Three Hill-Country Hakka Neighbors: Zhudong, Beipu, and Nanpu TEXT / RICK CHARETTEPHOTOS / CHEN CHENG-KUO, VISION The hill country of northwest Taiwan is Hakka country. The Hakka are a Han Chinese minority people with a distinctive culture, deep-rooted traditions, and especially...
From the sky-searching, thick mountains that define its deep interior all the way down right to water’s edge along its Taiwan Strait coast, the Hsinchu region is beautiful hill country – in most areas away from the coast well forested and...
Guanxi, Hsinchu (新竹關西) Guanxi is a tranquil and uncomplicated small town that retains buildings of different architectural styles including Hakka, Minnan, and Japanese, each representing the marks of a different era and making the architecture the most interesting part of a...
Showcasing the Past While Chasing a Cultural-Creative Future Text: Rick Charette; Photos: Vision Guanxi is an old town in Hsinchu County that looks forward into a long valley, which runs all the way to the sea, and is backed by the central...
The Windy City by Slow Train — Places of Interest Between “North Hsinchu” and “South Hsinchu” Text: Steven Crook; Photos: Vision Located on Taiwan’s northwest coast, Hsinchu is known as Taiwan’s “Windy City” thanks to its salient coastal position and prevalent winds sweeping...
Riding Back in Time by Train on the Neiwan Branch Line Text: Steven Crook, Photos: Vision Neiwan is one of four popular branch–railway lines in Taiwan, the others being the Pingxi, Jiji, and Alishan lines. A slow train on this route takes...
For your edutainment – a driving excursion up, up, and up yet higher into Hsinchu County’s Shangping River watershed, from its key market town, Zhudong, at its flatlands end, to the Guanwu Recreation Area and just-below-heaven views of the glorious Holy...
