China Taiwan Province (ROC): News, Discussions & Images

[Abhishek_]

^thanks for posting. there are so many places i have yet to visit in TW. i plan on going in may again, will post pics of my travels

 

[ahfatzia]

Taipei Gugong 臺北故宮


a side pavilion

A picture of the front court

A side door

A beautiful exterior garden

Gigantic koi

Flamingos

Monkeys

A rare picture of the interior

 

[ahfatzia]

Taipei Gugong There are more than a million priceless treasure inside the Museum and I'll post a few of them. (sorry I can't name most of them)


The Jade Cabbage, the most famous of them all, notice there's a grasshopper on it

A precious stone looks like a piece fatty pork with the skin intact

a celestial globe vase from Ming dynasty Yongli emperor era 1403-1424

A silk screen

A famous Chinese oil painting of horses

A water color

A calligraphic fan

 

[ahfatzia]

Taipei Gugong 臺北故宮

 

[faithfulguy]

Nationa Museum of Taipei or Taipei Gugong 臺北故宮 國立故宮博物院 is a replica of (not exactly) Beijing Gugong 北京故宮 It has a permanent collection of 693,507 pieces (more than one million altogether) of ancient Chinese artifacts and artworks which makes it the largest such collection in the world. Every exhibition consists of 60,000 artifacts and it rotates every 3 months which would takes 12 years to view all the treasures the Museum has. Cameras are prohibited inside the Museum.


Walking toward the Museum

The front gate

The frontal view

Overhead view

looking back

View from the side

A brass lion guarding the main entrance

View from up the steps

Thanks for posting pic of Taiwan. It's accomplishments are another source of pride for Chinese people world wide. I grateful for Korean War that allow Taiwan to develop independently.

 

[ahfatzia]

Mountains in Taiwan


Taiwan is an Island nation famous for her spectacular mountains and mountain ranges. Xueshan Range 雪山山脈 is located on the northern part of the island. Let's take a look at some of them.


A topography may of Taiwan

Xueshan Range 雪山山脈 the whole range is cover with snow in the winter times

Xueshan 雪山 3886m the tallest peak in the range

A marker stone on top of the peak

A distant view Xueshan Range from Yangmingshan

Yangmingshan 陽明山, a part of the National Park under the same name where it's famous for its hot springs and extincted Cising Volcanic Mountain 七星山

Dabajian Mountain 大霸尖山 3490m is one of the most spectacular mountain in Taiwan with steep grade. It's a holy mountain for Atayal and Saisiyat indigenous people and a favorite for world class climbers

Pintian Mountain 品田山 3523m Steep cliffs draw the best of climbers

 

[ahfatzia]

Mountains in Taiwan


Hsuehshan Tunnel 雪山隧道 is the longest tunnel in Taiwan about 8 miles long. The digging of the tunnel began in July 1991 and open in June 2006. It's a part of Taipei-Yilan Freeway (Taiwan National Highway No. 5) and connects the two cities.

The other end (under repairs)

The Central Mountain Range 中央山脈 runs through the whole island from north to south, slightly off center toward the right side of the island like the backbone of a fish. Here's a view of the range from a plane (foreground)

The tallest peak of the range and the Taiwan island is Yushan 玉山 at 3952m. This is a world famous peak and turns deep green in cold winters

Xiuguluan Mountain 秀姑巒山 3860m with Xiuguluan River 秀姑巒溪

Nanhu Mountain 南湖大山 3740m

 

[ahfatzia]

Mountains in Taiwan


Central Mountain Range - continue


Central Range Point 中央尖山 3703m

Siangyang Mountain 向陽山 3603m

Hehuanshan 合歡山 3416m

Nenggao Mountain 能高山 3261

More Yushan pictures

Yushan Peak marker stone

Yushan National Park entrance

(to be continue)

 

[cirr]

A second larger liner linking Pingtan and Taipei，started her maiden voyage at 8.30 am sharp today。

http://player.youku.com/player.php/sid/XNDgxNzkwMzcy/v.swf

Cross-Strait Passenger Liner Carries Over 100,000

2012-11-28 20:11:22

Xinhua Web Editor: Yangyang

A high-speed passenger liner across the Taiwan Strait has carried more than 100,000 people since it began operation last November, a spokesman said Wednesday.

The passenger liner named Haixia has played a constructive role in facilitating cross-Strait travels and improving exchanges, Yang Yi, spokesman with the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, told a press conference in Beijing.

The liner links the city of Taichung in Taiwan and Pingtan county in Fujian Province in the mainland.

