Hengchun Old Town (Near Kenting National Park, Taiwan)
Hengchun / 恆春 is located within Kenting National Park and is the gateway to the tropical beach resorts and night markets of Kenting, therefore it is one of the most well known tourist towns in Taiwan. The city itself was once completely surrounded by a city wall; now about half of the wall remains intact, as well as the four city gates. On weekends, the streets of nearby Kenting are filled with cars and tour buses.
The Hengchun Old Town / 恆春古城 is one of the best-preserved historical towns in Taiwan with four gates intact and about half of the walls remaining. It was built during the Qing Dynasty in the 1st year of the Guangxu Era (1875) and completed in 1879. It has a north, east, south, and west gate and the outer circumference of the moat measures 880 zhang (about 2,700 m or 8,800 ft). In 1988, an actual measurement of the length was conducted, showing that the length in total amount to 2,550 meters (8,370 ft).
The peak season of tourism in Hengchun usually lasts from April to late October when daytime temperatures are usually hot, while the off season lasts from November to March of the following year, with the exception of the week of the Chinese New Year holiday which usually takes place during late January or February, when large amount of tourist from around the whole country, mostly from Northern Taiwan travels to Hengchun and Kenting for the peninsula's warm weather.
The township was served by Hengchun Airport, with domestic flights from Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei. Scheduled flights ceased in 2014.
On December 26, 2006, a 7.0–7.2 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter off the southwest coast of Taiwan occurred (approximately 22.8 km southwest of Hengchun). It caused damage to many houses in Hengchun, including fifteen historical buildings in the historic center of the township.
Bike around Taiwan - Hengchun old town
Hengchun old town. West gate to Aga's house, in the movie Cape No 7.
恒春老街 西門-阿嘉的家 海角七號場景
台湾 屏東 恒春鎮 西門 海角七号ロケ地 A shooting spot of the movie Cape No.7, the west gate in Hengchun, Taiwan
台湾の最南端屏東の古城エリアの門のひとつ西門を固定カメラ風に撮影してみました。台湾映画「海角七号」で友子と運転手が言い合いをするシーンが撮影された場所です。
21.5 Chin Homestay Hengchun Branch, Hengchun Old Town, Taiwan, Bewertungen
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Featuring free WiFi throughout the property, 21.5 Chin Homestay Hengchun Branch offers accommodation in Hengchun Old Town, 400 metres from Hengchun Old Twon South Gate.
Every room at this bed and breakfast is air conditioned and features a flat-screen TV with cable channels. Every room has a private bathroom. Extras include slippers, free toiletries and a hair dryer.
Bike hire and car hire are available at this bed and breakfast and the area is popular for horse riding.
You can engage in various activities, such as snorkeling and diving. Kenting Forest Recreation Area is 8 km from 21.5 Chin Homestay Hengchun Branch, while Hengchun Old Town West Gate is 800 metres from the property. Kaohsiung International Airport is 76 km away.
2017.04.30【臺灣】恆春古城門-西門 Hengchun ancient city wall - West Gate
2017.04.30【臺灣】恆春古城門-西門
Hengchun ancient city wall - West Gate
Hengchun Old Town / 恆春古城
Hengchun / 恆春 is located within Kenting National Park and is the gateway to the tropical beach resorts and night markets of Kenting, therefore it is one of the most well known tourist towns in Taiwan. The city itself was once completely surrounded by a city wall; now about half of the wall remains intact, as well as the four city gates. On weekends, the streets of nearby Kenting are filled with cars and tour buses.
The Hengchun Old Town / 恆春古城 is one of the best-preserved historical towns in Taiwan with four gates intact and about half of the walls remaining. It was built during the Qing Dynasty in the 1st year of the Guangxu Era (1875) and completed in 1879. It has a north, east, south, and west gate and the outer circumference of the moat measures 880 zhang (about 2,700 m or 8,800 ft). In 1988, an actual measurement of the length was conducted, showing that the length in total amount to 2,550 meters (8,370 ft).
The peak season of tourism in Hengchun usually lasts from April to late October when daytime temperatures are usually hot, while the off season lasts from November to March of the following year, with the exception of the week of the Chinese New Year holiday which usually takes place during late January or February, when large amount of tourist from around the whole country, mostly from Northern Taiwan travels to Hengchun and Kenting for the peninsula's warm weather.
The township was served by Hengchun Airport, with domestic flights from Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei. Scheduled flights ceased in 2014.
On December 26, 2006, a 7.0–7.2 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter off the southwest coast of Taiwan occurred (approximately 22.8 km southwest of Hengchun). It caused damage to many houses in Hengchun, including fifteen historical buildings in the historic center of the township.
Chamie B&B, Hengchun, Taiwan, Bewertungen
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Situated in Hengchun Old Town, 600 metres from Hengchun Old Twon South Gate, Chamie B&B features air-conditioned rooms and free private parking.
