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HOW TO GET THERE
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CKS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |
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The CKS
International Airpor - (take the buses of Guo-Guang Motor
Transit Co., TaoyuanMotor Transit Co.) - ChungLi City - (take
the train of Taiwan Railway) - Chiayi County / City |
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The CKS
International Airport - (take the U-Bus to Chung-Li Transit
Station) - Chiayi County / City |
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KAOHSIUNG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |
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Kaohsiung
Xiao-Gang Airport - (take the buses of the transportation
route of the airport, Bus 301, Guo-Guang Motor Transit Co.,
Kaohsiung Motor Transit Co., Chung-Nan Motor Transit Co.) -
Kaohsiung City - (take the train of Taiwan Railway, the buse
of Guo-Guang Motor Transit Co.) -
Chiayi County / City |
The Tropic of Cancer
bisects the counties of Chia-I and Hua-lien . There is a monument
just outside Chia-I City that marks its latitude. Some of the
earliest pioneers from Zhangzhou in Fujian Province landed in Chia-I
and settled in the area near present Shingang . The inhabitants of
the area remained loyal to the imperial govern-ment during the Lin
Shuang-wen rebellion in 1786--a period of history recorded in
artifacts preserved in Yimin Temple in Chia-I .
NIGHT MARKET / SNACK
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Chiayi Night Market
According to local
custom, the birthday of the Lord of the Somber Heavens is celebrated
with swinging competitions and there is a wide range of local
ceremonial activities on the sixth day of the third lunar month of
the Chinese leap year. These celebrations are unique to Chiai. The
Wenhua Road Night Market, which extends for almost half a kilometer,
is a pedestrian area where all kinds of local snacks and delicacies
can be sampled.
GENERAL
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Lan Tan
Historical Background : Lantan Pond is
located northeast of suburbs in Chiayi City. In 1620, the Dutch
built the dam at the branch of Lu Liao in Pa Chang Stream. During
the Japanese Time, the Japanese has built a dam about 70 hectare for
reservoir of waterworks. Until now Lantan is still the reservoir of
the waterworks for Chia-I. Providing the drinking water and
irrigating for Chiayi, and this makes Lanta a tour resort. The pond
is clear as the mirror, which can see the bottom of it. Lumpiness
mound around the sides, flourishing trees through spring and summer
time, Flowers and trees assisting, the image of the Lantan Pond, the
images of the mountains and moon, the dusky of the pond like the
poem. The Moonlight of Lantan Pond is the main view of the eight
sceneries of Chiayi. Along the Huan Hu highway, you can see many
landscape buildings. Standing at the top of the landscape building,
you can see the views of downtowns of Chiayi.
Cultural Highlights : Lantan Pond contains hill lumpiness
near around. There are three booths, which are for traveler's
resting and surveying the view of the city, at the southwestern of
it. The facilities in the Lantan Pond is well, it is the best place
for the holidays. Lantan Pond has many multiform floras not only
provide a good shelter for the birds buy also providing abundant
food, and abundant more than 60 kinds of bird resources. Lantan Pond
is clearer that all the civil can't force to watch birds and
visiting interesting holidays. Recently, ardent populace has
developed the Lantan back mountain, also called "Bamboo Shoots Hut
Mountain" near the east side of the Huan Hu highway. Because the
mountain is not very high, the transportation is convenient, and
it's close to downtown with well design of footway. Besides, the
mountain light and the moon light shining on the tall bamboo form a
beautiful scene. In short years, "Bamboo Shoots Hut Mountain" has
become a famous place not only for the hiker in Chiayi but also for
all the hikers outside the city.
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