Yesterday at 9:52 a.m., a magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurred in Yanping Township, Taitung County, Taiwan Province, with a focal depth of only 12 kilometers. It is called a "shallow earthquake" in geology, so the whole island feels it. Taitung County is a place with frequent earthquakes. Since 2007, when there are records, there have been more than 60 earthquakes of magnitude 3.2 or higher. However, Taitung County is also the most beautiful coastal scenery on the island.
Taitung County, located in the southeast of Treasure Island, is the third largest county in Taiwan, after Hualien and Nantou. The area of Taitung is very special. It is separated from the coast of the Pacific Ocean by the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan. It has a long and flat river valley topography and a long coastline of hundreds of kilometers. From Kenting in the southernmost part of Taiwan to Hualien in central Taiwan, the coast of Taitung is the only way. Part of the Taiwan Highway 9 and the Taiwan Highway 11 were built along the coast of Taitung.
The coast of Taitung has many famous attractions. After entering Taitung Line 9 from Kenting, the first one to arrive is Dawu Township in Taitung. There is Dawu Seaside Park along the coast. It is a free park for drivers to rest. Statues and viewing platforms are built in the park for people to look at the Pacific Ocean. After passing Dawu, it is Jinlun Township. The geothermal hot springs here are very famous, and many tourists come to soak in the hot springs.
go further north and you will reach the hemp in Taitung, which has one of the most beautiful train stations in Taiwan-Duoliang Station. Although it is now abandoned, the original site of the station has become a tourist attraction after being built. Every day, many tourists come to this railway station on a hillside to watch trains going north and south pass on the railway tracks of the station, and look at the Pacific Ocean below the station. Every Lunar New Year, Duoliang Station will also hold a "New Year's New Departure" event, allowing people to send a postcard from the station to announce the arrival of the new year.
is located at the Caroline Coastal Park, 157 kilometers away from the 11th line. It covers an area of 3.2 hectares and is also a free marine park. Facing it across the sea is the famous "Green Island" in Taiwan. Jialulan is the place of the Ami tribe in Taiwan. The three words "Jalulan" are the pronunciation of "hair washing place" in the Ami. There is a large grassland in this seaside park. At the turn of summer and autumn, there will be an "East Coast Art Creation Festival" every year. Passing vehicles will basically stop here for tourists to play for a while.
After passing the Kalulan Marine Park, you can reach the most famous scenic spot in Taitung, "Water Upwards". This place is Dulan Village, Donghe Township, Taitung. There is a canal excavated in 1870. For more than a hundred years, because of visual differences, the water in the canal seems to flow upward. So on the side of the canal, a stone monument with the word "Wonderful" was erected.
and then along the coastal road, you can reach another famous scenic spot in Taitung, "Sanxiantai". It is located in Chenggong Town, Taitung. The scenic spot is composed of coral reefs and three volcanic rock peaks. Because they are volcanic relics, the three pinnacles are all black, and they are very eye-catching under the blue water. Between these three pinnacles and the coast, there is an eight-arch pedestrian bridge. People can walk along the eight-arch bridge to the innermost end of the volcanic pinnacles and watch the Pacific Ocean seabed up close.
The "stone umbrella" landscape several kilometers away from Sanxiantai is also a legendary place in Taitung. It is a huge boulder from the coast that stretches into the sea, resembling a long elephant trunk. Because of the erosion of the sea, the elephant’s trunk became riddled with holes, forming sea caves, and there are huge rocks like an open umbrella, which looks very vivid from a distance. Because the trunk has been broken, visitors can only stand on the viewing platform on the coast and look at the "stone umbrella".
In addition, there are Baxian Cave Cultural Relics, Yougu Dengxian Bridge, Xiaoyeliu Scenic Area, Fugang Fishing Port, Taitung Fengyuan Elementary School and other scenic spots on Taitung Coast that are worth checking in. If you only use one day and there is no way to play it all, if you have enough time, you can spend three or four days slowly walking along the coast of Taitung. Basically every place can give you something.
The highways on the east coast of Taiyuan are mostly far away from the mountain, so there is no need to worry about the gravel on the hill falling on the road during an earthquake. Compared with Hualien Highway, Taitung’s coastline is so flat that itTaitung is like entering the plains. But such a beautiful place is often troubled by earthquakes. I hope that there will be no casualties in this Taitung earthquake. If I have the opportunity, I would like to walk along the coast of Taitung again. About the author: Lu Jianhua Photography (photographer, traveler, self-media person)
