Eight Views of Taiwan

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Taroko Gorge

The Eight Views of Taiwan (Chinese: 臺灣八景) have been talked about at different times in Taiwan's history.^{[citation needed]}

Qing Dynasty[]

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Under Japanese occupation[]

In 1927 (during Japanese occupation), the Taiwan Nichinichi Shimpō (Japanese: 臺灣日日新報) reported the Eight Views of Taiwan as:

• Rising Sun Hill (旭岡), now , Keelung
• Tansui
• Eight Immortals Mountain
• Sun Moon Lake
• Alishan
• Ape Hill (now National Sun Yat-sen University)
• Cape Eluanbi
• Taroko

Republic of China[]

The earlier version of the Eight Views of Taiwan was defined by the Taiwan Provincial Government in 1953:

• Zintun (Sun Moon Lake in Thao language)
• Yushan (mountain)
• Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan)
• Alishan National Scenic Area
• Yangmingshan
• Taroko National Park
• Qingshui Cliff
• Penghu

The latest version of the Eight Views of Taiwan was defined by the ROC Ministry of Transportation in 2005 because of the change and transformation of the scenarios:

• Taipei 101
• National Palace Museum, Taipei
• Sun Moon Lake
• Alishan
• Yushan
• Kaohsiung Love River
• Kenting
• Taroko National Park

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See also[]

• Eight Views in China, Japan and Korea
• Eight Views of Xiaoxiang
• Eight Views of Jinzhou (Dalian)
• Eight Views of Lushun South Road, Dalian
• Eight Views of Omi, Japan
• Eight Views of Korea
• Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, by Hokusai and Hiroshige