the seventh century. It sits on a hill named "Cinglong" () near the Sun Moon Lake, the largest body of water in Taiwan. During the Sino-Japanese War, while the occupying Japanese Imperial Army was digging to establish a Shintoist shrine in Nanjing, unearthed there were the head bones of Xuanzang, which were confirmed by the Chinese and Japanese scholars jointly that had been transferred in 1027 from Changan to this place. For "safety from the deteriorating situation of China", they were moved to Ji-on Temple ( 慈恩寺), Saitama Prefecture, Japan. In 1955, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tataka Visitor Center
The Tataka Visitor Center () is a visitor center in Yushan National Park located in Xinyi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan 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 nort .... Architecture At its upper floor, the visitor center consists of an exhibition hall about geology, wildlife, plants and culture. The building is located at an altitude of 2,600 meters above sea level. Transportation The visitor center is located along the Provincial Highway 21. See also * List of tourist attractions in Taiwan References Visitor centers in Nantou County {{taiwan-struct-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sun Moon Lake Wen Wu Temple
The Sun Moon Lake Wen Wu Temple () is a Wen Wu temple located on the perimeter of Sun Moon Lake in Yuchi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. History Previously, two temples were located on the coast of Sun Moon Lake. In 1919, the Japanese colonial government constructed a dam to generate hydroelectric power, causing the lake's water level to rise. The two temples were subsequently torn down and consolidated at the temple's present location in 1938. After the Japanese handed over Taiwan to the Republic of China in 1945, the government invested in developing tourism around the lake. Wen Wu temple was rebuilt again in 1969, increasing its size and constructing it in the Chinese palace style. Architecture The temple consists of three halls. The first hall, located on the second floor of the front hall, is a shrine devoted to the First Ancestor Kaiji and the God of Literature. The central hall is devoted to Lord Guan, the Martial God, and the another Martial God, Lord Yue. The rea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peacock Park (Taiwan)
Peacock Park is a public, urban park where Indian peacocks roam in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida on the shore of Biscayne Bay. History Among the first permanent settlers in South Florida were grocers Charles and Isabella Peacock who arrived in Coconut Grove encouraged to establish a hotel. Their hotel, built in 1883, was called Bay View House and was the first hotel on mainland Florida south of Palm Beach. Later renamed the Peacock Inn, it was where the first community gatherings in Miami were held. Some visitors to the inn stayed in the area and this was the beginning of Coconut Grove, South Florida's first mainland community. Closing in 1902, the Peacock Inn building became the Lake Placid School until the school moved to Pompano Beach in 1925 The building was torn down in 1926. Later the property became a city park. After the hotel closed in 1902 Ralph Munroe established Camp Biscayne nearby so there would be a place for visitors to stay. The city of Miam ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |