Pinglin Old Street One-Day Trip

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Nostalgic tour of the old street

Travel days :

1 day

適合對象 :

Public

Introduction

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Pinglin is a major producing area of Wenshan Pouchung Tea. This community counts many tea houses that sell all sorts of tea products. The quaint tea museum embodies the culture and history of Pinglin as a century-old tea producing area.

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Pinglin Tea Museum of New Taipei City
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Pinglin Old Street
The entire street of “Pinglin Old Street” is about 200m long, with “Bao Ping Temple” at the center, which is the key belief for the locals. There are papier-mache stores, tofu snack stands, hardware stores and tea houses along the street, including the famous “Pinglin Pouchong Tea” in Taiwan. Stores on the old street are combined with Pinglin local tea culture, such that they used Pouchong Tea to make various creative snack foods, including tea rice cakes, steamed tea buns, tea nougats and tea oil vermicelli, etc. Moreover, Pinglin’s tofu is also famous, which is made with local mountain spring water, offering the sweet and delicious tofu dishes. When coming to Pinglin Old Street, one must come to taste the tea dishes and tofu, as they will definitely satisfy your gustatory sensation.
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Baoping Temple
Built in the first year of Tongzhi (1861) in the Qing Dynasty, the first temple was built. Han immigrants from China came to Taiwan to reclaim wasteland, and when they crossed the Heishui Canal, there were many obstacles: “ten go, six die” and “three stay, one goes back”. Thus, in their early days on Taiwan, many people needed the protection of a sea god. The Baoping Temple worships Xuanwu of the North, which the villagers called their “land god”. Xuanwu, or Xuantian is the god who guards the northern skies. Like a lighthouse and the North Star, he can guide the navigation of ships at sea. Believers regard him as a trustworthy power who also has the divine power to cure diseases and bless the land around Pinglin Old Trail. Constructing the early buildings of the Baoping Temple was very difficult, and the temple had only thatched roofs. Later, the villagers donated money to cover and remodel it. It is now a two-story building with a sun screen and rain shade. The birthday of the Xuantian god falls on March 3 of the lunar calendar and is now one of the most important celebrations in Pinglin District. The Lantern Festival is January 15 in the lunar calendar. There is a lantern parade held here. On October 27 of the lunar calendar, a drama and worshiping event for the end of the year is held.
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Pinglin DrawBridge
At the end of the Pinglin Xingxiang Commercial Circle and down the stairway next to the gas station is the entrance of the Pinglin Drawbridge, or the best location to view schools of fish swimming in the river, an uneasy achievement from the district’s river ecological restoration project. Many visitors would throw fish feeds or toast crumbs down the bridge to feed the fish.
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Fishwatching Fern Walk
Schools of fish and waterbirds can be found along the longest fish-watching trail in Taiwan

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