Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium

In 1864, the Wenwei and Wenping community school raised funds to construct the temple to raise the cultural standards, promote Confucianism, improve local literacy, train scholars for the imperial examinations and encourage education in the area. The temple was completed in 1871 as a Confucian Temple, retaining the two original shrines in name, operation and assets distribution, which were the Wenwei and Wenbing Shrines.

This is a Buddhist temple which features the “Big Buddha”. The gold, seven-floor Buddha is dedicated to Bodhisattva Maitreya (彌勒菩萨). The temple grounds also include a Japanese Shinto shrine. 15 min visit.

DaKeng in BeiTun District has several hiking paths along elevated wooden walkways. Trails are connected and some loop to connect with other trails. In summer, come early to beat the heat. Trails are numbered with some gaps (closed/disappeared trail? No more 5). Initial and more popular trails from farmers market are 9, 9-1, and 10, the latter two, more stairs-intensive. Mostly well-maintained concrete, stairs or wood platforms path. Partly sun exposed depending on conditions. About 30 min one-way. After those, stop at Guanyin pavillon and either loop back, either continue on trails 6, 7 or a mix of them as they partly intertwined. Trail 8 a bit on side. Finishing north at Wind-moved rock and a small temple before looping back. Full loop about 2-3 hours.

The oldest park in Taichung. It was built when Taiwan was under Japanese rule and is also called “Chungshan Park” ('Sun Yat-sen park').

A world-class opera house designed by famous architect Toyo Ito.

Established during the height of the Qing Dynasty more than 200 years ago, it is home to a couplet written by Emperor Kuangshu. It is also nited for its lifelike carvings.