"The mainland is glad to see further improvement of cooperation in shipping service across the Strait," Yang said.

The Haixia can carry 760 passengers and 260 cars.

The mainland has become the largest source of tourists for the island since the two sides lifted the ban on tourists across the Taiwan Strait in July, 2008.

The number of mainland tourist arrivals totaled 1.45 million in the first three quarters of the year, up 73.6 percent over the same period in 2011.

To facilitate travels, mainland police eased restrictions in applying for a Taiwan travel pass in six big cities in September.

People who work or study at higher education institutions in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen are allowed to apply for a travel pass, even if they do not hold household registrations in these six cities.

Most mainland residents must apply for a Taiwan travel pass to police in the area where they hold a household registration.

This has caused problems for people who leave their hometown but do not transfer their household registration location.

The policy is being applied in the six cities because they have a large inflow of people, Yang said.

When commenting on the complaints from Taiwan travel agencies about their mainland partners defaulting on payment of cross-Strait travels, Yang admitted that such behavior did occur but not very often.

He pledged that the mainland tourism watchdog will work to regulate the industry and punish those intentionally defaulting payment.

Cross-Strait Passenger Liner Carries Over 100,000

 

[ahfatzia]

Mountains in Taiwan


There are 5 mountain ranges in Taiwan, as we mentioned before, the Xueshan Range 雪山山脈 is on the northern end of the island and the Central Mountain Range 中央山脈 runs from north to the south of the island. The Hai-an Range 海岸山脈 runs parallel to the eastern coast. The Cishan River 旗山溪 separate the Central Range and Alishan Range 阿里山山脈 as the Yushan Range 玉山山脈 lies further west.

The Cishan River 旗山溪, a tributary of a Taiwan major river Kaoping River, separates 3 mountain ranges: Central Range, Alishan Range and Yushan Range.

We categorized Yushan Mountain within Central Range because it lies on the the range. Here we Laonung River at the northeastern side of Yushan Range.

The Yushan Range

Sea of cloud cover Yushan

Sunrise on Yushan above the cloud

Yushan Trail, not for faint hearted

On top of the world for these brave ones! And they are rewarded with warm sunlight in a cold morning

 

[ahfatzia]

Mountains in Taiwan Alishan Range 阿里山山脈 was made famous by a song sung by 邓丽君 about a beautiful Alishan ethnic girl "A Li Shan De Gu Niang" 阿里山的姑娘


One man bike trip around Alishan National Park

 

[Viet]

Taiwan “plans smart mines” against Chinese invasion

Source: CNA

Soldiers of the Taiwan army armored tank division advance with M-60 tanks


Taiwan is planning to make a new generation of “smart” mines that can be deployed in shallow water to boost its defences against a potential invasion by China, Taiwanese media said on Thursday.

Unlike earlier naval mines meant for deeper water, the new type can be deployed closer to the coastline and be more effective in beating off enemy landings, said the United Daily News website, citing unnamed military sources.

Taiwan’s west coast features a large number of estuaries, adding to the island’s vulnerability, as an attacker does not have to invade across the beaches but can also move upriver and disembark further inland.

A defence ministry spokesman, who declined to comment on this particular project, said “smart” mines sense vessels nearby and do not have to be touched in order to go off.

Three other types of naval mines developed by Taiwan since the late 1980s are meant for deeper waters, targeting for example enemy submarines, and they lack the flexibility of shallow water mines, the report said.

The defence ministry has alloted a budget to start developing the new mines from next year, it added, without specifying the amount of money earmarked for the purpose.

It was unclear how far the development of the mine had progressed and if a prototype already existed.

China has repeatedly threatened to invade Taiwan should the island declare formal independence, prompting Taipei to develop more advanced weapons or seek to buy them from abroad.

 

[Ganges Zephyr]

Taiwan in actual is much much more beautiful than these photographs, I am just back from Taipei
The only problem is English language and not so humble people. My personal experience. No offence

 

[ahfatzia]

[B]Mountains in Taiwan[/B]


Hai-an Range or Coastal Range 海岸山脈 is our last of the 5 mountain ranges. It lies along the east coast of the island from north to south. Provincial Highway No. 9 more or less runs along side the range that gives spectacular views.


Shiukuluan River bisects the range

Views of the range

Provincial Highway No. 9 along the range during a landslide

Provincial Highway No. 9 running across Chingshui Cliff 清水斷崖

A view from Hualien Liyu Lake

Rocky east coast seashores

 

[RaptorAlpha]

Long live taiwan and the traditional non sellout chinese , may the day come taiwan rules over mainland china , in one form or the other