Wanrong Township; Fenglin Town -- Passionate Hakka, boiling hot springs

Shin Kong Chao Feng Ranch&Resort

Farm trips

Shin Kong Chao Feng Ranch&Resort;Linrong Recreation Area

Shin Kong Chao Feng Ranch&Resort is centered on a European style garden, with diverse facilities, a zoo and orchard, and is well-worth visiting for having fun as well as relaxing. Don't forget to try some of it's renowned milk and creamy ice cream. Linrong Recreation Area in front of the ticket booth, with a visitor center, toilets and parking spaces, provides travel information and services.

Hakka settlement visits

Fenglin Hakka Museum

Fenglin Town is a Hakka settlement; while Changqiao borough has the highest percentage of Hakka people. The town has many scenic spots worth visiting and will take visitors e on a nostalgic trip back to how life in a Hakka settlement was in the past.

Fenglin Tobacco Building Cultural Village

Fenglin Hakka Museum is in Fenglin Park and mainly exhibits Hakka cultural relics, describing the life of the Hakka who settled in Hualien in early days, their material culture, economics and other aspects of Fenglin's history.

Principal's Dream Factory

Fenglin Town is known as "the home of principals". Principal's Dream Factory illustrates the deligent "work in the fields on fine days, study when it rains" spirit of Hakka culture. The element in the permanent exhibition is "The oral history of Fenglin's principals". The theme of the community activity display is chosen by local schools or other units. The "Xi Zi Ting (Respect Knowledge Pavilion)" next to Principal"s Dream Factory symbolizes the importance of studying hard to the Hakka in the past.

Embrace mountain town, soak in hot springs

Lin Tien Shan

Lin Tien Shan is known as Hualien's "Little Jinfen." It is a small hill town that became prosperous because of logging in the Japanese colonial era. At it's peak it had a population of around 2000 and was well facilitated: schools, markets, a theatre and a clinic etc. As forestry policy changed, Lin Tien Shan faded and, through community efforts, was given a new lease of life. It is now a park with cafe, a forestry culture exhibition hall, a theatre and a forest railway trail as well as Taiwan's best preserved and most distinctive logging base.

Hongye Hot Springs

Hongye Hot Springs in Wanrong Township ranks alongside Ruishui and Antong Hot springs as one of the three famous hot springs of Hualien. The water is clear and scentless. Hongye Hot Springs Hotel is a Japanese style wooden building that was a high-class hotel in the Japanese colonial era and is one of the few wooden hot springs hotels in Taiwan. The round mosaicked bath has an old-time charm; relaxing physically and mentally in a hot springs bath is one of the best pleasures in life.