New Taipei City Special Scenic Area | Ruifang To Shuangxi Fuxing Bridge Coal-transporting Bridge Shuangxi Coal-dressing Plant Vision Hall Golden Jin-Zi-Bei Trail Information Center Houtong Train Mountain City Station Jieshou Bridge full of Memories Mt. Wuerchahu Dacu Pit Old street . Sunset . Old Flavor Wengzaitan Bridge Golden Temple Jinguashi is a mountain town full of memories Houtong and a legendary golden town. Thanks to a movie Visitor Center depicting this place, this golden mountain town is New Houtong North- no longer just an ancient memory. Come through Elementary School Link the tunnel and visit this golden town with the Railway Golden Ecological Park and Jiufen old streets and Keelung River Houtong. Crown Prince Chalet Jiufen Jiufen old streets Gold Ecological Jinshi Park Sanye Bangkong Qingbian Shengping Theater Qingbian Shuqi Quanji Guashan Jiufen Visitor Yuanshanzi Taiwan P.O.W Center To Keelung Memorial Park Guashan Jiufen Mt. Keelung and Ruiba Highway Guantaoping Jinshui Qingyun Ruifang District office Ruifang Train Station Shuinadong To Wanli Thirteen-tiered Relics Art Gallery Wanrui Expressway To Keelung Advertisement Printed by Tourism and Travel Department, New Taipei City Government http://tour.ntpc.gov.tw Updated in June 2013 Route Suggestions Jiufen old streets 1-day trip Houtong Taipei → Jiufen old street → Jiufen delicacies → Mt.Keelung → Taipei 11 Coal-transporting Bridge Jinguashi Golden Mountain Town 1-day trip Houtong Coal-Mine Ecological Park Taipei → Gold Ecological Park → Environmental Museum → Benshan Fifth Pit → Ruisan's coal- Golden Temple → International Final Battle Peace Memorial Park → Golden waterfall → Houtong is a small station on Pingxi Route Railway. Due to its rich coal output, transporting bridge Shueinandong → Taipei this place became a small town, and today it has become the Houtong Coal has a unique and Jinguashi, Jinfen 2-day trip Ecological Park that features the coal mining culture, thanks to its history and classic appearance. Taipei → Houtong Coal Mining Park → Jiufen old streets → Jiufen delicacies → 1st Day buildings. This place has the largest coal mine in Taiwan in the 1960s, which It was an important Mt. Keelung → Jiufen night view, tea tasting → staying in Jiufen inn bridge that connects Jiufen → Gold Ecological Park → Prince Hotel → Benshanwukeng → Golden had an annual output of 220,000 tons of coal, with 6,000 residents. After 2nd Day Temple → International Final Battle Peace Memorial Park → Golden Waterfull the banks of Keelung Shuinandong → Taipei the mine operation ceased in 1990, this place has become a living record of River and transported Transportation Information Taiwan's coal mining culture. coal during the peak Take the North Link and get off at Ruifang or Houtong station, then take Keelung Bus or of the coal mining taxis. industry. Today, it is Line 788 「 Keelung- (Ruifang-Jiufen)- Jinguashi 」 ,Line 1062 「 Taipei- a great place to visit Freeway 1-Ruifang-(Jiufen)-Jinguashi 」 , Line 825 「 Ruifang-Jinguashi 」 (Service on holidays and weekends) , Line 808 「 Ruifang-Houtong」. for those who wish to A bus comes every 10 or 20 minutes. (Keelung bus 0800-588010) find a secluded place At Ruifang Train Station, take a taxi to Jiufen and Jinguashi(present published price about of natural beauty. Jiufen is NT180, Jinguashi is NT240 by New Taipei City Government). The ride to Jiufen takes about 12 minutes, 20 minutes to Jinguashi, and about 10 minutes to Houtong. .From Taipei National Feeway 1, Dahua System Interchange, take to 62 Wanruei Expressway, get off at left line of Ruifang Interchange to Ruifang District. To Houtong: On 102, go to 37 after passing Ruigan Land Bridge and keep going straight. .From Keelung From Northeastern Coastal Highway, pass Ruibin seashore gas station, turn right at 35. Go uphill to Jiufen. Take 34 to Jinguashi. .From eastern Taiwan Via Northeastern Coastal Highway, turn left in Fulong Gongliao to 102. Pass Shuangxi, and turn at Geding to Jinguashi and Jiufen. Or, go straight on Northeastern Coastal Highway till Shuinandong. Turn left on Jinshui Highway N25° 05’08.8”E121° 49’41.1” and to Jinguashi. 12 Jin-Zi-Bei Information Service Tourism and Travel Bureau, New Taipei City 02-29603456 10 Coal-dressing Plant Trail http://tour.ntpc.gov.tw/ Shifen Visitor Center 02-24958409 Established by Li Jianxing, the mining tycoon of the Ruifang Jiufen Visitor Center 02-24063270 Township, Houtong Ruisan Mining Co. was the leading mining This 5 km trail starts Wulai Visitor Center 02-26616355 company in Taiwan at the time. After the industry declined, Rui- from the parking lot of Bitan Visitor Center 02-29131184 Houtong Coal-Mine Museum Ecological Park Information Center 02-24974143 san’s coal mine site, including coal transporting bridge, coal- Ruifang’s old Houtong dressing plant, and pit , turned into a coal museum that tells the Elementary School Civil Service Ethics