Tainan

Tainan is the oldest city in Taiwan. With its time-honor 300-year history, the city is well woven into the fabric of rich culture and interesting anecdotes. Details hidden inside the corners of streets, they yield the footprints left behind by ancestors as well as those precious, little stories being passed down generation by generation. Go on a gate trip to see and feel how Tainan, also once “Prefecture City”, has evolved and developed, and how those ancient gates closely interact with its geography, commerce and human activities. There are also many important heritage sites in Tainan. Due to traditional architectures and the surroundings around being revived and renovated, local art, industrial activities, and sightseeing are hence enhanced accordingly.

Historic streets and old houses, on the other hand, are life reflection of all different eras, carrying and preserving memories and spaces of ordinary Taiwanese people. Let those heritage sites and historic streets guide you to explore and witness Tainan cements an irreplaceable status in Taiwan history.

 

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Sicau Green Tunnel (Taijing National Park)

Sicau Green Tunnel (Taijing National Park)

The gutter section in the back of Sicau Dazhong Temple was ever the very spot to grow purely Limnitzera Racemosa forests to the greatest extent, and now is the best mangrove forests area to observe. There are 3 types of mangroves existent here: Avicennia Marina with the largest quantity, Limnitzera Racemosa with the number coming in second, and only a few Rhisophora Stylosa trees. It’s better to watch the mangrove forests and the birds, fiddler crabs (up to approximately 6 kinds), mudskippers inside the forests from the mild hill behind Dazhong Temple. Also riding a sight-seeing boat to pass through the mangrove tunnel makes a different case for deep experience of nature.

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Tainan Confucius Temple

Tainan Confucius Temple

As it was once also called "Sian Shi Shemg Temple" (literally, it suggests that the temple pays homage to the greated teacher in the world), Tainan Confucius Temple is the first in Taiwan memorizes Confucius. In the Ming Dynasty, Yong-hua Chen, Koxinga's chief counselor, advised to build the temple. The Temple, run by the governments, was also the first and highest academy in Taiwan teaching Confucianism during the Ming and Cing dynasties. One of the most important commemorative rituals to be done during the Confucius Cultural Festival held in the Teacher's Day is celebrating Confucius' birthday. There are 38 things needed to be done before completing the ritual. The confucius Cultureal Festival

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Koxinga Shrine

Koxinga Shrine

Guoxingye's Shrine (Yanping Junwang Temple), located by Kaishan Road surrounded by trees, is the only Fujianese style shrine in Taiwan. This is the shrine built in memory of the work and achievement of Cheng Cheng Kung, the pioneer of Taiwan. Cheng Cheng Kung was originally called Cheng Sun, a native in County Fujian. His father, Cheng Chi Lung, was a wanderer in his early days. He has been a merchant as well as a pirate. His mother was a Japanese lady called Tagawa. Cheng was born with great intelligence. Not only was he diligent in his studies, he also has a huge ambitious to achieve something big, i.e. to become someone who are good in both academic work and in the military field. By the time he was 21 years old, Wu San Kwei led the Qing army into China and the Ming dynasty thus came to an end. As a result of his father surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and his mother committed suicide, Cheng Cheng Kung suffered a lot of pain and decided that he should turn against the Qing Dynasty to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty in order to get rid of the shame caused by his father's traitor behavior. In April, 15th year of Emperor Yung Li (1661 A.D.), he led his army crossing the Taiwan Strait and after 9 months' battle, had finally retrieved Taiwan from the hands of the Dutch. Taiwan thus was no more a colony of the Netherlands. After gaining access to Taiwan, Cheng quickly built up the whole place by setting up governing offices, regulations, education system as well as developing more farm lands to improve the living standards of the local people. He also actively trained people in military tactics, preparing them to fight the Qing army. However, just half year after he had retrieved Taiwan, Cheng died of illness on May 8, the 16th year of Emperor Yung Li of Ming Dynasty.

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Chihkan Tower

Chihkan Tower

Built by the Dutch in 1653,the Tower was once known as “Fort Provintia” and the Han People also called it ”Chihkan Tower” ,“Red Haired Tower.” The Tower’s walls, made of red bricks, are adhered by a specially designed cement mixture, made of sticky rice, sugared water and oyster shell cement; thereby, the Tower withstands time. When there are examinations, students often come here and pray Kuei Xin Ye,the god who guards students, for good grades. The pen held in Kuei Xin Ye’s hand was therefore often stolen. Now you can buy Kuei Xin Ye’s pen at the souvenir department and it is very popular.

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Cigu Lagoon

Cigu Lagoon

Cigu Lagoon, the largest lagoon in Taiwan, is comprised of "Dingtoueshan," "Wanziliaoshan," and "Cingshangangshan," Lagoon prevents flood, and offers protection to the coast, and gives rich marine biology. Cigu Lagoon has a large field of mangroves and provides migrant birds habitats. Fishermen also catch fishes and cultivate oysters here.

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Chimei Museum

Chimei Museum

Chimei Museum is a comprehensive museum with wide collections of Western art, musical instruments, weaponry and natural history. There are four exhibition rooms, one temporary exhibition gallery and a sculpture hall in the main building. As a museum for all, we hope our visitors will enjoy and cherish these timeless valuables, and find their favorites among them.

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Anping Tree House

Anping Tree House

Anping Tree House(安平樹屋) is located behind the Tait& Co. Merchant House(德記洋行), and was originally a Tait& Co. Warehouse. Built around the end of the 19th Century at the beginning of the Japanese Colonial Period, this place was also once a warehouse of the Japan Salt Corporation, and the current scale the building is the product of extension by the Japanese. After over a hundred years of transformation, the warehouse wall is covered in banyan roots, and the dense, towering treetops seem to have become the roof of the warehouse. This unusual appearance gives Anping Tree House a sense of mystery, and the distinctive form of the tree house is a marvel of symbiosis, similar to the large trees of Angkor Wat coiled around the Ta Prohm Temple. The gaps between the tree trunks make a perfect walkway for people to walk through, and one can also travel among the treetops. The tree house is also a good habitat for wildlife, and lots of squirrels and birds frolic. When tired of walking, tourists can visit the Tree House coffee shop, cool down with an ice cream and then continue to explore the elegance of Anping.

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Anping Fort

Anping Fort

In 1624, Dutch built the first fort in Anping, Taiwan, called "Fort Zeelandia", now known as Anping Fort, where has been the administrative center of the Dutch regime, and the hub for trading. The building was originally constructed in square inner fortress and rectangle outer walls. In 1661, the fort was renamed as Anping to commemorate his home town when Guoxingye (Cheng Cheng-Kung) has driven the Dutch out of Taiwan. Therefore, Fort Zeelandia was also known as "King's Fort" or "Taiwan Fort", nicknamed Anping Fort.

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