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Nov 15, 2024

　　Climb through a dragon's mouth into one of two spiral staircases that front this gigantic Matsu temple – the biggest in Hualien. There is particularly lavish ornamentation in the central shrine rooms.

　　It's nearly 3km north of the train station via Zhongshan Road, eventually turning east through a gateway opposite the Hualien Baseball Stadium.

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　　An ambitious little gallery that showcases edgy and experimental works by Taiwanese, Asian and Western artists. Fogstand also has an artists-as-resident program and runs workshops and summer programs for indigenous children. ...

　　Climb through a dragon's mouth into one of two spiral staircases that front this gigantic Matsu temple – the biggest in Hualien. There is particularly lavish ornamentation in the central shrine rooms. 　　It's nearly 3km north of the train station via Zhongshan Road, eventually turning east through a gateway opposite...

　　Set in a graceful garden that's all a-twitter with birdsong, this 1940s concrete building was used by the Japanese military to wine and pleasure their kamikaze pilots the night before their suicide missions. Such history is more interesting than the relatively limited gallery inside, but even if you don't go...

　　Qixingtan (Chihsingtan) is a former fishing hamlet whose few remaining, old, tin-roofed shacks are outnumbered by a gaggle of small but fanciful hotels. The promenade is a popular place to stroll, cycle or picnic while admiring a very extensive curl of grey-shingle beach, though the strong currents make swimming here...

Hualien Railway Culture Park

　　Worth a five-minute look, this area's main sight is a 1932 wooden courtyard building containing a fairly basic history of the East Coast Railway since 1908 (mostly in Chinese). Across the road is a beautiful banyan tree, a cafe, more wooden buildings and an old locomotive that lets off steam...

Temple to the Lords of the Three Mountains

　　This temple may look quite ordinary, but it is the hub of Hakka religious life in Hualien. When the Hakkas migrated to Taiwan in the Qing dynasty, they initially set foot in the central and southern plains. But finding all fertile land already taken, they took to the mountains where,...

　　Built in 2000, this gigantic temple-cum-performance venue has a simple yet striking, white-and-grey exterior. At its tallest point, the building is equivalent to 11 storeys high. The main chapel-hall is enormous too, but what makes a visit worthwhile is the extensive and engrossing exhibition floor showcasing the remarkable range of...

Martyr's Shrine

　　Designed like an antique Chinese palace, this colourfully gabled 1980s complex is set amid lush foliage on a small rise overlooking Hualien's single most attractive scene. 　　It honours Kuomintang soldiers who died during the Chinese Civil War, but before WWII the site had been home to the 1915 Japanese-style Karenko...

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