Rough Guide to Taipei Final Spreads Flats

The new-look The Rough Guide to Taipei - now in full colour throughout - is the ultimate travel guide to one of Asia’s most exciting, yet often overlooked, destinations.

Taiwanese culture preserves the best of ancient traditions, while embracing the newest in high-tech modernity, and nowhere is this better exemplified than in the country’s dynamic capital, Taipei. Whether you want to admire Taipei 101’s architecture, discover precious Chinese artefacts at the National Palace Museum or indulge in feast of street food at Shilin Nightmarket, Rough Guide to Taipei will ensure that you have the quintessential Taipei experience. Features by local writers delve into topics including the arts scene, Taipei residents’ love of sports and shopping, and traditional remedies, while evocative accounts of the city’s districts bring Taipei to life, from Ximending’s youth culture and Datong’s Chinese heritage to the east’s skyscrapers juxtaposed with hillside tea plantations. Full-colour photography and maps help you navigate with ease and our detailed Travel Tips give you all the practical information you need to plan your trip. Discover this fascinating city with Rough Guide to Taipei.

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如何使用此本參考手冊

How To UseThis Guide Rough Guides are designed to

be good to read and easy to use. The book is divided into four sections. The tabs at the bottom of the guide show which section you are on.

Exploring Taipei is designed to give you a feel for Taipei, suggesting where to go and what not to miss, and includes information on accommodation, food and drink, getting around and getting help in emergencies.

Taipei Districts covers the Taipei region in depth, giving comprehensive information of all of the attractions in each area of the city.

Contexts fills you in on history, art, music and culture. Information on Taipei’s many festivals and national parks.

Language gives you enough Chinese to get by and an extensive menu reader.

Taipei literally means “North of Taiwan”. Its official name is Taipei City and is the capital city of Taiwan.

Situated at the northern tip of Taiwan, the city is located on an ancient lakebed surrounded by the two valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city’s western border.

The city is home to an estimated population of 2.6 million, and the whole Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area has a total population of 7 million, making it the 40th most-populous urban area in the world. The name “Taipei” can refer either to the whole metropolitan area or the city proper.

Taipei is the political, economic, educational, and cultural center of Taiwan, and one of the major hubs of the Chinese-speaking world.

Rough Guides Taipei, Taiwan

內容目錄

Contents


How To Use This Guide

Exploring TaipeiHistory & Facts.........................................6Essential things not to miss...................10Getting around.......................................14Accomodation.......................................20Food & Drink...........................................26Health....................................................32Festivals ................................................36Shopping..............................................42Sports & Outdoor activities...................50Travel essentials....................................56

Taipei DistrictsWanhua.................................................60Datong...................................................72Zhongzheng...........................................84Zhongshan.............................................94Daan....................................................106Xinyi.....................................................112Songshan.............................................126Shilin...................................................138

ContextsHistory.................................................144Culture & Etiquette..............................150Music...................................................156Books...................................................162Film.....................................................166

LanguagePhrases................................................172Menu Reader........................................180

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Essential Things

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最佳美食去處

The Best PlacesTo Eat

It’s not a Taipei foodie guide without a mention of beef noodle soup, practically the national dish.


Taipei is the world’s greatest showcases for Chinese cuisine.

Be adventurous; many places have English menus or at least photographs of food, and where one dish is the main feature, pointing will usually suffice.In addition to a vast array of restaurants, the city’s teahouses (cháguǎn) are atmospheric places to eat light meals and sip Chinese-style tea. For a cheaper, more local experience try Taipei’s vibrant night markets (yèshì), which offer a bewildering range of dishes and excellent value for money.

Another budget favourite is the “Taiwan Buffets” (ǎǎǎzìzhù cǎn), which you’ll see in every neighbourhood – these canteen-style places allow you to pile up as much food on your tray as you like, with each dish incurring a small charge (it’s rarely more than NT$120 for a huge plateful). In the summer make for a shaved ice stall (bào bǎng or more commonly tsua bing in Taiwanese) – the sweet, tasty toppings make sumptuous desserts. If it’s too hot, almost every department store has an air-conditioned food court in the basement, with the biggest under Taipei 101.

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Huashan 1914

Creative ParkIn 1997 members of the Golden Bough Theatre made a startling discovery. There, deep in the heart of Taipei and cordoned off from all visitors, stood an abandoned factory. The group described the factory as a city within a city, a place where nature was left to age with concrete for nearly a decadeand they were intrigued.

While the young thespians did not know it at the time, they had stumbled upon one of the oldest and most well preserved structures in Taiwan. Built in 1914, the factory was among Taiwan’s largest wine producers throughout the 1920’s. It had however, long since been abandoned.

The brazen group “restored” a small section of the factory and began staging plays in the abandoned halls. Their experimental performances, and intriguing choice of venue, quickly caught the attention of the local community.

Unfortunately it also caught the attention of local law enforcement and the group was promptly cited for trespassing. This minor act of excessive enthusiasm however, was just the beginning.

Local artists became drawn to the open spaces, high ceilings and abundant natural light. Soon art and literary giants from across Taipei began using the factory as an inspirational work space, giving performances and leaving their distinctive mark on the structures themselves.

Word about this unique environment spread further and in 1999 the Association of Culture Environment Reform Taiwan, a non profit NGO, was established to oversee the restoration of the factory into a full fledged arts center. The factory was renamed the Huashan Creative Park and, in 2005, the rebuilding of the Creative Park officially began.


Huashan Creative Park is a fascinating cultural precinct with plenty to interest everyone.

士林市場

Shilin

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Shilin Night Market is often considered to be the largest and most famous night market in the city.

城市文化

The Culture of

Taipei CityMainstream Taiwanese culture is a curious combination of traditional Chinese practices, modern commercialism and technological ingenuity, capped off with a palpable Japanese flavour left over from decades of colonial rule. Those expecting stereotypical “Chinese” experiences akin to what can be had in mainland China or even Hong Kong are likely to be surprised and enchanted by the striking behavioural differences between the Taiwanese and their fellow Chinese neighbours.

For starters, Taiwanese people are unquestionably some of the friendliest in Asia, if not the entire world, and most foreign visitors are impressed by the often staggering level of hospitality from the moment they arrive.

If you’re invited to someone’s home, it’s a good idea to bring a gift, usually something simple such as flowers, a tin of biscuits or cookies, or a box of chocolates. Before entering someone’s home, always remember first to remove your shoes, even if your host initially says it’s not necessary.


語言

Useful Phrases

Language


The Official Language of Taiwan is the same as mainland China, Chinese Mandarin, commonly referred to as “guoyu” (“National language”).

Although there are some differences in the word use, pronunciation and slang, Chinese spoken on the mainland is indistinguishable from that used in Taiwan. The major difference comes with written Chinese: Taiwan, (like Hong Kong) uses traditional characters while China follows the simplified system.

The main distinguishing characteristic of Chinese languages is that they are tonal: each word must be pronounced not only with the right sound, but also the right tone. Mandarin has four tones, and in order to be understood it’s vital to get these as accurate as possible. Pinyin is a way of writing Chinese using the Roman alphabet. It is the best way to learn the correct tones, represented by accents above each syllable.

Taiwanese don’t use the Pinyin system in schools like mainland China, They use a system called bopomofo to teach children pronunciation.

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