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Are you tired of Taipei?  About an hour away from Taipei, there is a mysterious hill town called Jiufen that not only attracts thousands of tourists visit every day, but also is a location for many famous movie and drama.

Due to the inconvenient transfer and the small parking lot, more and more people have chosen chartered car to enjoy this journey. Certainly, it is also one of the best-selling products for the Orange Cat travel (Taiwan Driver Guide).

Today #橘貓出任務 The first stop takes you to visit the most worthwhile attractions in North of Taiwan, including all secrets that only locals know.

# Attractions 1 "Jiufen Gold Mine Museum" Daren takes you to experience Jiu Culture

The origin of Jiufen is gold mine, and early miners survived by mining. As the years passed, the unique mining technology was gradually lost, and the only remaining mining sites were in Jiufen.

The Jiufen Goldore Museum is the only place to take you back to the Golden Era. Stepping into the museum, the simulated mine pit is in front of you, showing the tools used by the early miners and the miners' pits. The pit is placed with an old mining car that has been in existence for 80 years and is also a popular attraction for tourists.

Turning a corner is fascinated area, hundreds of glittering ores are in the old cabinets.  The guide carefully explained the story for each ore. It is also clear that small insect fossils are in the ore. The second floor is a small gold rush experience space, teaching traditional gold rushing techniques, from the most primitive smashing and then using ancient instruments to roll, the ground stones are put into the machine for cleaning. Repeated washing several times, the more obvious the material of silver and platinum, we called "gold".

# Attractions 2 "淂藝洋行" is invisible in the old tea house in Jiufen Street

Away from the prosperous Jiufen Old Street, there is a decades of old house on your left side, after renovating, it is a good place for afternoon tea in the local people. The signboard in the store is pure natural tea. "Essence of Tea Cream" and "Tieguanyin Cream", made by natural and pesticide-free irrigation, without adding any flavor, It tastes really fresh in the hot weather, They also sell tea products in the store, many foreigners buy as souvenior.

# Attractions 3 "阿婆魚羹" 60-year-old shop handmade sprayed fish balls

I heard from media - there is a famous shop when you walk in Jiofen Old Street.  I saw that the boss was very busy to serve the customers in the store. It was already took over third generation, Unlike other stores the price is not expensive but quality is pretty high. The boss uses Taiwanese ingredients to make homemade fishball, the most snack is called "five color fishballs", it's created by different fish, most of people like black fishball, made by squid tastes fresh and little sweet.

# Attractions 4 "Golden Waterfall" giant golden rock wall

The snow-white clear waterfall is quite common, but the golden waterfall is amazing for everyone! Our more common waterfalls are on both sides of the cliffs and can only be quietly admired from afar. The golden waterfalls beside the Jinguashi Highway, just a short pause, the majestic waterfalls appear in front of you, due to the early waterfall creek upstream For the mining of copper mines, the heavy metal deposits the riverbed for many years, causing the water to be full of oxidized metal mineral color, and forming a golden waterfall landscape. Over time, people call this a golden waterfall.

# Attractions 5 "Baoshishan Lookout" The shortest 360 degree viewing platform in Taiwan

Located on the old site of Jinguashi, the time-keeping mountain trail was originally a silent viewing platform. In recent years, it has been renovated by the New Taipei City Government and instantly became a popular tourist attraction. Why recommend it?  It takes only 2 minutes to overlook the Jinguashi and the Yinyang Sea. Different from other dangerous viewing trails, It is easy for both elders and children. From the top of platform, the condescending trails and the unique beauty of the yinyang sea, backed by number of mountain, looks extraordinarily spectacular, I believe that will soon people plan to go on a pilgrimage there.

In addition to the bustling Jiufen Old Street, these hidden spots, let everyone re-recognize Jiufen, Jinguashi, more information and photos can go to the orange cat charter travel fan page to view

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