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Getting to know Taiwan About Taiwan Taiwan’s attractions Taiwan’s culture and art Picture source: Welcome to Taiwan

Getting to know Taiwan Through introducing a strange country, Taiwan, you can get some concepts about Taiwan’s general information, famous places, culture, and art before the next activity comes. The goal of the class is to help you understanding Taiwan, and then you can get some ideas for the next activity, Webquest. Picture source: Clip Art and Media

About Taiwan General description President: Chen Shui-bian Capital city: Taipei Main language: Mandarin Chinese, Min-nan. Geography: Island (off the southeastern coast of mainland Asia) Weather: Hot and humid Picture source: Sheng-Web

Taiwan’s Attractions Natural scenic places 1. Northeast Coast National Scenic Area -Its coastline runs 66 kilometers. 2. East Coast National Scenic Area -A river runs from east mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Picture source: East Rift Valley National Scenic Area

Taiwan’s Attractions Natural scenic places 3. East Rift Valley National Scenic Area (Rivers are the main characteristic.) -North Valley: There are farms, forests, and aboriginal cultural sites. -Central Valley: The main feature is rural villages. -South Valley: Divided into three main areas by rivers. (1) Chishang/ Guanshan/ Southern Cross-Island Highway. (2) Luye/ Yanping (3) Beinan

Taiwan’s Attractions National scenic places 1. Yangmingshan National Park -The area: 28400 hectare. -A lots of various plants and animals. -The renown: the wealth of unusual volcanic features and topography.

Taiwan’s Attractions National scenic places 2. Yushan National Park -The area: 105,4908 hectare. -Cover three mountains, Nantou Hsien, Chayi Hsien, Kaoshan Hsien and Hualien Hsien. -The main economical resource for local people is forests. -The area of biological reserve occupies 70520.9 ha.

Taiwan’s Attractions National scenic places 3. Kinmen National Park -The area: 3720 hectare. -Include five areas: Mt. Taiwu, Kuningtou, Kukang, Mashan Hill and Liehyu. -Underwent many representable wars. -The first national park of historic-war reserve , cultural and biological reserve.

Taiwan’s culture and art - Culture backgrounds from China, Japan, Holland, Spain, Portugal, and aborigine. -Chinese culture is the mainstream. -Colonial cultures are presented to architectures. -Taiwan’s diet is famous in the world. Picture source: Welcome to Taiwan

Taiwan’s culture and art -Stone and wood carving -Traditional Chinese painting of mountains and water -Different cultural dances -Traditional opera -Puppet shows -Architectures -Embroidery -Chinese Music: erhu fiddle, Lonng Chinese zither, etc. Picture source: Beautiful cultures

References 1. http://202.39.225.132/jsp/Eng/html/search/index.jsp 1. http://202.39.225.132/jsp/Eng/html/search/index.jsp Welcome to Taiwan 2. http://www.ymsnp.gov.tw/HTML/ENGNEW/INDEX.HTM Yangmingshan National Park 3. http://www.ysnp.gov.tw/en/main.htm Yushan National Park 4. http://www.kmnp.gov.tw/english/index.htm Kinmen National Park 5. http://www.necoast-nsa.gov.tw/main.php?id=2 Northeast Coast National Scenic Area 6. http://www.eastcoast-nsa.gov.tw/en/index.php?PHPSESSID=99958f710fd2487c70ef95a5565d1def East Coast National Scenic Area 7. http://www.erv-nsa.gov.tw/web-en/index-en.html East Rift Valley National Scenic Area 8. http://dgl.microsoft.com Clip Art and Media 9. http://www.ylib.com/hotsale/arts_tw/traditional.htm Beautiful cultures

Prepare the next activity: WebQuest Welcome to Taiwan : http://www.wku.edu/~yu-hsin.lin/index.htm