Jingan Bridge to Shifen Waterfalls 2018
Shifen Old Streets (Pingxi Train Line, Taiwan)
Shifen is perhaps the best stop on the Pingxi Line for picture-taking. Travelers are free to walk along the rail line, which runs right through the downtown.
Shifen is the most active place for the purchasing, igniting, and launching of lanterns into the night sky. The lanterns, carrying written notes expressing the wishes of the launchers, are set aloft from the rail tracks, and everyone scampers away when a train makes its way through town. As helpful signs explain, different colors of lanterns represent different types of wishes, such as those involving romance, good health, and success on exams. You can buy the sky lanterns for about NTD150 (US$5) and then paint a good luck message. The origin stems from an ancient custom where people would release sky lanterns to signal an area was safe.
The Jingan Suspension Bridge, a popular spot for photography, is right next to Shifen Station.
The Pingxi Small Railway line is a thirteen kilometre, narrow-gauge railway, one of three remaining open from the Japanese era. The towns along the Pingxi Line were all once thriving mining towns, all feature “old streets” selling tourist paraphernalia and old Japanese buildings.
Pingxi Train Line Tour / 平溪線旅游 (Jingtong, Pingxi, Shifen & Houtong Cat Village)
00:00 - Pingxi Train Line / 平溪線
03:06 - Jingtong / 菁桐
06:49 - Pingxi Old Street / 平溪老街
17:54 - Shifen Old Streets / 十分老街
33:41 - Shifen Waterfall / 十分大瀑布
33:45 - Houtong Cat Village / 猴硐貓村
The Pingxi Small Railway line is a thirteen kilometre, narrow-gauge railway, one of three remaining open from the Japanese era. The towns along the Pingxi Line were all once thriving mining towns, all feature “old streets” selling tourist paraphernalia and old Japanese buildings.
Jingtong Station was built by the Japanese in the 1930s. The town is a terminus of the Pingxi Line.
Along the rail line, lovers and others write wishes on bamboo sticks (“wish sticks”) and hang these on trees, fences, and anything else that might be available.
Pingxi is special for its unique architecture and design, as its market area, Pingxi Old Street, is built into a hill with a train track going overhead right through the middle with shops around selling local food and gifts. Visitors are able to check out shops built during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as wooden houses built during the Japanese occupation era.
However, Pingxi is undoubtedly the most famous stop on the Pingxi Line because of its annual lantern-launching activities during the Lantern Festival period after the Chinese New Year. Perhaps 1,000 or so lanterns are launched over a period of a couple of weeks. The launchings are conducted at night, making for a dramatic scene. But be forewarned that the popularity of the festival makes for very crowded viewing. During the rest of the year, one can purchase and launch lanterns on one’s own.
Pingxi is also known for its sausage vendors who slice up and add toppings to their sausages.
Shifen is perhaps the best stop on the Pingxi Line for picture-taking. Travelers are free to walk along the rail line, which runs right through the downtown.
Shifen is the most active place for the purchasing, igniting, and launching of lanterns into the night sky. The lanterns, carrying written notes expressing the wishes of the launchers, are set aloft from the rail tracks, and everyone scampers away when a train makes its way through town. As helpful signs explain, different colors of lanterns represent different types of wishes, such as those involving romance, good health, and success on exams. You can buy the sky lanterns for about NTD150 (US$5) and then paint a good luck message. The origin stems from an ancient custom where people would release sky lanterns to signal an area was safe.
The Jingan Suspension Bridge, a popular spot for photography, is right next to Shifen Station.
About 1.3 KM from Shifen Old Streets / Shifen train station, the Shifen Waterfall has a total height of 20 metres (66 ft) and is 40 metres (130 ft) in width, making it the broadest waterfall in Taiwan. On sunnier days, the waterfall creates a rainbow as it splashes into the lake - widely regarded as the most scenic in all of Taiwan.
Houtong was once a rich small mining town in Ruifang, renowned for a well-preserved culture surrounding its railway, which was built during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. During its prosperous years, the area produced around 220,000 tons of coal per year, the largest coal output of a single area in Taiwan. This attracted many immigrants to the area, which further spurred the town's growth to as many as 900 households with a population of more than 6,000 people. The last facility built in the area was a coal purification factory, built in 1920.
As the coal mining industry began to decline in the 1990s, the area also declined. Young residents started to emigrate to look for other opportunities, and eventually only few hundred residents remained once the mining industry had died out.
However, things started taking a turn for the better from 2008, when a local cat lover organized volunteers to start offering abandoned cats a better life. They posted the cats' pictures online, resulting in an overwhelming response from other cat lovers around the nation. Soon, Houtong became a center for cat lovers as word spread, and the number of cats living there increased – thus reviving a declining village, and transforming it into a tourist destination. Some cats are sterilized, and will have one of their ears trimmed as confirmation – this helps to keep check on the local population of cats, and also helps identify new cats which enter into the village.
