Luchang Village

Northern Taiwan


High-altitude Luchang Village is in a stunningly beautiful setting reached via a deep canyon road 15km southeast of Nanzhuang village. There is no bus here, so you'll have to take a taxi from Nanzhuang if you don't have your own transport. A few kilometres further up the road is the trailhead to the 2220m-high Jiali Mountain (加里山; Jiālǐ Shān).


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3.01 MILES

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2. Saisiyat Folklore Museum

3.03 MILES

On the shore of Xiangtian Lake, this museum is dedicated to the Saisiyat (賽夏族) and their intriguing Festival of the Short People (賽夏族矮靈祭; Sàixiàzú Ǎlíngjì…

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4.45 MILES

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4. Guanwu Forest Recreation Area

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7. Zhitian Temple

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