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Taroko National Park covers an area of 92,000 hectares (360 sq mi). It is located in Hualien County, Taichung City, and Nantou County, and is home to unique geological and natural resources, including twenty-seven peaks over 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) located in and around the Qilai and Nanhu Mountain ranges.
The Taroko Gorge Marathon ( official website) is an annual marathon running race held in Taroko National Park in Hualien, Taiwan . The race is held in November each year and the marathon and half-marathon had a combined 10,500 runners in 2011. [ 1] In 2019, the number of runners exceeded 12,000, [ 2] with over 2,700 runners in the full-marathon ...
1958. Eternal Spring Shrine, also called Changchun Shrine (Chinese: 長春祠; pinyin: Chángchūn cí; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiông-chhun-sû; lit. 'Ancestral shrine of Eternal', 'or Long', 'Spring'), is a landmark and a memorial shrine complex in Taroko National Park in Xiulin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan. It is one of the major picturesque ...
The Taroko National Park in eastern Taiwan will close until further notice after the island was struck by the strongest earthquake in 25 years.
From an elevation of 3,000 m, the river flows west until Tianxiang, where it enters Taroko Gorge. After collecting the Shatudang River near Changchun Shrine, the Liwu River ends in the Pacific Ocean near Chongde, a settlement occupied by the Taroko people. The length of the river is around 55 km and is entirely located within Taroko National ...
Mount Hehuan (Chinese: 合歡山; pinyin: Héhuān Shān; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ha̍p-hoan-soaⁿ; also called Joy Mountain) is a 3,416-metre-high (11,207 ft) mountain in Central Taiwan. The peak lies on the border of Nantou and Hualien counties and is located within Taroko National Park. Hehuanshan is a popular destination in central Taiwan.
It has a population of 17,068, most of which are the indigenous Taroko people. Because of its location beside the Central Mountain Range, the climate changes by altitude. Taroko National Park is located in Xiulin Township. In recent years, people in Xiulin have lobbied to change its name to "Taroko Township" (太魯閣鄉).
"The Beauty of Taroko" is a large-scale ink painting created by Ma Pai-Shui in early 1999. It consists of twenty-four pieces of Xuan paper, each measuring 214 cm in height and 69 cm in width, forming a total dimension of 1656 cm in width and 214 cm in height. [1]