The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a famous monument, landmark and tourist attractions that was erected in memory of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, former President of the Republic of China. The structure stands at the east end of Memorial Hall Square, site of the National Concert Hall and National Theater and their adjacent parks as well as the memorial. The landmarks of Liberty Square stand within sight of Taiwan's Presidential Building in Taipei's Zhongzheng District.
The National Taiwan Museum sits nearby in what is now 228 Peace Memorial Park and has worn its present name since 1999. The museum is Taiwan's oldest, founded on October 24, 1908 by Taiwan's Japanese colonial government (1895-1945) as the Taiwan Governor's Museum. It was launched with a collection of 10,000 items to celebrate the opening of the island's North-South Railway. In 1915 a new museum building opened its doors in what is now 228 Peace Memorial Park. This structure and the adjacent Governor's residence (now Presidential Office Building, served as the two most recognizable public buildings in Taiwan during its period of Japanese rule.
Shung Ye Museum of Formosan AboriginesThe National Palace Museum is a vast art gallery and museum built around a permanent collection centered on ancient Chinese artifacts. It should not be confused with the Palace Museum in Beijing (which it is named after); both institutions trace their origins to the same institution. The collections were divided in the 1940s as a result of the Chinese Civil War. The National Palace Museum in Taipei now boasts a truly international collection while housing one of the world's largest collections of artifacts from ancient China.
The strikingly designed Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines stands just 200 metres across the road from the National Palace Museum. The museum offers magnificent displays of art and historical items by Taiwanese aborigines along with a range of multimedia displays.
The Taipei Fine Arts Museum was established in 1983 as the first museum in Taiwan dedicated to modern art. The museum is housed in a building designed for the purpose that takes inspiration from Japanese designs, Most art is in the collection is by Taiwanese artists since 1940. Over 3,000 art works are organized into 13 groups.
National Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall near Taipei 101 in Xinyi District is named in honor of a founding father of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen. The hall, completed on May 16, 1972. originally featured exhibits that depicted revolutionary events in China at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Today it functions as multi-purpose social, educational, concert and cultural center for Taiwan's citizens.
In 2001 a new museum opened as MoCA Taipei or Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei (台北當代藝術館). The museum is housed in a building that formerly housed Taipei City government offices.
Night view of a fully lit Taipei 101 Taipei 101Taipei 101 is a 101-floor landmark skyscraper that claimed the title of world's tallest building when it opened in 2004, a title it held for six years before relinquishing it to the Burj Kalifa in Dubai. Designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners and constructed by KTRT Joint Venture, Taipei 101 measures 509 m (1,670 ft) from ground to top, making it the first skyscraper in the world to break the half-kilometer mark in height. Built to withstand typhoon winds and earthquake tremors, its design incorporates many engineering innovations and has won numerous international awards. Taipei 101 remains one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world and holds LEEDS certification as the world's largest "green" building. Its shopping mall and its indoor and outdoor observatories draw visitors from all over the world. Taipei 101's New Year's Eve fireworks display is a regular feature of international broadcasts.
Performing arts Taiwan's National Concert Hall at nightThe National Theater and Concert Hall stand at Taipei's Liberty Square and host events by foreign and domestic performers. Other leading concert venues include Zhongshan Hall at Ximen and the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall near Taipei 101.
A new venue, the Taipei Performing Arts Center, is under construction and slated to open in 2015. The venue will stand near the Shilin Night Market and will house three theaters for events with multi-week runs. The architectural design, by Rem Koolhaas and OMA, was determined in 2009 in an international competition. The same design process is also in place for a new Taipei Center for Popular Music and Taipei City Museum.
Shopping and recreation Main article: Shopping in TaipeiTaipei is known for its many night markets, the most famous of which is the Shilin Night Market in the Shilin District. The surrounding streets by Shilin Night Market are extremely crowded during the evening, usually opening late afternoon and operating well past midnight. Most night markets feature individual stalls selling a mixture of food, clothing, and consumer goods.
