The face that we saw on the stone refers to the Stone Duke but there was no further information that I got from my research. Most of the descriptions in the site were Chinese making it difficult for foreigners to understand the symbolisms and meanings of the historic relics. Kiran and I decided to leave the Wufeng Lin Family Mansion Kiran after getting a lot of photos and we boarded Bus 50 that goes directly to the 921 Earthquake Museum. Yes! You read it right. An earthquake museum that will shake your world. A magnitude 7.3 rocked Taiwan on September 21, 1999 with the epicenter in Central Taiwan. The earthquake was so strong that many aftershocks of magnitude greater than 5 were felt across the island. There were damages to life and property and the 921 Earthquake Museum was built to remember that day that changed Taiwan forever. Every Filipino should read this post. Metro Manila is waiting for the coming of the 'Big One' with a strength similar to Taiwan's Earthquake. Everybody will be shaken when the 'great expectation' comes to life.
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| Preserved bent Jiji Line railroad track. |
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| Behind the glass wall is the fault line! |
Regular tickets cost NTD 50 and since we presented our student IDs we only paid NTD 30. The location of the museum was originally a school that was heavily damaged by the earthquake. A fault line is situated under the school's track and field and it caused an uplift on two areas. The uplifted race track is now one of the attractions of the museum. Other attractions include a preserved damaged school building and bent railroad tracks of the Jiji Line. Inside the museum, one can learn many things about the tectonics of the island of Taiwan. The Philippine Plate pushing against the China plate created the high mountains of Taiwan. With every push of the Philippine plate, the island of Taiwan crumples forming tall mountains. It is just simple to say that Taiwan is a 'floating island' above a sea of molten lava.
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| The railroad tracks of the Jiji Line after the magnitude 7.3 earthquake. |
Photos of the damages of the 921 Earthquake were displayed inside the museum and I noticed that houses, buildings and structures built on top of the fault were heavily damaged or even destroyed completely. So if your home stands directly above a fault line and you hesitate to relocate. Think again. You have just booked your one-way ticket to hell!
Another interesting feature in the museum was a portion of the Chelungpu fault line that was inside 921 Earthquake Museum which was dug and displayed inside. Sit back and listen as an instructor gave a lecture about the fault line that caused that magnitude 7.3 earthquake. It's amazing how Taiwan created this museum on top of a fault line but that made me wondered again. If there would be a strong earthquake and it destroyed the 921 Earthquake Museum, will Taiwan built another earthquake museum for the damaged 921 Earthquake Museum? Haha!
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| 3D movie theater |
Aside from the outdoor and indoor installations that will tickle your minds about ground shaking there were also movie theaters to enjoy. Kids would love the 3D animated movie about a city devastated by an earthquake. There was also the earthquake theater which simulates the strong earthquake in 1999. The earthquake theater doesn't look like a movie house but rather it looks live a living room with a soft carpet which was nice to sat on. The room became dark and a film was shown on what happened on the day before the earthquake. A few minutes later, the room began to shake like a strong and powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Taiwan again. Imagine if that would happen in real life. That would be too scary!
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| We boarded Bus 50 from the 921 Earthquake Museum to reach Taichung Station. |
After learning so many things about earthquakes, we decided to go back to Taichung Station and started looking for our hostel. The trip from Wufeng to Taichung Station took 1 hour and at the train station we transferred to Bus 5 which took again 1 hour until we reached the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi were the Precioso Hostel can be easily located. Our stay at Precioso Hostel was not good and I could say that it was the worst hostel that I went to. The owner was just interested in getting money from the guests. As an expert traveller in Taiwan, I know what separates an excellent hostel from a mediocre one.
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| Entrance of Miyahara |
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| Miyahara is just walking distance from Taichung Station |
exploring Yizhong Night Market
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| Buses 35, 41, 70, 71, 100 and 102 goes to this night market. |
funny way to sell barbeque
a street performer
Kiran and I were so hungry and after leaving our bags in the hostel we decided for a night market tour in the busy streets of Taichung. We went back to Taichung Station and we found ourselves in the former Miyahara Eye Clinic which is now an ice cream store before heading to Yizhong Night Market for a bounty feast. Rest was badly needed for our tired bodies as we planned to swim in a sea of flowers for the following day. (To be continued...)