All rooms come with a flat-screen TV. Every room comes with a private bathroom fitted with a shower. For your comfort, you will find slippers and free toiletries. Chamie B&B features free WiFi throughout the property.
There is a 24-hour front desk at the property.
Kenting Forest Recreation Area is 9 km from Chamie B&B, while Hengchun Old Town West Gate is 100 metres away. Kaohsiung International Airport is 75 km from the property.
恆春關山高山嚴遠眺恆春鎮，核三廠，大尖山。(1)
2012/8/13日於關山高山嚴攝。
【台湾旅行】高雄より南の恒春鎮（恒春古城 城郭ファンにお勧め） 城門散策
2015-2016正月海外旅行先No.1に輝いた絶賛ブーム中の台湾の最南端の街「恒春」の恒春古城の城門散策動画です。恒春には高士神社（戦後70年、初めて台湾で再興された神社）に行く途中で寄りました。映画「海角七号」のロケ地でもあります。まったり系＆目が疲れやすい動画ですが見てやってください。清朝が建設して台湾総督府が史蹟名勝天然紀念物に指定、現在では台湾国が観光資源として整備中の穴場名所です。
????????KENTING Trip West Coast BAISHA BEACH IS GREAT (墾丁/恆春半島西海岸)
Third and last video of our recent Kending (Kenting) We visited Maobitou, Baisha Bay, Wanlitong and Hengchung Town. I really liked Baisha Bay. Not many people there on a weekday in April. Probably packed in the summer months.
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Baisha Bay 白沙灣
Chenghuang (City God) Temple 城隍廟
Hengchun Peninsula 恆春半島
Kenting/Kending 墾丁
Kenting National Park 墾丁國家公園
Maobitou 貓鼻頭
Mt. Gui (Trail) 龜山
Wanlitong 萬里桐
West Coast and Maobitou Peninsula
On the coast in the park’s northwest corner, along County Highway 153 not far off Highway 26, is the renowned National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium (nmmba.gov.tw). Directly to its north, lookouts cap a large hill that strikingly soars up amidst flatlands all around. This is gentle-slope Mt. Gui (“Turtle Mountain”), shaped like a giant turtle shell. The Mt. Gui Trail snakes up to the 72m-high crest, from which grand inland panoramas of farmland, towns, and backdrop mountains fill the eye. The hill’s upper reaches are dotted with military ruins; the Japanese landed a punitive expedition on local shores in 1874, after area natives massacred shipwrecked Japanese sailors, and fortified the mountain after taking over Taiwan in 1895.
Further south along the national park’s west-coast side is Wanlitong and, near its southernmost tip, Baisha Bay. Compact Wanlitong village, markedly quieter than most other local tourist hotspots on the Hengchun Peninsula, is perched up above the raised-coral coastline. The tiny, shallow bay here is a first-rate snorkeling spot and there is just one on-site snorkeling outfit, resulting in a notably relaxed feel to the fun akin to a party atmosphere, with waves of groups wading out into the waters behind instructors.
Baisha (“White Sand”) Bay has a long white-sand beach with a cluster of beach bars and simple eateries at its northern end, and water-fun rental facilities at different points. There is paid parking at the northern end, and free parking about halfway down its length, the latter leading to a stretch somewhat quieter on busy weekends/holidays.
Baisha Bay is on the Maobitou peninsula, which projects south into the sea from Hengchun Peninsula’s southwest corner. Maobitou offers superb scenery at its southern tip, giant boulders strewn at the foot of its cliffs, viewed from a breezy plateau-top park which has food and drink facilities. High up its eastern side is Houbihu Fishing Harbor, from which many area diving/snorkeling enterprises launch boat expeditions.
The key attractions in Hengchun Town are the remnants of the brick-façade city wall built by China’s Qing Dynasty government in the late 19th century, for protection against anticipated attacks by the world’s colonial powers and to intimidate the region’s rebellious indigenous population.
A total of 2.7km of the wall and gates has been preserved. The best-known site is Nanmen (South Gate). Close by is Hengchun’s bright, floral-color City God Temple, first built in 1892, razed by the Japanese, and rebuilt in 2014 to house the City God icon, which was hidden away from the Japanese.
Café 1918 (恆春信用組合)
Café 1918 is close by Hengchun’s South Gate, in a heritage building originally built in 1918 to house a credit union and last housing a farmers’ cooperative. One of the original safes is now part of the décor. Café by day and bar by night, the quest here is to be a welcoming LOHAS space, sharing space with artists and craftspeople – currently, metalwork-jewelry classes are held on weekends, and local crafts and specialty-food products are displayed for sale. The highlight menu offering is a distinctive chicken curry made with dark chocolate.
Add: No. 155, Wenhua Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County
(屏東縣恆春鎮文化路155號)
Tel: 0930-808-389
Website: zh-tw.facebook.com/Cafe1918/
Taiwan’s only beer museum, off Highway 26 on Hengchun’s west side, is also home to a craft-beer brewery. At Hengchun 3000 Brewseum visitors are met with one soaring wall lined with 3,000 beer mugs/steins sourced from around the globe, and another with a giant Mona Lisa made of beer-bottle labels. Sit down to try the brewery’s numerous creations on tap, all named after Hengchun-area places, or buy them in cans to take home.
