Kenting National Park 墾丁國家公園 is in at the extreme southern tip of Taiwan. It is famous for its beautiful beaches and lush vegetation.
Kenting National Park is a national park located in the Hengchun Peninsula of Pingtung County, Taiwan, covering Hengchun, Checheng and Manjhou Townships. Established on January 1, 1984, it is Taiwan's oldest and southernmost national park, covering the southernmost area of the Taiwan island. Administered by the Executive Yuan's Ministry of the Interior, this national park is well-known for its tropical climate and sunshine, scenic mountain and beach, the Spring Scream rock-band festival held in every March, and has long been one of the most favorite resort places in Taiwan.
The park covers about 181 square kilometers of land, 152 square kilometers of sea, weighing in at 333 square kilometers combined. It is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Taiwan Strait and the Luzon Strait. The park is 90 km away from Kaohsiung, 140 km away from Tainan.
The landscape boasted by Kenting National Park is divided into two parts by the long and narrow Hengchun Longitudinal Valley Plain that extends from north to south. With coral sea cliffs teemed with fringing reefs along the west coast, the park features a large number of mountains in the north, and coral tablelands and foothills in the south. The plain, which is formed by fault valleys, has a vast lake called Longlyuantan, together with rising coral tablelands and limestone caves to the east. The east side of the coral tablelands features unique sand rivers and sand waterfalls formed by the combined effects of winds and rivers, as well as coral cliffs, sunken caves and stalactites.
The symbol of Kenting National Park.
Eluanbi lighthouse in the Kenting National Park
Taiwan's Southern Most Point in Kenting National Park
Taiwan's Southern Most Point in Kenting National Park
Taiwan's Southern Most Point in Kenting National Park
Taiwan's Southern Most Point in Kenting National Park
Taiwan's Southern Most Point in Kenting National Park
Taiwan's Southern Most Point in Kenting National Park
East Coast in Kenting National Park
MINI ME!
Natural gas pit 出火特别景观区
There’s a natural gas “pipe” flowing underneath the ground and the gas would rise to ground level. Someone then lit it up with fire and since then, it has become an undying barbecued pit.
Hengchun (恆春鎮 literally Eternal Spring Town) of Pingtung County is the southernmost township in Taiwan. Hengchun is also the only urban township in the southern part of Pingtung County. Hengchun has a land area of 136.7630 square kilometers and has a population of 31,288 as of December 2007.
The city of Hengchun is the entry way to Kenting National Park, the southernmost National Park in the country. With pristine beaches and a vibrant tourist industry, the Hengchun area often attracts more travelers than local residents. The city itself was once completely surrounded by a city wall; now about half of the wall remains intact, as well as the four city gates. On weekends, the streets of nearby Kenting are filled with cars and tour buses.
The 2008 Taiwanese film Cape No. 7 海角七号, the top-grossing film in Taiwan's film history, features Hengchun.
Aga (阿嘉) house (in flim)
Cape No. 7 (海角七号) is a 2008 Taiwanese romance comedic music-drama film written and directed by Wei Te-Sheng, his first full-length motion picture. The film is in Taiwanese and Mandarin Chinese with significant lines in Japanese. Before its commercial release, the film was world premiered on June 20, 2008 at the 2008 Taipei Film Festival as the opening film. The film later won 3 awards in this festival.
Prior to this film, the two leading actors Van Fan (范逸臣) and Chie Tanaka 田中千絵 only had minor acting experience while some of the supporting roles were filled by non-actors. Even without a strong promotional campaign, the film had become so popular in Taiwan that on November 1, 2008 it became the 2nd top grossing film in the country's cinematic history, behind Titanic. The film has grossed over US$13,804,531 since its release.
The film has won 15 awards to date, including 6 at the 2008 Golden Horse Awards. It was also Taiwan's entry to compete in the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, although it did not secure a nomination.
In the 1940s near the end of the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, an unnamed teacher (Kousuke Atari) dispatched to the southernmost town of Hengchun falls in love with a local girl with the Japanese name Kojima Tomoko (Rachel Liang). After the Surrender of Japan, the teacher is forced to return home as the Chinese occupation of Taiwan resumed. On his trip home, he pens seven love letters to express his regret for leaving Kojima Tomoko, who originally planned to elope with him to Japan.
More than 60 years after the teacher left Kojima Tomoko, Aga (Van Fan) is introduced as a struggling young Hengchun-native rock band singer who could not find success in Taipei. After returning to his hometown, Aga's step father (Ju-Lung Ma), the Town Council Representative, arranged a position for him as a postman, replacing the aging Old Mao (Johnny C.J. Lin), on leave after a motorcycle accident broke his leg. One day, Aga comes across an undeliverable piece of mail that was supposed to be returned to the sender; the daughter of the now deceased Japanese teacher has decided to mail the unsent love letters to Taiwan after discovering them. Aga unlawfully keeps and opens the package to discover its contents, but the old Japanese-style address Cape No. 7, Kōshun District, Takao Prefecture can no longer be found.
Meantime a local resort hotel inside Kenting National Park is organizing a beach concert featuring Japanese pop singer Kousuke Atari, but Aga's step father makes use of his official position to insist that the opening band be composed of locals. Tomoko (Chie Tanaka), an over-the-hill Mandarin-speaking Japanese fashion model dispatched to Hengchun, is assigned the difficult task of managing this hastily assembled band, led by Aga along with six other locals of rather particular backgrounds. After a frustrating trial period, Aga and Tomoko unexpectedly begin a relationship. With some assistance from hotel maid Mingchu (Shino Lin), who is revealed to be Kojima Tomoko's granddaughter, Tomoko helps Aga find the rightful recipient of the seven love letters. Tomoko then tells Aga that she plans on returning to Japan after the concert because of a job offer. After returning the seven love letters, a heartbroken but determined Aga returns to the beach resort and performs a highly successful concert with his local band alongside Kousuke Atari, during which Tomoko read the seven love letters composed 60 years ago.
Owner of the house
Owner of the house
My passport!!haha
on the way to Guanshan 关山.
Next stop was a hill called Guanshan 关山, where if its a clear day, one could see awesome sunset. The hill was practically full with people.
Kenting is a really nice place to visit despite has little to offer especially if you don’t like to swim or surf. However, the moment we were at high ground, looking at clear blue sky, sandy beaches and turquoise sea water, the feeling was exceptionally good, as if you were at the top of the world. For this particular view, it was worth spending extra money to go Kenting.
Night market at Kenting.
马拉桑(MaLaSun)是什么意思呢？“马拉桑”(MaLaSun)是台湾原住民话，意思是喝酒醉、喝高了的意思.
“马拉桑”为台湾省少数民族语言中的“喝醉啦”的意思。本域名注册是缘于台语的阿美族的口头常用语 “马拉桑”（英文为MaLaSun 或 Ma La Sun），“马拉桑”此后又被引申在电影《海角七号》做一款小米酒的名称.
巧合的是，2008年台湾本土电影《海角七号》出现小米酒制造商也叫“马拉桑” （马拉桑小米酒-其广告语：千年传统，全新感受），片中的马拉桑小米酒销售员“马拉桑先生”成为全台“超级业务员”的最佳典范，“马拉桑”锲而不舍的行销精神值得每个业务销售人员学习！
