Tainan -- Zuozhen Dist

Erlaio Sunrise

Erlaio Sunrise

Although the altitude of Erliao is as high as that of Ali Mountain, it gives the breathtaking sunrise and Erliao is one of the places that photographers love to visit in Taiwan. IN the dawn, the valley of Moon World is enshrouded by a sea of clouds which make the place picturesque. As the sun comes out, radiant beams of light gild the clouds. It's really like a dreamland.

World Travel Service Center (former Gangling Elementary School)

The deserted Ganglin Elementary School is turned into an Eco Travel Service Center providing services such as travel information, maps, and touring guidance. The old school houses are turned into accommodations and camp ground. The Travel Service Center is a model work of making use of the deserted space.

Cilian Temple

Ganglin Was once called Dishueizai (literally, it means dewdrop). Cilian Temple is in the heart of the basin and embraced by mountains, which makes the Temple get it's name Dishuei Lianhuahu (literally it suggests the place is like the lotus standing in the middle of the basin). There is a foot path beside the Temple, suitable for family trips, and relaxation.

Bama Pingpu Culture Museum (beside Zuozhen Church)

Bama means great priest's land in Siraya Tribe's language, which suggests that the place was contributed by the great priest. Bama Pingpu Culture Museum houses over two hundred items of Pingpu Tribe's historical relics. The Museum is important for learning the culture of Pingpu Tribe.

Gamagajyu Temple

Gamagajyu Temple is one of the four temples worshiping Karmapa in the world. It is the largest Tibetan Buddhism Temple and is built by the Taiwanese Tulku. The Temple makes a beautiful demonstration of the marriage of Buddhist culture and architecture.

Tainan Ts'ai-liao Fossil Museum

Ts'ai-liao Fossil Museum is built in 1981 and houses fossils discovered in Tsailiao River. Besides, there are fossils of the Homo sapiens, Zuoxhen People, and Chinese Rhinoceros. These fossils disclose us Taiwan's past. Natural History Education Museum gives fossil exhibitions. It's 2nd and 3rd floors present the historical relics of Pingpu Tribe of Siraya, and Chun-Mu Chen's, "Mr.Fossil," collection of fossils and journals.

Gaoshan Moon World

The strange-looking badland, Moon World, can be seen in Caoshan in Zuozhen of Tainan City, Neimen, Tianliao and Yanchao of Kaohsiung City. It is comprised of sandstone and shale. When it rains, the earth absorbs the water and becomes muddy, while it turns back into hard stones as the moisture is evaporated. Long been eroded by the rainwater, Caoshan Creek and Ganglin Creek, the Moon World gives cliffs and strange stones, where common plants rarely can survive but thorny bamboo and white popinac. Caoshan Moon World presents a typical badland feature in Taiwan. On the top of 308 Highland, tourists can survey the Moon world.