Add: No. 29-1, Caopu Rd., Hengchun Town, Pingtung County
(屏東縣恆春鎮草埔路29-1號)
Tel: 0905-786-383
Website: zh-tw.facebook.com/3000Brewseum/
Old Taiwanese man sings Karaoke at a temple in Hengchun, Taiwan
An old Taiwanese man sings a traditional Taiwanese Karaoke song outside a Chinese temple in Hengchun, Taiwan. 老台灣人唱在一個寺廟的卡拉OK演唱在恆春，台灣
HISTORICAL PLACES OF TAIWAN IN GOOGLE EARTH PART FIVE ( 5/5 )
1. CHENG-TIEN BUDDHIST TEMPLE,TUCHENG 24°57'3.02N 121°26'45.12E
2. CHANGHUA CONFUCIOUS TEMPLE,TAINAN 22°59'25.47N 120°12'15.77E
3. DONGHE BUDDHIST TEMPLE,TAIPEI 25° 2'21.95N 121°31'21.56E
4. TEMPLE,LUGANG,CHANGHUA 24° 2'55.12N 120°26'17.95E
5. LONGSHAN TEMPLE 25° 2'13.94N 121°29'59.73E
6. SANCTUARY OF OUR LADY OF GOLD,WANLAUN
22°35'42.34N 120°36'40.69E
7. WENCHANG TEMPLE 25° 3'33.05N 121°31'15.50E
8. CHUANFANSHIH KENTING 21°55'52.34N 120°49'25.69E
9. ZHONGSHAN CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN 25° 2'56.57N 121°31'27.10E
10. BLUE MOTHER ZUWAN CHUN HING TEMPLE,TAICHUNG
24° 8'31.70N 120°40'53.74E
11. PA PA LITTLE BIG EAGLE'S NEST 24°27'27.35N 121°15'29.61E
12. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE,TAIPEI 25° 2'24.16N 121°30'43.21E
13. SOUTH GATE,FENGSHAN 22°40'20.62N 120°17'11.73E
14. BLISS PALACE 25° 2'38.80N 121°32'33.03E
15. BEIDING ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE 24°25'38N 118°30'18E
16. XIA HAI TEMPLE MATSUYAMA 25° 2'59.81N 121°34'12.57E
17. WEST GATE,HENGCHUN 22° 0'20.07N 120°44'35.76E
18. SHIN KUAN PIER,KAOHSIUNG 22°36'34.49N 120°17'48.97E
19. TAIPEI'S CITY NORTH GATE 25° 2'51.88N 121°30'40.16E
20. ANPING OLD FORT,TAINAN 23° 0'4.76N 120° 9'38.56E
21. CHIANG MONUMENT 24°50'47.80N 121°47'26.99E
22. MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY,BALI 25° 9'25.48N 121°24'17.95E
23. RED LIGHTHOUSE 22°37'3.73N 120°15'22.54E
24. MUSEUM OF GOLD,RUIFANG 25° 6'24.25N 121°51'31.83E
25. GREENWAY,TAIWAN TAICHUNG 24° 9'35.99N 120°38'44.43E
26. MUSEUM,ZHONGSHAN 25° 4'20.59N 121°31'49.44E
27. ZHANG'S ANCESTRAL TEMPLE,XINPU 24°49'37.61N 121° 4'15.82E
28. HERITAGE MUSEUM 25°10'31.51N 121°26'0.73E
29. NAN TEMPLE CHUNYANG PALACE 24°58'47.36N 121°35'12.30E
海角七號-恆春城內城外走一回.wmv
20091228~31
Bao Yuankai 鲍元恺 - Symphony No. 2: Sketches of Taiwan 台湾音画 (Audio + Score)
0:00 Sunrise on Jade Mountain 玉山日出
8:18 Recollections of Anping 安平懷古
14:22 Ilans Children's Ditty 宜兰童谣
19:52 Homesick for Hengchun 恒春乡愁
24:00 A Taiyal Love Song 泰雅情歌
29:22 Lukang Temple Gathering 鹿港庙会
35:09 The Bell at the Lung Shan Temple 龙山晚钟
44:24 Dabong Festival 达邦节日
48:38 Encore: Green Mountain 高山青
Conductor: Tamás Gál
Orchestra: Top Orchestra from Taiwan
見識台灣旅遊網-屏東恆春 瓊麻展示館
瓊麻歷史工業展示館，是恆春半島少數的工業遺蹟
見識台灣旅遊網：
俯瞰風景 Aerial view of Taiwan II 俯瞰花東
瑞穗山景，縱谷風光
台東海岸，美麗山脈
海角七号の舞台を訪ねて 恒春郡海角七番地
この場所が映画のタイトルになった海角七番地です。現在は満州郷中山路54號になります。
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