General information
| Destination |
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| Taipei, Taiwan |
Program details
Board your comfortable coach upon hotel pickup in Taipei city in the morning, after a 40-min drive, arrive in Pingxi is like stepping out of a time machine and find yourself back in the 40s old mining town.
Located in the southeast of New Taipei City, Pingxi District was a bustling old coal-mining town in the early 20th century. The train station was originally built to transport the coal during the Japanese colonial era.
The first stop of the tour is Shifen Scenic Area. Take a few steps down to the park, a silky cascading waterfall comes into your sight, it is small but very powerful. Shifen Waterfall is one of the most famous in Taiwan, on the upper parts of Keelung River. It is often called the“Little Niagara of Taiwan”.
Continue your half-day tour to Shifen Old Streets, which is right alongside to the waterfall scenic area. Many notable movies were shot there, including the famous movie Dust In The Wind directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien.
The Shifen Old Streets brings you back to the past; Flying Sky Lantern inspires us to look into the future. In the past, those who worked or farmed in this remote hillside town used lanterns to inform their families they were safe when facing the risk of being robbed or killed. Nowadays, the lanterns do not function as signals anymore, but used as symbols of peace and good fortune.
Your tour ends with return transport to your Taipei hotel in the noon.
Languages
English, Mandarin, Japanese.
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