Pinglin
Pinglin (ๅชๆๅ) is a district of New Taipei.
Understand
Pinglin is most known for producing pouchong tea with over 80% of the population of the district employed in the tea trade. The Pinglin Tea Museum is the world's largest tea museum.
Get in
By bus
From Taipei City (Xindian MRT) take bus 923 (weekdays: leaves hourly at half-past the hour; weekends: on the hour and half-past) or Bus Green 12 (็ถ 12) weekdays: leaves at quarter-past and quarter-to each hour.
Get around
See
Historical sites
- ๐ Pinglin Old Street (ๅชๆ่่ก), โ +886 2 2665 6362.
- ๐ Chen Family's Old House (่ๅ้ณๅ่จ). A historic old house built by Chen Jie Sheng. The house is made of bricks sitting on top of a stone foundation, which was common of houses of wealthier residents at the time.
- ๐ Old Japanese Style Police Station (้็ๅฏฎๆฅๆฌ่ๆดพๅบๆ). The police station was built during the period of Japanese occupation and is over a century old.
Temples
- ๐ Nanshan Temple (ๅๅฑฑๅฏบ), โ +886 2 2665 6697. 07:00-18:00.
- ๐ Baoping Temple (ไฟๅชๅฎฎ), No. 79, Pinglin Street, โ +886 2 2665 8172. 08:00-17:00.
Do
Museums
- ๐ Ping-Lin Tea Museum (ๅชๆ่ถๆฅญๅ็ฉ้คจ), โ +886 2 2665 6035. 09:00-17:00. One of the world's largest tea museums.
Outdoor and nature
- ๐ Jingualiao Creek Fern Trail (้็ๅฏฎ้ญ่จๆญฅ้), โ +886 3 954 5115. A pleasant hiking trail that follows a creek.
- ๐ Jiuqionggen Riverside Park (ไน่ๆ น่ฆชๆฐดๅ ฌๅ).
- ๐ Pinglin Ecological Park (ๅชๆ็ๆ ๅๅ), โ +886 2 2665 7251. 08:00-17:00.
- ๐ Stone Carving Park (ๅชๆ็ณ้ๅ ฌๅ), โ +886 2 2665 7251. A park on a hillside containing a number of carved stone statues.
Pinglin is also a popular site for camping in Taiwan and there are a number of campsites dotted around the district.
Eat
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