Where Cats Call the Shots:
WSJ Video:
Day 6 - Jing An Bridge @ Shifen Waterfall
天燈與火車的邂逅！來場浪漫平溪之旅吧！｜花漾旅途｜新北｜Romantic Pingxi Tour｜紅豆
播吧大家都在看????
花漾旅途看更多????
當懷舊的火車搭配唯美的天燈
與你相約平溪電影般的浪漫場景
走吧！現在就出發！
#十分老街 #十分瀑布 #靜安吊橋 #平溪線鐵道步道 #四廣潭吊橋 #眼鏡洞瀑布 #觀瀑吊橋
景點資訊:
十分老街｜新北市平溪區十分里十分街
十分瀑布｜新北市平溪區乾坑10號 (平湖森林遊樂區)
靜安吊橋→平溪線鐵道步道→四廣潭吊橋→平溪線鐵道步道→眼鏡洞瀑布(觀瀑吊橋) →平溪線鐵道步道→十分瀑布
Shifen Old Streets｜Shifen St., Pingxi Dist., New Taipei City 226, Taiwan
Shifen waterfall｜No. 10, Gankeng, Pingxi Dist., New Taipei City 226, Taiwan
Jing'an Bridge→Pingxi Line Railway Trail→Siguangtan Suspension Bridge→Pingxi Line Railway Trail→Spectacles cave waterfall →Pingxi Line Railway Trail→Jing'an Bridge
Pingxi Train Line Tour / 平溪線旅游 (Slideshow / 幻燈片) - Jingtong, Pingxi, Shifen & Houtong Cat Village
00:00 - Pingxi Train Line / 平溪線
02:26 - Jingtong / 菁桐
04:58 - Pingxi Old Street / 平溪老街
09:10 - Shifen Old Streets / 十分老街
13:38 - Shifen Waterfall / 十分大瀑布
15:31 - Houtong Cat Village / 猴硐貓村
The Pingxi Small Railway line is a thirteen kilometre, narrow-gauge railway, one of three remaining open from the Japanese era. The towns along the Pingxi Line were all once thriving mining towns, all feature “old streets” selling tourist paraphernalia and old Japanese buildings.
Jingtong Station was built by the Japanese in the 1930s. The town is a terminus of the Pingxi Line.
Along the rail line, lovers and others write wishes on bamboo sticks (“wish sticks”) and hang these on trees, fences, and anything else that might be available.
Pingxi is special for its unique architecture and design, as its market area, Pingxi Old Street, is built into a hill with a train track going overhead right through the middle with shops around selling local food and gifts. Visitors are able to check out shops built during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as wooden houses built during the Japanese occupation era.
However, Pingxi is undoubtedly the most famous stop on the Pingxi Line because of its annual lantern-launching activities during the Lantern Festival period after the Chinese New Year. Perhaps 1,000 or so lanterns are launched over a period of a couple of weeks. The launchings are conducted at night, making for a dramatic scene. But be forewarned that the popularity of the festival makes for very crowded viewing. During the rest of the year, one can purchase and launch lanterns on one’s own.
Pingxi is also known for its sausage vendors who slice up and add toppings to their sausages.
Shifen is perhaps the best stop on the Pingxi Line for picture-taking. Travelers are free to walk along the rail line, which runs right through the downtown.
Shifen is the most active place for the purchasing, igniting, and launching of lanterns into the night sky. The lanterns, carrying written notes expressing the wishes of the launchers, are set aloft from the rail tracks, and everyone scampers away when a train makes its way through town. As helpful signs explain, different colors of lanterns represent different types of wishes, such as those involving romance, good health, and success on exams. You can buy the sky lanterns for about NTD150 (US$5) and then paint a good luck message. The origin stems from an ancient custom where people would release sky lanterns to signal an area was safe.
The Jingan Suspension Bridge, a popular spot for photography, is right next to Shifen Station.
About 1.3 KM from Shifen Old Streets / Shifen train station, the Shifen Waterfall has a total height of 20 metres (66 ft) and is 40 metres (130 ft) in width, making it the broadest waterfall in Taiwan. On sunnier days, the waterfall creates a rainbow as it splashes into the lake - widely regarded as the most scenic in all of Taiwan.
Houtong was once a rich small mining town in Ruifang, renowned for a well-preserved culture surrounding its railway, which was built during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. During its prosperous years, the area produced around 220,000 tons of coal per year, the largest coal output of a single area in Taiwan. This attracted many immigrants to the area, which further spurred the town's growth to as many as 900 households with a population of more than 6,000 people. The last facility built in the area was a coal purification factory, built in 1920.
