2015 PPSSC

Optional Tour

Hsinchu City Tour	Itinerary
Pick-up: AM 08:00-18:30 Date: April 13, 2015 At: Lobby of Sheraton Hsinchu Hotel Duration: 10.5hr Fare: NTD 3,000	Mawudo Exploration Forest Nei Wen traditional Hakka restaurant Nei Wen Old Street HsiuChu Du Cheng Huang Temple

Mawudo Exploration Forest Mawudo Exploration Forest is near the north part of Taiwan. The forest has many natural features and creates an environment for a diversity of animal species. It is much loved by tourists for a rich diversity of plants and animals living in this well-planned leisure park. If you come here, don’t forget to take a photo with the 500-year-old waxberry tree in the park and take some sweet memories with you.
Nei Wen Traditional Hakka Restaurant Within all the attractions, Nei Wen cinema is one of the most popular spots. The cinema has been restored into a traditional Hakka restaurant which offers great food, where old classic movies are played for free for dining guests, providing the experience of travelling through time, back to the old days.
Nei Wen Old Street In Nei Wen, there are many scenery spots such as Nei Wen suspension bridge and Nei Wen old street; Nei Wen train station is also a well known spot which many tourists like to stay. Nei Wen suspension bridge is a key traffic way across Lo-Sie and Nan-pin. On the bridge, you can outlook all scenes of Lo-Sie river valley. Nei Wen old bridge is beyond the Nei Wen train station and many gourmet food are available, such as Hakka food, traditional shaved ice, curd and cake. Experience "Re Tea": Re Tea is a tea desert which Hakka people provide to their important guests. Re means grounding. You put sesame, peanut to a bowl made of clay and pour cold or hot water in to mix before you can drink it. And then we will try some Hakka desert: Mochi( sticky rice cakes) . Specialty Gourmet FoodsSteamed wild ginger-flower rice is famous throughout Taiwan, and it is also the most popular local delicacy. Furthermore, Hakka sticky rice, Hakka Stir-fry, vegetable buns are traditional Hakka foods that should not be missed by visitors to Nei Wen
HsiuChu Du Cheng Huang Temple For millenniums, Taoism has been the most popular and influential religion among the Chinese people. It is unique to China, as no similar belief has ever been found in other countries.“Tao” in Chinese means “way” or “path”. The religion encourages the human mind to strive towardsthe path of purification.