THE COMPLETE "GREAT EXPECTATIONS" SERIES
Taiwan Day 812: Great Expectations Part 1 “Expect the Unexpected”
Taiwan Day 812: Great Expectations Part 2 “Shake, shake, shake”
Taiwan Day 813: Great Expectations Part 3 “Help! I'm Drowning in a Sea of Flowers”
Taiwan Day 813: Great Expectations Finale “A Night with Fengjia”
THE COMPLETE "GREAT EXPECTATIONS" SERIES
Taiwan Day 812: Great Expectations Part 1 “Expect the Unexpected”
Taiwan Day 812: Great Expectations Part 2 “Shake, shake, shake”
Taiwan Day 813: Great Expectations Part 3 “Help! I'm Drowning in a Sea of Flowers”
Taiwan Day 813: Great Expectations Finale “A Night with Fengjia”
THINGS TO DO IN TAICHUNG - CENTRAL TAIWAN
Sakura Series - Taiwan
2025 Forecast
Taipei 101 first flowers
Tianyuan Palace backyard
Taipei Flower Test Center
Pingjing St. Lane 42
Broadwood Park
Sunshine Sports Park kawazu sakura
Wuling Farm (武陵農場)
SYS kawazu sakura
Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village
CKS Memorial Hall
Shibafen Yoshino Sakura
Hope River
Dongfang Temple
Tianyuan Palace
Neicou Stream Trail
Orange Garden Cafe
Yangming Park Visitor Information Center
Yangming Park Service Center Bus Stop
Huashan Road
Qianshan Park
Zhongshan Hall Entrance
Tenglong Sakura Farm
Flower Test Center Shōwa Sakura
Neihu Creek Trail
Shulin Land Office
Xióng Kōng Cherry Blossom Forest
Lung Yen Sakura Forest
Yangming Park cherry stream
Yangming Park fountain
CKS Memorial Hall Tairyō sakura
Wugu District Tianyi Road
CKS Memorial Hall yaesakura
Loving Farm
Yong Long Farm
Zhongbaling Sakura Road
Sun Link Sea
Tai'an Police Station
Cherry Hill Slope
Hsinchu Park
Taipei 101
Kāng Gào Kēng Creek
New Garden City
Broadwood Park
Tianyuan Palace backyard
Pingjing St. Lane 42
Alishan Ranger Station
Alishan House
Alishan Police Station
Alishan Forest Railway
Alishan Station
Alishan Entrance
Alishan Gou Hotel
Alishan Magnolia Garden
Wulai tour
Wun Chang Elementary School
Bishanyan
Sanzhi Sansei Trail
Sakura Series - Taiwan
Nei Cuo Stream
Orange Garden Cafe
Sansei Trail
Tenglong Sakura Farm
Yangming Park Cherry Stream
Yangming Park Fountain
Flower Test Center
Broadwood Park
New Garden City
Yinghua Park
Pingjing St. Lane 42
Yangmingshan Visitor Center
Taipei 101
Tianyuan Palace backyard
Sakura Series - Japan
Kamonyama Park
Near the Nippon Maru Memorial Park
Shinko Park
Minato-mirai 21 area
Tokyo Tech Suzukakedai Campus
Onda River
Tenryuji
Byodoin
Kiyomizudera
Himuro shrine and Yakushi-ji Temple
Hōryū-ji Temple
Nara Park attractions
Tokyo Tech Ookayama Campus
Sumida River
Tsuruma Park
Gion
Maple Series
Taipei Aowanda
Shimen Dam
Alishan
Aowanda
Shanlinxi
Taoyuan Valley Garden
Fushoushan Farm
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| Yehliu to Jiufen? Yehliu to Shifen? Cheaper than yellow taxis |
The "Taipei kong mahal" (My beloved Taipei)
Always in my heart
MRT birdman
Valentine's Day
Tulips Festival
2018 Taipei Lantern Festival
City of Azaleas
Linji Huguo Temple
Nanjichang Night Market
Gudetama Chef restaurant
Dalongdong Bao'an Temple
Shilin hollyhocks
Ningxia Night Market
Ximending graffiti
Discovery Center of Taipei
Chunghwa Postal Museum
Double-Decker Bus
Shilin Cold Balls
Jingimoo
GomanMango
mud volcanic ice
Fire and Ice Dumpling
Opium Fen-Yuan
Ichiran Ramen
Liu Shandong Beef Noodles
hydrangea flowers
National Palace Museum
Other attractions in Taipei
Taipei on a budget
Japanese buildings
Dāoxiāomiàn beef noodles
Presidential Office Building
Yongkang St. and Elephant Mountain
CKS and SYS Hall
City tour
Beitou ramen
MRT Monopoly Game
Winter city tour
Zhicheng Park
Shilin Plum Blossom
Art museums
Shopping in Taipei
Summer desserts
Qingtiangang
Qixingshan hiking
2015 Calla lily
2016 Calla lily
Beitou tour
Beitou-Zhuzihu tour
NTU
Confucius Temple
2015 Dadaocheng Festival
Puppet Museum
Fantasy Ice World
2016 Bread Show
Strawberry picking
2015 Rose Garden
Modern Toilet
Shilin Night Market
NASA Exhibit
Raohe Night Market
Longshan Temple
2013 Taipei Zoo
Maokong Gondola
Lupin flowers
Taipei 101 day visit
Taipei 101 night visit
Tiger Mountain
Din Tai Fung
Taipei Story House
2014 Flower Show
Chrysanthemum Show
Miramar Ferris wheel
Miniatures Museum
Archery
1600 Pandas
Wulaoguo hot pot
Upside Down House
2016 101 Fireworks
New Taipei
Tamsui Pumpkin Tunnel
Shifen Waterfall
2017 Sand Sculpture
Dragon Caves
New Taipei tour
2016 Kite Festival
Pingxi Crags
Bitou Cape
2016 Sand Sculpture
2015 Christmasland
Juming - Jinshan
Houtong - Pingxi
Sandiaoling Waterfall
Jiufen foodtrip
Guanyinshan hike
Yehliu Ocean World
2014 Kite Festival
Pingxi Rail tour
Jinguashi tour
Vigor Kobo Pineapple
British Consulate
Yehliu Geopark
2014 Sand Sculpture
Paragliding
2014 Christmasland
2014 Pingxi Lantern
firefly watching
Yingge Ceramics Street
Jiufen tour
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