Fulong Beach, also known as Fulong Bathing Beach (), is located at Fulong Village,

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. It is the outlet of the

Shuang River The Shuang River () is a river in Taiwan. It flows through the eponymous Shuangxi District and Gongliao District in eastern New Taipei City for 27 km. Fulong Beach, one of the more popular beach destinations in northern Taiwan, is located at ...

History

The beach was opened to the public on 22 June 1975. The resort at the beach was initially operated by

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and was later transferred to the Northeast and Yilan Coast National Scenic Area Administration of

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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

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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 functional; other times it is not, because the seaside end would be in the river or in the sea.

Events

Since 2000, the Hohaiyan Rock Festival (貢寮國際海洋音樂祭) has been held here for three to five days in the summer. Normally, it takes place in mid-July, and sometimes it has been delayed due to

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interruption or damage to the band shell facilities. Also the watercourse of the Shuang River sometimes changes shape or size, influencing the location of these temporary band shells.

Transport links

Public transport

Fulong Beach is accessible by rail and bus: *Railway： Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA)

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*Bus： **Between

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and Yilan County: Taipei-

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Seaside Route of Kingbus (國光客運) to the Fulong Stop **Between Taipei City and

Hualien County Hualien County (Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Fâ-lièn-yen''; Amis: ''Kalingko'') is a county on the east coast of Taiwan. It ...

：Taipei- Hualien Seaside Route of Airbus (大有巴士) to the Fulong Stop **From

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: Keelung-Fulong Route of Keelung Bus (基隆客運) to the Fulong Stop

Car transport

Fulong Beach is accessible by car: *From central

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: the Sun Yat-sen Expressway and Northern Seaside Highway (Provincial Highway 2). *From Southeastern Taipei: through Muzha,

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, and

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via New Taipei City Highway 106 to

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, through Ping-Shuang Tunnel to New Taipei City Highway 38, and then to Northern Seaside Highway. *From Eastern Taiwan: via Northern Seaside Highway. The main parking lot is next to the Fulong visitors center on the main street. Parking is free but it can be quite congested at the weekends.

Entrance Fee

During summer months (and when the rock festival is not on) entrance to a part of the beach is $100NTD for adults and $10NTD for children. This includes access to the beach as well as use of showers, changing rooms etc. This does not include rental of miniature sailboats, canoes, boogie boards, beach umbrellas or sunshade tents/awnings.

References

External links

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Northeast Coastal Scenic Area — Fulong Beach
1975 establishments in Taiwan Beaches of New Taipei