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Jiufen quickly went into decline, and for a while the town was mostly forgotten. In 1989, Hou Hsiao-hsien's A City of Sadness, the first film to touch on the February 28 Incident, then a taboo subject in Taiwan, won acclaim around the world. As a result, Jiufen, where the film was set, revived due to the film's popularity.
Jiufen Old Street is a series of alleyways and a night market in Jiufen, Taiwan. [1] National Geographic has called Old Street "one of the country's most iconic night markets". [ 2 ] Fried fish, noodle soups , peanut ice cream rolls, pork dumplings, sweet potato and taro balls , and Taiwanese sausages are among the many food options available ...
Jiufen's tourism boom is overwhelming its 1,600 residents. The former gold-mining town's transformation into a tourist hot spot hit the big time with the animation "Spirited Away."
Taiwan: Jiufen Qingyun Temple is a Taoist temple in Jiufen, Taiwan. [1] See also. Architecture portal; Taiwan portal; List of temples in Taiwan;
Shifen Waterfall (Chinese: 十分大瀑布; pinyin: Shífēn Dà Pùbù) is a scenic waterfall located in Pingxi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, on the upper reaches of the Keelung River. The falls' total height is 20 metres (66 ft) and 40 metres (130 ft) in width, making it the broadest waterfall in Taiwan. [ 1 ]
Originally built in 1933 by Japanese during their occupation, [1] the building used to be a copper and gold smelter plant called the Shuinandong Smelter that used to process refined ore from Jinguashi and Jiufen. [2] After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, the refinery was taken over by the state-run company ...
The Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) commenced operations on 5 January 2007, after some delays in 2006. The THSR connects Taipei City in the northeast of the island of Taiwan to Kaohsiung City in the southwest. The journey time is about 90 minutes compared to ~3 hours by conventional rail. 30 Shinkansen Class 700T sets are running on the 345 km ...
The booming U.S. stock market will help keep the dollar expensive as global investors pour money into America, a foreign exchange strategist said. But the politics of any trade deals that the ...