The Introduction of Tainan

      Tainan is a city in the southern Taiwan. Tainan is one of the oldest cities in Taiwan. As a result, there are more Buddist and Taoist temples in Tainan than any other city in Taiwan. Many well known Taiwanese cuisines originated from Tainan, including oyster omelet, danzimian and many more. Besides, it is the fifth largest after New Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, and Taipei.

     First, Tainan is one of the oldest cities in Taiwan. Tainan claims its name as one of the Taiwanese cultural capitals for its abundant historic monument and citizen lifestyle. For example, wedding ceremony in Tainan is a series of complex process where perfection will be asked to every detail. Both of man and woman need to prepare 12 specific gifts representing different meanings during engagement ceremony and more to come in the wedding. People believe this complexity is a sign of being civilized.

 12 specific gifts

     Second, there are many well known Taiwanese cuisines in Tainan, including oyster omelet, danzimian and many more. Houndreds years ago, only the rich could eat sweet food, so the sweet symbolize the rich and the noble. Generally speaking, people eat sweeter in the southern Taiwan than in the northern Taiwan. Besides, Tainan was a center for sugar production industry.

 Danzimian (Dry pork mince noodle)

     As Tainan is the one of Metropolitan areas in Taiwan, it has lots of department stores, shopping malls.Several world's luxury brands have branches in Tainan. To enjoy the lifestyle of Taiwanese, Flower Night Market is good place to visit.

 Flower Night Market

Interesting Places to Visit in Taipei

      I was born in Kaohsiung, but I lived in Taipei for the most of the time after I began to study in the university. I spent 4 years for the bachelor degree and 2 years for the master degree in Taipei. The capital of Taiwan is Taipei where I started my career and continued to work for more than ten years.

 Taipei 101

      First of all, no one could introduce Taipei without a mention about Taipei 101, which is the 101-floor landmark, and the tallest building in Taipei. You could see it almost everywhere in Taipei. You could go the observatory to view almost the whole of Taipei City. By the way, there is a large mall in Taipei 101. There is wonderful fire work as shown in the above picture every New Year Midnight.

National Palace Museum

Jadeite Cabbage with Insects

       Secondly, there are a lot of collection in the National Palace Museum, such as painting, calligraphy, rare books, ceramics, bronzes, jades, curios, etc. I have to introduce that the Jadeite Cabbage with Insects is one of the greatest collections. I almost can not believe that the colors of the body, leaves and even the insects are natural. The artisan carved the piece of jade and designed the suitable shape with its original color distribution.

 Ximending

      At last, Ximending has been a attractive district of shopping and entertainment for more than 60 years. There are various therters, modern karaoke houses, electronic stores, fashional clothing and shoe shores, and the restaurents that provide the different foods from different countries or areas. By the way, it is popular with teenagers and young people, so there are a lot of beautiful girls and handsome boys, especially in the evening and night.