Hsinchu｜One-day trip to Lion's Head Mountain｜Depart from Taipei

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— Itinerary Information —

Hsinchu Lion Head Mountain Day Tour

• Departure date: Every day
• Itinerary content:
  - 08:00 Meet at Taipei Main Station East Gate 3 (please find the staff wearing orange Taiwan Tour Bus vests to report)
  - 08:30 Nankan Interchange, 09:00 HSR Hsinchu Station Exit 3 Please inform us in advance when registering
  - Emei Catholic Church
  - Emei Lake
  - Lion's Head Mountain Visitor Center
  - Beipu Old Street (about 70 minutes)
  - 17:30 Return to Taipei

— Attractions Introduction —

• Emei Catholic Church If you don't pray at the Catholic Church, you must go to the popular Instagram check-in spot; can you believe that this once abandoned Emei Catholic Church is now a paradise for children! Traditional talcum slides, tree houses and wood kiln handmade bread DIY, you can easily play for half a day, and the most important thing is that the bread is delicious!
  
  
• Shitou Mountain is a famous mountain of Buddhism and Taoism in northern Taiwan. Temples and palaces such as Quanhua Hall (including Futian Temple and Kaishan Temple) and Shiyan Cave (Yuanguang Temple) are built according to the mountain. The style is simple and magnificent, and the surrounding environment is elegant. It is a famous pilgrimage site. In the Beipu Old Street area, there are national monuments such as Jin Guangfu, Tianshui Hall, and county monuments such as Jiang Axin's House and Citian Temple, which are full of Hakka ancient flavor; coupled with the cultural landscape of the Saisiyat and Atayal indigenous peoples in the Nanzhuang area, it has created a unique and diverse cultural landscape. After lunch, you can also visit Liuliao Ancient Trail, which is a well-known back mountain trail in the Shitou Mountain Scenic Area. The entrance is next to the Shishan Visitor Center. For the convenience of transportation, the first half of the ancient trail has been paved with asphalt, and the second half still retains the original appearance of the mountain road. The name of Liuliao comes from the ancient fortification of Ailiao. During the Qing Dynasty, settlers and the Saisiyat people often had armed conflicts. This is the sixth Ailiao built here to resist the aborigines. Today, there are no traces of the battle, replaced by gurgling water and ancient road relics. Liuliao Ancient Road is also famous for its valley potholes. There are clear stream landscapes along the Liuliao River.
  The Lion Head Mountain Scenic Area is rich in flora and fauna. There are many birds in the mountains and forests, such as kingfishers, lead-colored water thrushes, five-colored birds, gray-throated minkes, Taiwan blue magpies, and great crested vultures. Native Taiwanese fish swim in the streams. When visiting the forest trails, you can see tung trees, moon peaches, blood vines and other plants everywhere, waving at you.
  
  
• Emei Lake is located at the junction of Fuxing Village and Huguang Village in Emei Township, Hsinchu County. It has a very open and beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains. It is also the first reservoir designed and built by the Taiwanese themselves, the Dapu Reservoir. It is a scenic spot with rich natural resources and cultural atmosphere. In order to facilitate the transportation of nearby residents, five suspension bridges across Emei Lake were built. Although only one Ximaopu Suspension Bridge remains today, connecting the Twelve Liao Leisure Park and Fuxing Old Street, the bridge tower decorated with tung flowers and the feature of being able to see the beautiful scenery of Emei Lake at a glance when walking on the suspension bridge have become the most representative scenery of Emei Lake and one of the must-visit attractions for tourists.
  
  
• Beipu Old Street is located in Beipu Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan. It includes Beipu Street, Miaoqian Street, Nanxing Street, and Chengmen Street. The street contains historical sites such as Jin Guangfu Mansion, Tianshui Hall, and Beipu Citian Temple. It is a famous tourist attraction in Hsinchu County. Its specialties include persimmon cakes, dried persimmons, and taro and sweet potato mooncakes made from the autumn wind. The Oriental Beauty Tea, also known as "Pengfeng Tea", and Hakka Lei Tea are also quite famous.
  Speaking of the Hakka town of Beipu, the most famous food is the traditional Lei Cha culture, a health drink made by grinding tea, sesame, peanuts and other nuts. After brewing with hot water, a strong aroma comes to your nose. Then scoop a spoonful of red beans, white fungus, and tapioca pearls to make a bowl of tempting and delicious dessert. Visitors to Beipu will go to the teahouse to taste this traditional delicacy (at their own expense).
  The Zhongshutang Ancient House, the former residence of Beipu Scholars, was built in 1922. It was the former residence of Zeng Xuexi, a scholar in the Qing Dynasty. It has a hall and two horizontal buildings, a creative wall made of tiles, and an ancient well with pure and abundant water at that time. It is famous. Villagers within a radius of 50 meters come here for drinking water. Today, the ancient well has been abandoned due to disrepair. Jiang Axin Western-style Building imitates Baroque architecture. The stone materials outside the house are all Beitou shore stones. The interior decoration uses precious woods such as old black heart stone wood, cypress, camphor tree, Taiwan fir, etc. It is located next to Jin Guangfu Mansion and Tianshuitang. It is a representative of Beipu Western-style buildings. It is currently the location of Jin Guangfu Cultural and Educational Foundation. You must apply in advance to visit.