Sioulin Township, Hualien, Taiwan
Originally known as Tapido, which means 'sugar cane' in the language used by the aboriginal Truku tribe, Tianxiang is a small village that serves as a resting area for many visitors. It was renamed to honour the Song Dynasty hero who resisted Kublai Khan and subsequently executed after four years of imprisonment.
There's a statue of the hero at the park in the village, but my BFF and I didn't go there due to time constraints.
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| An alternative way to spell: Tien-Hsiang |
Before going for lunch, we went to take a quick look at the visitor centre.
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| The two staff were too engrossed in something that they didn't have a glance at us. |
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| Anyone has the hobby of collecting and preserving insects? |
There's a luxurious hotel called Silks Place Taroko Hotel (5*). Had I known its existence earlier, I would've stayed there for a night. I think there's also a youth hostel at Tianxiang.
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| Bamboo rice, anyone? |
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| Pikachu was waiting for one more dish: stir-fried boar! :D |
After lunch, we went to the one and only 7-Eleven store next to the green-blue-yellow post office building.
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| I wanted to grab them all! :P |
Can you imagine living in such a small, peaceful village?
There's a Catholic church and a Presbyterian church in Tianxiang. We decided to check the former out.
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| As you can see, there are quite a number of steps to climb. |
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| "If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit." (Galatians 5:25) |
Flowers are grown on the grounds of the church.
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| Is there a line of symmetry? |
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| Somehow I'm imagining them to be falling stars~ |
Coming up next is Xiangde Temple.
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