The busy streets of Ximending at nightXimending has been a famous area for shopping and entertainment since the 1930s. Historic structures include a concert hall, a historic cinema, and the Red House Theater. Modern structures house karaoke businesses, art film cinemas, wide-release movie cinemas, electronic stores, and a wide variety of restaurants and fashion clothing stores. The pedestrian area is especially popular with teens and has been called the "Harajuku" of Taipei.
The newly developed Xinyi District is popular with tourists and locals alike for its many entertainment and shopping venues, as well as being the home of Taipei 101, a prime tourist attraction famous for being one of the world's tallest buildings. Malls in the area include the sprawling Shin Kong Mitsukoshi complex, Taipei 101 mall, Eslite Bookstore's flagship store (which includes a boutique mall), The Living Mall, ATT shopping mall, and the Vieshow Cinemas (formerly known as Warner Village). The Xinyi district also serves as the center of Taipei's active nightlife, with several popular nightclubs concentrated in a relatively small area around the Neo19 and Taipei 101 buildings.
The thriving shopping area around Taipei Main Station includes the Taipei Underground Market and the original Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store at Shin Kong Life Tower. Other popular shopping destinations include the Zhongshan Metro Mall, Dihua Street, the Guang Hua Digital Plaza, and the Core Pacific City. The Miramar Entertainment Park is known for its large ferris wheel and IMAX theater.
Taipei maintains an extensive system of parks, green spaces, and nature preserves. Parks and forestry areas of note in and around the city include Yangmingshan National Park, Taipei Zoo and Da-an Forest Park. Yangmingshan National Park (located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the central city) is famous for its cherry blossoms, hot springs, and sulfur deposits. It is the home of famous writer Lin Yutang, the summer residence of Chiang Kai-shek, residences of foreign diplomats, the Chinese Culture University, the meeting place of the now defunct National Assembly of the Republic of China, and the Kuomintang Party Archives. The Taipei Zoo was founded in 1914 and covers an area of 165 hectares for animal sanctuary.
Bitan is known for boating and water sports. Tamsui is a popular sea-side resort town. Ocean beaches are accessible in several directions from Taipei.
Temples Built in 1738, Longshan Temple is one of the oldest temples in the city.Taipei is rich in beautiful, ornate temples housing Buddhist, Taoist, and Chinese folk religion deities. The Longshan Temple, built in 1738 and located in the Wanhua District, demonstrates an example of architecture with southern Chinese influences commonly seen on older buildings in Taiwan.
Xinsheng South Road is known as the "Road to Heaven" due to its high concentration of temples, shrines, churches, and mosques. Other famous temples include Baoan Temple located in historic Dalongdong, a national historical site, and Xiahai City God Temple, located in the old Dadaocheng community, constructed with architecture similar to temples in southern Fujian. The Taipei Confucius Temple traces its history back to 1879 during the Qing Dynasty and also incorporates southern Fujian-style architecture.
Besides large temples, small outdoor shrines to local deities are very common and can be spotted on road sides, parks, and neighborhoods. Many homes and businesses may also set up small shrines of candles, figurines, and offerings. Some restaurants, for example, may set up a small shrine to the Kitchen god for success in a restaurant business.
New Year's Eve fireworks at Taipei 101 Lantern Festival at Liberty Square Festivals and EventsMany yearly festivals are held in Taipei. In recent years some festivals, such as the Double Ten Day fireworks and concerts, are increasingly hosted on a rotating basis by a number of cities around Taiwan.
When New Year's Eve arrives on the solar calendar, thousands of people converge on Taipei's Xinyi District for parades, outdoor concerts by popular artists, street shows, round-the clock nightlife. The high point is of course the countdown to midnight, when Taipei 101 assumes the role of the world's largest fireworks platform.
The Taipei Lantern Festival concludes the Lunar New Year holiday. The timing of the city's lantern exhibit coincides with the national festival in Pingxi, when thousands of fire lanterns are released into the sky. The city's lantern exhibit rotates among different downtown locales from year to year, including Liberty Square, Taipei 101, and Zhongshan Hall in Ximending.
On Double Ten Day, patriotic celebrations are held in front of the Presidential Building. Other annual festivals include Ancestors Day (Tomb-Sweeping Day), the Dragon Boat Festival, the Ghost Festival, and the Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival).
