TAIWAN PORTS AND CITIES
TAIWAN PORTS AND CITIES
| Keelung | Hualien | Kao-hsiung | Taipei |
Keelung
Save up For That Rainy Day and Cruise to Keelung in Taiwan
Keelung (sometimes called Jilong) is a major port city in the north-eastern part of Taiwan. It borders Taipei County and forms the Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area together with the City and County of Taipei. Nicknamed the Rainy Port for its frequent rain and its important maritime role, the city is Taiwan's second largest seaport (after Kaohsiung). Keelung is currently administered as a provincial city of Taiwan Province in the Republic of China. It has been suggested that the name Keelung was derived from the local mountain whose shape resembles a rooster cage. However, it is more probable that the name was derived from the first inhabitants of the region, like the names of many other Taiwanese cities. Indeed, the area's earliest inhabitants were the Ketagalan people, and Ke-lâng was thus probably derived from Ketagalan.
Hualien
Cruise to Hualien in Taiwan, Gateway to Taroko Gorge
Cruise to one of Taiwan's busiest seaports, Hualien is the gateway to see the Taroko Gorge.
Kao-hsiung
A Cultural Cruise to Kao-hsiung, Taiwan
A major port and industrial city on the southwest coast of Taiwan. Settled since the Ming dynasty, it became a Treaty Port and customs station in the 1800s but developed most as a port under Japanese occupation from 1895 to 1945.
Taipei
Cruise to Taipei in Taiwan for Museum's Over-Flowing with Chinese Culture
Cruise near the northern coast of Taiwan to Taipei, on the Tanshui River. Home to the National Palace Museum - recognized worldwide as the centre of Chinese culture and tradition. The building contains Chinese art treasures dating from the 2nd millennium BC to the 20th century comprising approximately 720,000 items, but can only display 15,000 at a time on a three-month rotation. It would take 12 years to view the entire collection. The majestic Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall is the island's most impressive monument and features marble edifice towers above landscaped gardens, graceful pavilions and placid ponds. Taipei is filled with temples of every shape and size but of these, Lung Shan is the oldest and most famous and is also one of Taiwan's best examples of religious design.
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