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Urban township in Nantou County, Taiwan
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Jhushan (竹山; literally "Bamboo Mountain", also romanised as Zhushan or Chushan) is a city of about 55,000 people in southwestern Nantou County, Taiwan.
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【前山第一城】石碣
沙東宮國家地震公園
竹山文化園區
芳仕璐昂琉璃藝術館
A museum/gallery which specialises in coloured glass and leadlighting works.
遊山茶訪–茶文化館
Housed in an old tea factory, the Culture House has a number of exhibits on the history of tea production in Taiwan.
藏傘閣觀光工廠
竹山社寮武德宮
竹山連興宮
紫南宮
The temple was established in 1745. It is believed that borrowing money from the Land God will bring good luck, good fortune, and prosperity.
A multi-storey Buddhist temple complex.
車籠埔斷層保存園區
The park was established to commemorate the 921 earthquake in 1999.
溪頭森林
Jhushan is the closest town to Xitou, one of Taiwan's most popular mountain weekend destinations, at 1,000m above sea level in a 100-year-old artificial cedar forest. Accessible by direct bus routes from town. Owned by National Taiwan University, which does forestry research there. Next door is the "Monster Village", a Japanese-enchanted-forest themed tourist village. See article for more information.
杉林溪森林遊樂區
This commercially-run forest recreation area is located at an elevation of 1,600-1,800 meters above sea level, higher than Xitou, with an area of 40 hectares. It consists of herb and flower garden as well as three waterfalls.
忘憂森林
青龍瀑布
A 116m high waterfall that lies along a popular hiking trail.
星期四夜市
A variety of local snacks are available here, such as: octopus balls, milk tea, Dongshan duck head, and fried chicken.
竹山三十年代蕃薯竹筍包
竹山煎餃
山貓茶事
一瓢食宿
知竹常樂主題民宿
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