Saturday Aug 3rd after sleeping on the wood floor we were ready to
go and see Pingxi. When buying the train ticket we made sure that we got the
one where you could get off at different stops to see different things. Heading
to Pingxi the first stop we got off at was Shifen (十分) that was known for having beautiful waterfall.
When looking at a map it wasn’t clear how to get to so we took a taxi to get
there but when we got there we walked through many bridges and climbed many
stairs. But when we got to the Shifen Waterfall it was such a beautiful vivid
color of green because of all the algae that I didn’t expect.
After we were done at the waterfall we found the same the taxi driver and he took us down the mountain and told us that the Shifen lanterns were better than the Pingxi lanterns. We were originally going to Pingxi to light a lantern but then decided that we would light a lantern in Shifen instead. Heading over to make a lantern we picked one with different colors and each color meant something different. Once we pick our lantern color that had 4 different meanings we decided that 2 sides we would write in Chinese and the other 2 sides would be in English. Once we were done writing on all sides a lantern worker came to light the lantern and take our picture. It was really fun to light a lantern and see it fly. After the lantern floated away we were back on the train to Pingxi which had the same feel as Shifen. So we looked around the shops and headed back to the train where we would have to switch trains or take a bus back toTaipei .
After we were done at the waterfall we found the same the taxi driver and he took us down the mountain and told us that the Shifen lanterns were better than the Pingxi lanterns. We were originally going to Pingxi to light a lantern but then decided that we would light a lantern in Shifen instead. Heading over to make a lantern we picked one with different colors and each color meant something different. Once we pick our lantern color that had 4 different meanings we decided that 2 sides we would write in Chinese and the other 2 sides would be in English. Once we were done writing on all sides a lantern worker came to light the lantern and take our picture. It was really fun to light a lantern and see it fly. After the lantern floated away we were back on the train to Pingxi which had the same feel as Shifen. So we looked around the shops and headed back to the train where we would have to switch trains or take a bus back to
Sunday I wanted to go to the National Palace Museum
in Taipei but
since it was summer it was really busy really but still fun to see. Since we were students studying in Taiwan we could
go see the museum for free. My favorite pieces would have to be the scrolls and
the paintings because all the detailed work would have taken time and patience
to get the pictures to look life like. It
was incredible to see that many years of history preserved. After looking at
all the antique pieces it was time to get on a bus to leave for Taichung because there
would be school Monday however it was still an exciting weekend!
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