Hsinchu Map, Taiwan

Hsinchu Travel Guide

Before we end this Hsinchu travel guide, we must add that although a visit during the Lunar New Year can indeed get exciting, not everyone will be able to bear with the ‘chilly’ winter of this ‘Windy City’. But if you choose to visit Hsinchu during the festival, you will have a gala-time. Try Ba wan, rice noodles, pork meatballs and even floral Hakka attires, you will come to like the city and its people. A... read more

Hsinchu History

By 1723, the Qing Dynasty set up Danshuei Sub-prefecture in Chuchien, which was bounded by bamboo groves that acted as defense walls and gates. In 1825, the bamboo walls and city gates surrounding Danshuei wer changed into brick and stone walls (only the East gate survived). After the Danshuei sub-prefecture was dissolved in 1875, the north of Taiwan was split into Danshuei, Yilan and Hsinchu. The Chuchien area... read more

Hsinchu Sightseeing

East Gate. Situated at the intersection of Dongmen and Zhongzheng roads, it is the city’s most notable landmark. Designated as a Class 2 historic site, the ancient East Gate of Hsinchu lies in the center of the city and rightly merits the name ‘Heart of Hsinchu.’ It was originally built of bamboo poles and granite base then renovated in concrete in 1826. read more