Hsinchu Map, Taiwan

Hsinchu History

In 1711, Wang Shi Jie became the first Chinese settler from southern Fuchien to reside in Hsinchu and began developing farmlands. In fact, many farming areas in the present Hsinchu were established way back. read more

Hsinchu Sightseeing

Cheng Huang Temple. Located at the junction of Zhongshan Road and Dongmen Street is a mid-18th century Taoist temple having a pair of stone-carved lions on its façade. The temple was commissioned to be built by the officer of Tamshuen Jen Z-Ing in 1784. An added attraction to this temple is its most important relic, board sign, saying “the protection of the Golden Gate,” which was given by Qing Emperor Guangxu. read more

Hsinchu Travel Guide

Hsinchu city, as said, is one of Taiwan’s early settled areas but still the city does not boast of many traditional structures except for a very few like the 1748-built City God Temple and the East Gate (or the Yingxi Gate built in the first half of the 19th century under Qing Dynasty’s rule). The basic planning of the present city was done by the Japanese, specifically Japanese army (who had pulled down many of... read more