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Tainan-The Oldest City In Taiwan

Tainan   is a  well-known historic and ancient city,  preserved many important cultural relics and places of historic interest.  It boasts a population of over 1.8 million people. Like other Taiwanese cities, most people in Tainan, including taxi drivers, cannot speak English very well (except for middle grade,  high school and college students) There are 166 temples and monasteries and  more than 40 Christian and Catholic churches in the city. "There is a God every five steps and a temple at three", as the metaphor goes. Over 70 places are classified as first, second and third-grade places of historic interest, such as to the God of War, Chiqian Mansion, Anping Castle, Confucian Temple, Temple and Da Tian Hou Palace, etc. Tainan is the oldest city in Taiwan and was the capital during imperial times. It is famous for its temples, historic buildings and snack food. The city is currently the fifth largest city on the island after New Taipei, Kaohsiung (Gaoxing), Taichung and Taipei .

                        Historical Landmarks Map

                       View Historic Tainan in a larger map

            Transportation MRT and HSR Routes

View THSR Tainan Station Shuttle Bus Routes and Schedules in a larger map

    For a city of its size by population, Tainan's size by land area is exceptional  though some of the older generation can converse in Japanese. However, to help visitors get around, there are free tri-lingual (Chinese, English and Japanese) map-guides available at the railway station.

Chikan Tower famous attraction landmark Chikan Tower in Tainan (Anping Gu Bao安平古堡)

Since Zhen expelled the Dutch from Taiwan, the salt industry became a vital industry on the southwest coast of Taiwan. Beautiful salterns was once the collective memory of  the Taiwanese people. In May, 2002,  because of  the high cost of production, TAIYEN had to close all its salterns  Salt industry thus became a big part of Taiwan history.

Hotels in Tainan that are near this famous landmark include  Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel.

Tainan that offers great services to ensure a convenient, comfortable and memorable stay in Taiwan's oldest city.

Wangye Culture Gallery

How to get there :     

Salt Mountain

         Cigu Saltern was the youngest saltern which was managed by Japanese companies and the Nationalist government, it became the largest saltern, and was once an important supplier of industrial salt. Since than, the salt industry diminished sharply. Lots of money and human resources have been dedicated to build a Taiwan Salt Museum and traditional materials in salt industry to design this park. 

    This park there boasts  two Salt Mountains Looking like a giant rock standing in a desert,: the highest peak of Salt Mountain, and the north peak of Salt Mountain, which used to be the piling space of Cigu Saltern was once the last place to dry the salt of Cigu Saltern, It consists of around 60 thousand tons of salt. The peak have been naturally crystallized over time with the dust in the air to form a rigid surface.  it has become the landmark of Cigu. The salt on the north peak is from western Australia, produced by one of our overseas joint salterns. As the material of our salt shatter factory, it is snowy white. The shape of the mountain changes as the salt flows. Stepping to the top, you will have an unforgettable experience to feel as if you were in a snowy northern country.

     In addition, the park comes complete park, like traditional earth, “tile tray formation” salterns, fan-shaped salterns, salt houses, salt statues, and equipments used “salt element”. For more fun, take the “Du Du Trains”  around the park. Professional narrators will explain everything you want to know to make sure you grasp the beauty of salterns. Exclusively designed “Salt Can DIY”, together with water boats, water-collecting wheel machines, Beach Cars and Go-Karts, will top this attraction off.

   The history of salt industry in Taiwan is also the history of development in Taiwan. This park is features  history, industry, culture, art and ecology. Once you are here on Salt Mountain, with the thousand-hectare saltern within your grasp , you will be reminded of the history of our forefathers’ hard work, and find yourself enjoying in this wonderful Taiwan attraction!

Traffic information:

 Driving on your own : Exit Zhongshan Expressway at Matou Interchange ,then change to No.171 County Highway toward Beimen, connect to No.17 Provincial Highway , and turn left to see the signal, and drive about 5-10 minutes. Exit No. 3 National Highway at Gua
    Shungchun Coastal Recreation Area
    Swich and change to No.171 County Highway toward Beimen, connect to No.17 Provincial Highway , and turn left to see the signal, and drive about 5-10 minutes.
 By Bus: Take Singnan Bus at Tainan to address： No. 35-2, Shungchun Village, Beimen District, Tainan City
    Nankunshen Bus Station, and take taxi

How To Get There:

 Driving on your own : Exit Zhongshan Expressway at Matou Interchange ,then change to No.171 County Highway toward Beimen, connect to No.17 Provincial Highway , and turn left to see the signal, and drive about 5-10 minutes. Exit No. 3 National Highway at Gua
    Shungchun Coastal Recreation Area
    Swich and change to No.171 County Highway toward Beimen, connect to No.17 Provincial Highway , and turn left to see the signal, and drive about 5-10 minutes.
 By Bus: Take Singnan Bus at Tainan to address： No. 35-2, Shungchun Village, Beimen District, Tainan City
    Nankunshen Bus Station, and take taxi

Tainan Bike Routes

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 Very few buildings are more than 5 to 6 stories in height and most are between two and three stories.

Erliao and Hill 308

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Tainan Popular Tourism Websites

                         Beautiful Taiwan Formosa Enchanting Scenery - Up to the Mountain 美麗 台灣 風情景色

Helpful informative links National Historical Sites

First Class National Historic Sites:

• Confucian Temple
• Grand Matsu Temple
• Chikan Lou
• Temple of the Five Concubines
• Koxinga Shrine
• Official God of War TempleFort Golden Castle

Second Class National Historic Sites:

• City God Temple
• Duiyuemen
• Sihcao Fortress
• Old Tainan District Court
• Kaiyuan Temple
• Beiji Temple
• Kaiji Matsu Temple
• Sanshan Guowang Temple City God Temple

Third Class National Historic Sites:

• • Fahua Temple
  • The Zheng Ancestral Shrine
  • Tiantan
  • Dongyue Hall
  • Kaiji Lingyou Temple
  • Great South Gate
  • Great East Gate
  • Remains of South Wall
  • Xunfang Fortress
  • Haishan Hall
  • Dehua Hall
  • Shuixian Temple
  • Ms. Xiao Chastity Archway
  • Tait & Co.

• • Tomb of Ladies Ceng and  Mannich & Co.
  • Daguanyin Kios
  • Tomb of Ceng Chen Yang
  • Anping Gunnery Fort
  • Sihua Hall
  • Jieguan Kiosk
  • Yanping Ancient Well
  • Zhonggan Temple
  • Bao-en Hall
  • Jingfu Shrine
  • Shi Ding-mei Ancient Residence
  • Short wall at Wanfu Temple
  • Zexian Hall
  • Kaiji Wu TempleFahua Temple

• Wugui Well
• Xingji Temple
• Chendejiu Hall
• Zhongdao Chongwen Archway
• Miaoshou Temple
• Fengshen Temple
• Tomb of the Zheng Brothers
• Wu’s Grand Ancestr

Formosa (Beautiful island) Taiwan 美麗島台灣