台南之旅 Part 2 - 古迹篇

If we need to talk about the historical building, we must also touch part and parcel of Tainan`s history. The sad thing is..I don`t know much about it.  So I can barely appreciate the places we went. Luckily, Prof Mark Lin, who is the Head of Orthopedic Department, explain to us little pieces about it today. So...I know also LITTLE about Tainan.

First Station - Anping
1. 剑狮坛 - Dunno how to translate it into english ><
    Basically it`s a MASCOT of Anping. The statue is a lion`s head with a sword piercing through its mouth.
    According to the tourist guide, it has different meaning by the direction of the sword piercing.

    a. From left to right: Blessing 祈福

  b. From right to left: Talisman 辟邪

Free admission-inside Anping Street

 

2. Anping Fort 安平古堡
    It`s basically the oldest fort in Taiwan. It was built during Holland`s colonization. It resembles the A Famosa in Malacca. A must-go tourist spot in Anping. But it`s just mainly for photoshooting as we dunno much about the history =p

NT50 -inclusive in Package ticket

The tower is 5 floor HIGH =)

3. Anping treehouse 安平树屋
    From the brochure, it was originally warehouse for British trading company Tait & Co. The aerial roots and branches of trees wrapped around the building, combined with the soil, red brick and partial concrete wall creates an unusual sight.
From us, we know there is a house, wrapped by the treessss..=p
We met a funny uncle thr. He was a photographer to a group of young ladies. However, he kept instructing them to pose the same, one by one at the same place.. But the ladies seems like enjoy it =p

Famous Treehouse ^^

4. 德记洋行
    The warehouse for British trading company Tait&Co. which situated just right beside the Anping Treehouse. Therefore you only need to buy one ticket to visit both places.

2nd station - Chihkan Tower
5. 赤坎楼 Chihkan Tower
    It`s a gorgeous fort with double eaves and XieShan roof. It used to be called Fort Provintia. We know that it`s built by the Holland, but it manage to be colonized by 郑成功 Zheng Cheng Kung.

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6. 大天后宫 = 妈祖庙 Grand Mazu Temple
    It was originally the palace of Emperor Ning Jing of the Ming Dysnasty, and also the first Mazu temple named as Queen of Heaven in Taiwan. We prayed there and there are plenty of free self-made ambulet. =p

Free DIY ambulet ^^

3rd station - 孔庙 Confucius Temple
The first Confucius Temple in Taiwan was built as the highes academy by Koxinga during Ming Dynasty. Again, we made our most sincere pray thr.
There were plenty of souvenirs and not forget to mention, we can also write down our wishes and hang it for blessing. It`s also free =p

宅门咖啡馆 Narrow Alley (In front of Confucius Temple)

According to Taiwanese, the restaurant is famous because of its special design. You can hardly notice it if you dunno its existence. So I guess the owner only wan to do business with thin people?? or is it another way to encourage people to slim down?? =)

The above tourist spots are quite near to each other in one station. However, if you wish to go from station to station, dun dream to walk. It`s very far away!!! Therefore, the shuttle bus is very helpful to us in travelling around Tainan =)