Getting to know Taiwan

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Getting to know Taiwan

• About Taiwan
• Taiwans attractions
• Taiwans culture and art

Picture source Welcome to Taiwan
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Getting to know Taiwan

• Through introducing a strange country, Taiwan,
  you can get some concepts about Taiwans general
  information, famous places, culture, and art
  before the next activity comes. The goal of the
  class is to help you understanding Taiwan, and
  then you can get some ideas for the next
  activity, Webquest.

Picture source Clip Art and Media
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About Taiwan

• General description
• President Chen Shui-bian
• Capital city Taipei
• Main language Mandarin Chinese, Min-nan.
• Geography Island (off the southeastern
  coast of mainland Asia)
• Weather Hot and humid

Picture source Sheng-Web
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Taiwans Attractions

• Natural scenic places
• 1. Northeast Coast National Scenic Area
• -Its coastline runs 66 kilometers.
• 2. East Coast National Scenic Area
• -A river runs from east mountains to the
  Pacific Ocean.

Picture source East Rift Valley National Scenic
Area
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Taiwans Attractions

• Natural scenic places
• 3. East Rift Valley National Scenic Area (Rivers
  are the main characteristic.)
• -North Valley There are farms, forests, and
  aboriginal cultural sites.
• -Central Valley The main feature is rural
  villages.
• -South Valley Divided into three main areas
  by rivers.
• (1) Chishang/ Guanshan/ Southern
  Cross-Island Highway.
• (2) Luye/ Yanping
• (3) Beinan

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Taiwans Attractions

• National scenic places
• 1. Yangmingshan National Park
• -The area 28400 hectare.
• -A lots of various plants and animals.
• -The renown the wealth of unusual
  volcanic features and topography.

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Taiwans Attractions

• National scenic places
• 2. Yushan National Park
• -The area 105,4908 hectare.
• -Cover three mountains, Nantou Hsien,
  Chayi Hsien, Kaoshan Hsien and
• Hualien Hsien.
• -The main economical resource for local
  people is forests.
• -The area of biological reserve occupies
  70520.9 ha.

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Taiwans Attractions

• National scenic places
• 3. Kinmen National Park
• -The area 3720 hectare.
• -Include five areas Mt. Taiwu, Kuningtou,
  Kukang, Mashan Hill and Liehyu.
• -Underwent many representable wars.
• -The first national park of historic-war
  reserve , cultural and biological reserve.

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Taiwans culture and art

• Culture
• - Culture backgrounds from China, Japan,
  Holland,
• Spain, Portugal, and aborigine.
• -Chinese culture is the mainstream.
• -Colonial cultures are presented to
  architectures.
• -Taiwans diet is famous in the world.

Picture source Welcome to Taiwan
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Taiwans culture and art

• Art
• -Stone and wood carving
• -Traditional Chinese painting of mountains and
  water
• -Different cultural dances
• -Traditional opera
• -Puppet shows
• -Architectures
• -Embroidery
• -Chinese Music erhu fiddle, Lonng Chinese
  zither, etc.

Picture source Beautiful cultures
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References

• 1. http//202.39.225.132/jsp/Eng/html/search/in
  dex.jsp
• Welcome to Taiwan
• 2. http//www.ymsnp.gov.tw/HTML/ENGNEW/INDEX.HT
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• Yangmingshan National Park
• 3. http//www.ysnp.gov.tw/en/main.htm
• Yushan National Park
• 4. http//www.kmnp.gov.tw/english/index.htm
• Kinmen National Park
• 5. http//www.necoast-nsa.gov.tw/main.php?id2
• Northeast Coast National Scenic Area
• 6. http//www.eastcoast-nsa.gov.tw/en/index.php?
  PHPSESSID99958f710fd2487c70ef95a5565d1def
• East Coast National Scenic Area
• 7. http//www.erv-nsa.gov.tw/web-en/index-en.htm
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• East Rift Valley National Scenic Area
• 8. http//dgl.microsoft.com
• Clip Art and Media
• 9. http//www.ylib.com/hotsale/arts_tw/tradition
  al.htm
• Beautiful cultures

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Prepare the next activity WebQuest

• Welcome to Taiwan
• http//www.wku.edu/yu-hsin.lin/index.htm