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The annual holiday is halfway over, haven’t you gone out to have some fun? Then go to Taichung ! "ETtoday East News Cloud" helps you sort out the top ten popular attractions in Taichung in 2016. Whether you want to get close to nature or immerse yourself in the atmosphere of culture, we will tell you the super essence at once! Come and celebrate the Happy Chinese New Year with your family and friends!
1. Yanagawa Blue Ribbon Waterfront
The city government spent 390 million yuan, plus a subsidy of 230 million yuan from the Environmental Protection Agency, which took nearly two years to renovate. The "Yanagawa Blue Ribbon Waterfront", which was only opened at the end of last year, has become Taichung's latest tourist attraction. , in addition to being said to be more beautiful than South Korea's Cheonggyecheon River and Kyoto's Kamogawa , the romantic installation art lighting is also a big gimmick, becoming a new choice for citizens to go for a walk!
▲ Yanagawa Blue Ribbon Waterfront. (Photo / Rich Travel and Photography provided by .)
Installation Art Activity Date: Until February 12, 2017
Address: The intersection of Liuchuan West Road and Taiwan Avenue Section 1, Taichung City
2. Taichung National Opera House
Looking forward to The long-awaited Taichung National Opera House was finally fully opened last September. It was designed by Toyo Ito. Its complex new construction method even Ito Toyo himself believed was the most difficult to build in the world. He did not expect that this huge work of art could be built in Taiwan. Upon completion, it was hailed by international media as "the ninth largest new landmark in the world."
▲Taichung National Opera House. (Picture/reprint from Lin Jialong’s Facebook.)
Opening hours: Closed on New Year’s Eve, January 27, 11:30-21:00 from the first to the fifth day of the lunar month
Address: No. 101, Section 2, Huilai Road, Xitun District, Taichung City
3. Taichung Software Park Dali Art Art Plaza
The vast software park opened grandly on New Year's Day this year. It has become the first local popular cultural and creative landmark that combines art with new technology. It covers an area of about 15,000 square meters. It has a super stylish architectural appearance and is completely impressive. A tourist hotspot in Taipei’s prime location. Exhibitions are held regularly within the park. Currently, there are seven special exhibitions, which include a total of thousands of collections. The park also invites 500 cultural and creative shops to occupy the first and second floors. The third floor is planned as a 3D digital exhibition area. Experience different fun by interacting with the works.
Open as usual during the Spring Festival
Address: Next to No. 222, Section 1, Zhongxing Road, Dali District, Taichung City
4. Tianwaitian Theater
Tianwaitian Theater, once the most luxurious theater in Taiwan, was built in 1919. It was originally a private theater of Wu Luanqi, a local gentry in Taichung. Built by the Japanese architect Tatsujiro Saito, the circular double-walled structure with a long span on the roof is built on a radial umbrella-shaped steel structure. The overall shape is full of power and beauty. In addition to being a building in Japan's Art Nouveau transition period, it is also one of his The only remaining work in Taiwan. We would like to remind everyone that an iron sheet has been fenced off outside the Tianwai Tian Theater, and the roof tiles are peeling off inside. If you want to go there, you must pay attention to safety to avoid danger.
Address: Lane 138, Section 4, Fuxing Road, East District, Taichung City
5. Houli Zhongshe Tourist Flower Market
Taichung Houli Zhongshe Tourist Flower Market entered its 13th year this year and opened at the end of last year. It introduced 200,000 plants from Europe and as many as 40 Varieties of tulips. This year, the special and rare red double-petaled pirate tulips have been specially introduced, so that people who like tulips can enjoy the huge sea of tulips without going to the Netherlands.
▲Tulip season at Zhongshe Tourist Flower Market. (Picture/reproduced from Zhongshe Tourist Flower Market-official website fan page)
Tulip season date: December 28, 2016 to the end of March 2017
Address: No. 333, Section 5, Sanfeng Road, Houli District, Taichung City
6 .Yuanman Church
Yuanyuan Church is located on Jinling Mountain in Wufeng, covering a total area of about 1,045 square meters. The lawn is full of green, and there are marble-like statues and street lights everywhere, forming a large and magnificent garden. The main body of the church is a Baroque building. Not only does it exude elegance, but when viewed from a distance, it looks like a gorgeous medieval castle. Its super dreamy design has completely attracted the eyes of netizens and has taken the entire IG by storm.
▲Perfect Church (picture/provided by netizen b_la_ck_ie_, please do not copy it at will to avoid infringement.)
Internal opening hours of the church: Closed on New Year's Eve, January 27, open from the first to the fifth day of the lunar month until 4 p.m.
Location: No. 900, Fenggu Road, Wufeng District, Taichung City
7. Ark Church
There is a "Panding" in Longjing Church" is located close to the Donghai Business District. Although it is not as well-known as Luce Church , this church is also called the "Ark Church" because it looks like an ark.
▲Panding Church (picture/reproduced from Taichung Tourism Network )
Address: No. 15, Lane 361, Youyuan South Road, Longjing District, Taichung City
8. Wangyou Valley
Wangyou Valley in Waipu, Taichung is surrounded by huge rice fields and The abandoned school bus became one of Taichung’s hottest attractions in 2016, but as winter enters, the vast rice fields are not idle either! Instead, a large field of rapeseed flowers and a sea of cosmos flowers were planted, adding a lot of color to the Valley of Forgetfulness, which seemed to symbolize that the new year would eliminate sorrow and bring about a beautiful new atmosphere!
Address: 438 Xidi Road, Waipu District, Taichung City
9. Jiutian Black Forest
is a forest located near Daya Jiutian Xuannv Temple. Although it does not have an official name, because it is located directly behind Jiutian Xuannv Temple, the color of the trunks of the tree species here It is also darker, so it is called the Nine-day Black Forest by netizens. There are many trees in the black forest. The sunlight shining through the trees is the best background material. The light at different times may create different atmospheres. It became the most popular photo on IG last year. One of the most popular photo spots.
▲Nine Heavens Black Forest. (Picture/provided by A’s quadratic fan page)
Address: No. 99, Qingquan Road, Zhongyi Village, Daya District, Taichung City
10. Star Wishes Purple Windmill
The "Star Wishes Purple Windmill" located in Taichung News Agency has a design The two main points are the selection of representative colors and the landscape shape. Since "purple" has the connotation of "happiness" and "romance" in the local area, it is used as the main color through gradient matching. The reason why netizens come here to take pictures is It's just for the non-mainstream shape of the "Star Wishing Purple Windmill". The roots are like mushrooms, connected to metal spinners, and there is a row of bright red woodpecker tappers on the side, which is quite interesting.
▲ "Wish Star Purple Windmill" is a well-known local art landmark, attracting many netizens to come and take pictures. (Picture/provided by netizen wenwen0806 ttt22331, please do not copy it at will to avoid infringement.)
