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Lukang

A Treasure House of Minnan Craftsmanship

Lukang, which once ranked second behind Tainan and ahead of Bangka (Wanhua) as one of Taiwan’s top three population centers, is a historic town that flourished for a time during the Qing Dynasty. Faced with the ravages of time, it has maintained its posture of stubborn resistance, and like the......

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Lukang, Town of Deities

 A Feast of Religious Arts and Crafts

Although Lukang is a small town, local historian Chen Shih-hsien notes that within this small area   there are at least 60 temples, indicating its importance as a center of religious worship. Lin Ming-teh, chairman of the Chinese Folk-Arts Foundation, calls Lukang, where the major Chinese beli......

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Checheng

An Old Logging Town Reborn

Surrounded by mountains, Checheng is located in Nantou, Taiwan’s only landlocked county. As the terminus of Taiwan Railway’s Jiji Branch Line, the town is also known as “the end of the line,” but it isn’t in fact all that remote. When the sugar, logging and power-generation industries flourish......

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Storehouse of Memories

 Xincheng Township, Hualien

Everyone knows the historic mining town of Jiufen in New Taipei City, but do you know what place the name “the Jiufen of Hualien” refers to? Xincheng Township was once a goldrush town that attracted many prospectors, but it was sidelined by the decline of the mining industry and the rerouting ......

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Memories of Zhudong’s Past

From Traditional Market to High-Tech Hub

When the name of Hsinchu County’s Zhudong Township is mentioned, the first thing many people think of is the delicious Hakka rice-based foods sold in its Zhongyang Market. However, Zhudong is not just some unsophisticated agricultural settlement, but was the starting point of Taiwan’s high-tec......