Taipei regularly hosts its share of international events. The city recently hosted the 2009 Summer Deaflympics. This event was followed by the Taipei International Flora Exposition, a garden festival hosted from November 2010 to April 2011. The Floral Expo was the first of its kind to take place in Taiwan and only the seventh hosted in Asia; the expo admitted 110,000 visitors on February 27, 2011.
Taipei in film Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman (drama) Edward Yang's Yi Yi: A One and a Two (drama) Adam Kane and Will Tiao's Formosa Betrayed (political thriller) Edward Yang's Mahjong (drama/comedy) Edward Yang's A Brighter Summer Day (drama) Edward Yang's The Terrorizers (drama) Edward Yang's Taipei Story (drama) Edward Yang's A Confucian Confusion (drama/comedy) Tsai Ming-liang's Rebels of the Neon God (drama) Tsai Ming-liang's Vive L'Amour (drama) Tsai Ming-liang's The River (drama) Tsai Ming-liang's What Time Is It There? (drama) Tsai Ming-liang's Goodbye, Dragon Inn (drama) Tsai Ming-liang's Face (drama) Hou Hsiao-hsien's Dust in the Wind (drama) Hou Hsiao-hsien's Daughter of the Nile (drama) Hou Hsiao-hsien's Goodbye South, Goodbye (drama) Hou Hsiao-hsien's Millennium Mambo (drama) Hou Hsiao-hsien's Three Times (drama) Leon Dai's No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (drama) Chung Mong-hong's Parking (drama) Chen Yin-jung's Formula 17 (gay/comedy) Zero Chou's Spider Lilies (lesbian/drama) Chen Hung-I's Candy Rain (lesbian/drama) Arvin Chen's Au Revoir Taipei (comedy) Chen Yu-hsun's Tropical Fish (drama/comedy) Te-sheng Wei's Cape No. 7 (drama/comedy) Doze Niu's Monga (drama/action) Hsiao Ya-chuan's Taipei Exchanges (drama/comedy) Lin Cheng-sheng's Betelnut beauty (drama/romance) Huo Jianqi's Snowfall in Taipei (drama/romance) Hsiao-tse Cheng's Miao Miao (romance/comedy) Sylvia Chang's 20 30 40 (romance/comedy) Chen Kuo-Fu's The Personals (drama/romance) Fen-fen Cheng's Hear Me (drama/romance) Hsiao-ming Hsu's Love of May (romance) Yee Chin-yen's Blue Gate Crossing (romance) Jay Chou's Secret (romance) Chen Kuo-Fu's Double Vision (horror/suspense) Chao-Bin Su's Silk (horror/suspense) Jia Zhangke's I Wish I Knew (Documentary) Wong Kar-wai's Happy Together (Hong Kong studio, filmed in three cities : Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, and Taipei) John Woo's A Better Tomorrow (Hong Kong studio, filmed in Hong Kong and Taipei) (action) Kirk Wong's Crime Story (Hong Kong studio, filmed in Hong Kong, Taipei) (action) David Lam's Asian Connection (Hong Kong studio, filmed in Hong Kong, Taipei) (action) Andrew Lau's Young and Dangerous 2 (Hong Kong studio, filmed on location in Taipei) Turn Left, Turn Right (Hong Kong studio, filmed on location in Taipei) One Missed Call 2 (Japanese studio, filmed in Taipei and Jinguashi) About Love (Japanese studio, filmed on three cities in Asia: Taipei, Tokyo, and Shanghai) Mamoru Oshii's StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops (science fiction/drama) Takashi Miike's Rainy Dog (Japanese studio, filmed on location in Taipei) (drama) Takahisa Zeze's Moon Child (Japanese studio, filmed in Taipei, as the futuristic city of Mallepa) (drama) Robert Wise's The Sand Pebbles (Hollywood studio, filmed in Taipei, Keelung, Tamsui and Hong Kong) (drama) Håkon Liu's Miss Kicki (Swedish studio, filmed in Taipei, Sun Moon Lake) (drama) David Verbeek's R U There (The Netherlands) David Verbeek's How to describe a cloud (The Netherlands)
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