As the coal mining industry began to decline in the 1990s, the area also declined. Young residents started to emigrate to look for other opportunities, and eventually only few hundred residents remained once the mining industry had died out.
However, things started taking a turn for the better from 2008, when a local cat lover organized volunteers to start offering abandoned cats a better life. They posted the cats' pictures online, resulting in an overwhelming response from other cat lovers around the nation. Soon, Houtong became a center for cat lovers as word spread, and the number of cats living there increased – thus reviving a declining village, and transforming it into a tourist destination. Some cats are sterilized, and will have one of their ears trimmed as confirmation – this helps to keep check on the local population of cats, and also helps identify new cats which enter into the village.
Where Cats Call the Shots:
WSJ Video:
Taiwan 2016 Day 3 Part 4: Lushui (綠水), Hualien (花蓮), Luodong (羅東), Taipei (臺北市)
Join me as I make my way through Lushui (綠水) visiting the Lushui Geological Exhibition Center and the Lushui Tourist Center. Then, the return bus journey to Hualien (花蓮) passed by the Liwu River, the Eternal Spring Shrine (長春祠) and the Shakadang Bridge (砂卡噹桥) in Taroko Gorge (太魯閣國家公園) before reaching Chishingtan Beach (七星潭风景区) in Xincheng Township (新城鄉). I returned to Hualien (花蓮) to collect my luggage from my hostel before taking the train to Luodong (羅東). I took a bus from Luodong (羅東) to Taipei (臺北市) then had dinner at Eslite Spectrum (誠品生活) in a Minder Vegetarian (明德素食園) restaurant before retiring for the day at my rented accommodation near Jingan (景安) MRT station.
Camera used:
[TW20S1] Pingxi Old Street Sky Lantern and Shifen Old Street! Where to go in Taipei?
Shifen Waterfall
十分瀑布
Pingxi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan 226
Shifen Old Street
十分老街
No.10, Gangang Rd, Pingxi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan 226
Pingxi Old Street
平溪老街
Section 2, Jing'an Rd, Pingxi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan 226
Music - Wasted Education 2 by Anders Bothén
Camera - GoPro HERO4 Silver
Gimbal - Zhiyun Z1-EVOLUTION 3-Axis Gimbal
Bolin Chen
Longest Suspension Bridge in Taiwan + Double Dragon Waterfalls + Pinglai Glass Bridge
Shuanglong Suspension Bridge is the longest and scariest suspension bridge in Taiwan at the end of this bridge you will see the Double Dragon Waterfalls that surely relax you after a very long travel to cross this bridge located at Nantou City Taiwan
Taipei MRT Orange Line Daqiaotou→Fu Jen University
Daqiaotou→Taipei Bridge→Cailiao→Sanchong→Xianse Temple→Touqianzhuang→Xinzhuang→Fu Jen University
Shifen Old Streets / 十分老街 (Slideshow / 幻燈片), Pingxi Line / 平溪線, Taiwan / 臺灣 / 台灣 / 대만
Shifen is perhaps the best stop on the Pingxi Line for picture-taking. Travelers are free to walk along the rail line, which runs right through the downtown.
Shifen is the most active place for the purchasing, igniting, and launching of lanterns into the night sky. The lanterns, carrying written notes expressing the wishes of the launchers, are set aloft from the rail tracks, and everyone scampers away when a train makes its way through town. As helpful signs explain, different colors of lanterns represent different types of wishes, such as those involving romance, good health, and success on exams. You can buy the sky lanterns for about NTD150 (US$5) and then paint a good luck message. The origin stems from an ancient custom where people would release sky lanterns to signal an area was safe.
The Jingan Suspension Bridge, a popular spot for photography, is right next to Shifen Station.
The Pingxi Small Railway line is a thirteen kilometre, narrow-gauge railway, one of three remaining open from the Japanese era. The towns along the Pingxi Line were all once thriving mining towns, all feature “old streets” selling tourist paraphernalia and old Japanese buildings.
Taipei,Jiufen,Shifen
Music: Hush - Cehryl Chow
【HD】十分老街 Shifen Old Street｜SONY FDR-X3000
☈ 行程：
01/十分老街
✉ 旅遊日期：2017/10/07
✎ 露小小家族：
✎ 露小小露營網：
Day 6 - On the Cab from Jiufen to Shifen Waterfall Part 3
Shifen Waterfall - Taiwan
A rainy, misty day at Shifen Waterfall. Sorry I am not much of a movie maker with my camera.
Taipei - Day 2
Trip to Taipei - Second day
Secondo giorno a Taipei