Taiwan Tourism Visit Jiufen – A Unique Ancient Village

Located on a mountain slopes close to the coast at the northernmost tip of Taiwan, Jiufen is an ancient village with a unique location of "the mountains" (based on the mountain, overlooking the sea). This village still retains many ancient architecture, the unique local style of life, culinary culture, plus beautiful scenery, so it has long been an attractive tourist destination in Taiwan. Taiwan travel visit Jiufen - a unique ancient village Why is it called Jiufen? The capital of Taipei is located in the north of Taiwan island, so it is not far from there to Jiufen. We took a bus to the port city of Kaohsiung, from there turning right a long way to Jiufen.As the village is located on a mountain side, the bus had to stop at the station at the foot of the mountain, for visitors to walk in

. village. Entering the village is to follow the steps up the stairs. The bustling shopping scene in the narrow street My first feeling was very surprising and interesting, because the landscape here is different from the outside world Although Cuu Phan is called a village, but in fact this is a bustling mountain town, narrow streets, small houses are close together, but everywhere is full of bustling shops, Cuu Phan is a village in Thuy Phuong town, Taipei district.



During the Qing Dynasty, this village had only nine households living on the mountainside. Because there is no road traffic, the purchase, sale and supply of supplies for the village are through sea boats. Each time the villagers want to buy something, they order nine meals. Since then, according to custom, this village was called Cuu Phan. After a row tasting specialties in Cuu Phan In 1893, people discovered many gold mines in this area. Gold mining was especially developed under the Japanese military rule (1895-1945), helping Cuu Phan from a poor and backward village to a bustling town with 4,000 households. in the second world, the gold exploitation gradually decreased and by 1971 it ended Since then, Jiufen has been forgotten.



In 1989, the Taiwanese film Tragedy of City (Sad City) was awarded at the Venice International Film Festival. The film takes the town Jiufen as a setting, causing a great reputation in Taiwan. The ancient scene depicted in the film and the promotion of the media attracted the attention of artists, scholars and the general public. In the 90s of the last century, Jiufen became an attractive tourist destination, with more and more tourists coming from all over Taiwan and East Asian and Southeast Asian countries. The old house The main street in Jiufen is named Thu Ky Lo (vertical and rugged road). The very narrow road, only about 2 meters wide, consists of all-grained steps of graphite rock.It goes through the town from bottom to top, along the mountainside, hence the vertical line. create).



On both sides of the road, the shops and houses are close together. The road is narrow, so there are no sidewalks, all narrow houses have no yard.To cope with sea breezes and storms, every house is built of very solid stone and brick, with two-story roofing, painted with a paint type above Herbal oil is as tar black, designed for waterproofing. Visitors walk up the steps, stop to take a look below, to see layers of old houses with black roofs, forming a landscape very unique nowhere. Old house in Jiufen Apart from the vertical road, there are two parallel roads crossing Thu Ky Lo. These are Khinh Tien Lo and Co Son Nhai. On these two streets, there are many tea houses, bakeries, restaurants, theaters, gold mining museums, Jiufen folk art gallery, several temples and shrines to worship Thanh Hoang. There is a famous restaurant that takes the name of the film "Urban Love" for its store.



Taiwan is a Japanese colony for 50 years. During World War II, the Japanese militaries established themselves in Jiufen, a camp that held prisoners of allied nations (including many British soldiers) and forced them to labor in gold mines. houses built in the traditional Chinese architecture, there are some Japanese-style houses with sliding doors and wooden floors. The main street in Jiufen In terms of food, Jiufen has a food Rich menu of many specialties. But the most attractive are the cakes made from potatoes (taro, taro) with a very special flavor, famous throughout Taiwan. cut into small pieces for visitors to sample before buying. I also follow everyone, trying a piece of cake each. After visiting nearly a dozen stores like that, I stopped to drink a cup of oolong tea, so it was full of my stomach.



Particularly the scenery of Da Lieu Leaving the village of Jiufen, we returned to the port city of Co Long, One more kilometer to the northwest to Yuyao Beach, this beach belongs to Yuyao Village, Taipei District, which is planned by the Taiwanese government to become a "special landscape", constructing works to bait.

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