TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—Taipei City’s Geotechnical Engineering Office (GEO) recommends the public to get away from crowded attractions and pay a visit to the Baishihu (White Stone Lake, 白石湖) area and the nearby Bishan Temple (碧山巖開漳聖王廟) in Neihu District during the Lunar New Year holiday.
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The GEO said that this year the pond that is shaped into a heart (同心池) is decorated by red poinsettias on the heart-shaped island in the middle and green shrubs on the outer edge of the pond. The pond has been a Facebook check-in hot spot and popular with lovebirds.
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GEO Slope Conservation Section chief Chen Jian-fan (陳建帆) said that the Baishihu area is not only well known for its heart-shaped pond and the Baishihu suspension bridge (白石湖吊橋), many other spots in the area are also worth visiting, including a couple of lakes and trails, the Huang family’s old house (黃氏古厝), and a bamboo forest.
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How to get there:
By car: Take Jinlong Rd. (金龍路), turn to Bishan Rd. (碧山路), follow signs to reach Bishan Temple (碧山巖)
By public transportation: Get off at MRT Neihu Station, take S2 and get off at Bishanyen (Baishihu)
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The Huang Family's old house (Photo courtesy of the GEO)