Prosecution Place history of coal mining, making it a great place for photographers. and ends in Highway Prosecution Mail Box: P. O. Box 30-29 Banqiao District 102 of Dalun, Against Corruption Tel: 02-2969-5122 Sandiaoling. It is the Fax: 02-2960-1544 remnant of the Danlan Email address: [email protected] Ancient Trail with only 350m of height Be active difference. Here, you Flu Prevention can enjoy beautiful Hotline Get vaccinated sceneries and relics, 02-2258-6923 Get rest such as the Golden http://www.health.ntpc.gov.tw Tablet established in Wash hands Wear mask the Qing Dynasty and Fengxianshijin Stele. Cover N25° 05’27.0”E121° 50’12.5” See doctor N25° 05’11.5”E121° 49’37.7” mouth/nose 06 Golden Temple This place is located at the top of Gold Ecological Park and was built in the mountain 300 m below Sipingxiang community in Jinguashi in 1933 after the Japanese Mining Co.took over the mountain. The Shirne houses Mountain Town Trip Kaneyako deity, which is the divided spirit from the Kaneyako Shrine in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. This deity is in charge of 14.5K 03 Mt. Keelung and Guantaoping metallurgy and smithery and is worshipped by those who wish to be prosperous. N25° 06’19.2”E121° 51’33.7” 3min 10min Climb up Mt. Keelung and enjoy the views of the wharf afar at any time of the day and forget your earthly troubles. Mt. 07 Mt. Wuerchahu 3.2K Keelung(587m) is at the northern tip of Taiwan with beautiful Shaped like a tea pot without the and broad views. The hiking trail entrance of Mt. Keelung is ear, this mountain has become located at the left side of 102 path. It only takes an hour to the landmark of Jinguashi. You reach the top where Guantaoping is located. Here, you can look can access this place from the at the scenes around you, including Shuinandong, Jinguashi, trail right by the Quanji Temple. Jiufen Badouzi, and Heping Island. The entire route is not very steep, and the 580m peak is excellent Mountain Town Trip for enjoying the view of the entire coastline. Taiwan's traditional coal-mining communities were very N25° 06’23.6”E121° 51’33.9” famous, and their unique history and cultures include Jiufen's old streets, which tell the story of gold-mining, and Shuinadong Mt. Keelung’s hiking trails. These places are great for hiking and are full of tourists on holidays because of the serene 08 Beautiful Golden Waterfall mountain and sea views. You can see beautiful layers of the Golden N25° 06’42.0”E121° 50’51.3” Waterfall on Jinshui Highway that leads from 01 Jiufen old streets Jinguashi to Shuinandong. The waterfall is named the Golden Waterfall, because the ores from Jinguashi and Jiufen are washed The romantic old streets with down to the river along with mountain spring traditional buildings and rich art Jinguashi water and rain water resulting in a high level of oxidized pyrite and and culture are very famous. arsenic, which give the water a golden hue and make it a must-see Well-known delicacies, Gold Mining Culture place for photographers. You can also look at the unique Yinyang historical buildings, and Jiufen Sea while standing on the old gold mining field by the waterfall. tea house are all located on the The gold-mining in Jinguashi N25° 07’04.5”E121° 51’42.2” old streets. You can enjoy the plays an important part of Founded in 1933, Taijin northern Taiwan's gold rush. sea view from the observatory. 09 Thirteen-tiered Relics Ore Dressing is located on The output of gold in these The uniquely shaped Shuqi areas was tremendous Liandongwan of Northeastern Coastal Rd. is the main street of Jiufen, during Japanese colonial Highway. It is known to the miners at and you can see the unique period and marked the that time as the “thirteen tiers” because observatory tea house on the golden age of Jinguashi. thirteen tiers of mine fields were one-and –only stairways. Other Gold Ecological Park that established. Although abandoned for popular delicacies include fish keeps the historical records years, this place has become a relic with balls, taro balls, and steamed of Jinguashi is a must-see unique beauty, leaving behind a grand taro cake that attract many as it contains many locations image that shows how developed the that depict the gold-mining tourists. N25° 06’35.3”E121° 50’37.5” metallurgy and smithery industry once culture of Jinguashi. was in this area. N25° 07’19.4”E121° 51’49.3” 04 Gold Ecological Park This is the most important location that keeps the record of Jinguashi. The beautiful glass building with steel structures preserves the rich gold-mining culture of Benshan Fifth Pit. Jiufen delicacies The park contains attractions such as the house of Kikujiro Jiufen has many classic delicacies such as the Mike, Japanese dormitories, a gold refinery, the Environmental Museum, and chewy taro balls which you can eat warm or cold, and the Crown Prince Taiwanese meat balls with red vinasse that are made Chalet.