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New Taipei holds the lantern-lit hill town of Jiufen, Tamsui's sunset waterfront, Yehliu's Queen's Head rock and the sky lanterns of Pingxi.
A useful starting point for New Taipei is the documented fact “New Taipei holds the lantern-lit hill town of Jiufen, Tamsui's sunset waterfront, Yehliu's Queen's Head rock and the sky lanterns of Pingxi.” The natural conditions and social experience of New Taipei therefore belong to one connected geographic story. Communities responded to surrounding conditions through residence, exchange, and daily practice, giving the spatial pattern a traceable history. The chain from environmental conditions to social practice gives the regional change of New Taipei a clear real-world expression. Taken together, these clues clarify the position, change, and distinctive contribution of New Taipei within the larger region.
Port town at the mouth of the Tamsui River; Fort Santo Domingo and consulate buildings tell the story of modern Taiwan's international trade; Dr. George Mackay preached and practiced medicine here.
Some three hundred stone steps climb the steep hillside, and at nightfall glowing red lanterns are often likened to the dreamlike world of Spirited Away.
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Built during the Japanese colonial era at the height of the gold rush, this lavish theater bears witness to Taiwan's early mining boom.
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Jiufen's busiest lane, known locally as the dark street, smells of grass rice cakes and taro balls while overlooking the sea toward Keelung Islet.
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Exhibits include a 220-kilogram block of pure gold, alongside a real mine tunnel and the Japanese-style Crown Prince Chalet.
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First built by the Spanish in 1629 and rebuilt by the Dutch, Fort San Domingo has witnessed three centuries of coastal defense and foreign affairs in Taiwan.
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The customs wharf opened to trade in the Xianfeng reign keeps its red-brick warehouses, while the Red Castle blends Chinese and Western styles above the river mouth at sunset.
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Tamsui's earliest Mazu temple dates from the Qianlong reign, and the busy old wharf before it gave rise to the shopping street of Zhongzheng Road.
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Running along the Tamsui River, this lively street offers iron eggs, stuffed tofu agei, fish crisps and the bustle of the ferry pier.
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