Shifen Waterfall

Located in Pingxi District, Xinbei City, Taiwan, ten falls is a famous scenic spot of Pingxi line of Taiwan Railway Branch. It is located in the waterfall group in the upper reaches of Keelung River. With a drop height of about 20 meters and a width of about 40 meters, Shishi waterfall is the largest curtain waterfall in Taiwan

Shifen Waterfall

Located in Pingxi District, Xinbei City, Taiwan, ten falls is a famous scenic spot of Pingxi line of Taiwan Railway Branch. It is located in the waterfall group in the upper reaches of Keelung River. With a drop height of about 20 meters and a width of about 40 meters, Shishi waterfall is the largest curtain waterfall in Taiwan.

geographical position

Ten waterfall is located in nanshanli, Pingxi District, Xinbei City, between Dahua station and ten station of the railway branch line, in ten scenic spot.

The actual geographical location of Shishi scenic spot is on the tributary of Keelung River, which belongs to the type of waterfall Valley in Taiwan scenic spot. Moreover, Keelung River is the largest and longest river in northern China. Due to the relationship between the erosion of the source and the nearby cutting terrain, many fault layers and strange rocks are created. After the river passes through these faults and strange rocks, the flow speed is fast, resulting in many waterfall wonders .

In the north, from Houdong to sandiaoling, and then to Shiliao and Pingxi, a series of waterfalls are formed,

Ten waterfall is the most famous waterfall scenic spot.

The origin of the name

The original meaning is "Shifen", which means there are ten families working together to build their homes here.

Characteristic landscape

The fall of Shishi waterfall is about 20 meters, the width is about 40 meters, and the direction of the outer rock is opposite to the direction of the water flow. It is an anticline waterfall. This situation is similar to that of niagara waterfall in North America, which makes it win the reputation of "niagara waterfall in Taiwan".

Under the waterfall, the pool is very deep, and the water vapor has been diffused for a long time. Once refracted by the sunlight, a clear rainbow crosses it, so it has the good name of "Rainbow abyss". There are many boulders in the lower reaches, which are eroded and scoured by water,

After constant collapse and retreat, it forms a unique landscape.

Because the waterfall is like a thousand horses galloping, pouring down, and the sound of water is everywhere, it falls into a large broad deep pool. The diffuse water is refracted by the sun, and a beautiful rainbow is shown on the surface of the pool. The nearby "Dahua pot hole" has the beauty of nature's uncanny workmanship. It has become a famous scenic spot of Pingxi branch line of Taitie, and is quite popular with tourists.

Tourism information

Ten waterfall park has camping area, barbecue area, villa area, Riverside fishing area, animal park, stone forest recreation area, great mountain view scenic area, suspension bridge, field physical training ground, children's play pool and 120 stone carving Guanyin forest area. As Shitai scenic spot is privately operated (the industrial land is operated by Shitai waterfall Yule Co., Ltd.), tickets are required to visit Shitai waterfall.

Take Pingxi line of Taiwan Railway Administration. The scenic spot is located between Dahua station and Shifu station. You can choose to go there by walking.

Although the waterfall is a public asset, it can only be viewed through private industrial land.

The territory has long been occupied by Shida waterfall Yule Co., Ltd., built illegal buildings, and illegally operated without a tourism and tourism license to collect tickets. However, it has been punished for years without any responsible public servants.

The entrance ticket is NT $180. In the future, the scenic spot will be open to visitors free of charge, and the scenic spot will be changed to the park land designated by the county.

But later, the county government decided to let the business operators be legal on the spot, so they still had to pay for the tour. The tickets were reduced to 80 yuan for the full ticket and 50 yuan for the half ticket. People over 70 years old, children under 110 cm and residents in Shiliao area were free of charge.

In June 2010, the urban plan was changed, and ten waterfall was changed into park land, which was approved by the urban Committee of the Ministry of the interior.

Xinbei Tourism Bureau said that the ten ten waterfall has been announced as a county park, and the land will be expropriated according to the announced land price. The gate of the park will be removed and a pedestrian walk will be built, so that people can enjoy the waterfall free of charge.

The Pingxi line of Taiwan Railway Administration is located between Dahua station and Shishi station. You can choose to go there on foot (but you still need to pay attention to safety).

At the time of the visit on December 29, 2012, there were still projects in progress. Visitors need to check whether the project has been completed in advance, otherwise they can only see a small amount of scenery.

reopen

On February 2, 2010, the Xinbei municipal government discussed with the business owners and confirmed that the registration of "waterfront tourism activities for business" in the early years of the business owners was valid, and agreed to resume business on February 10, 2010.

At the suggestion of the municipal government, the operators also agreed to reduce the price of the past ticket from 180 yuan (New Taiwan dollars, the same below) to 80 yuan for full ticket and 50 yuan for half ticket, which will be used as the Ping An insurance premium and cleaning fee of 2 million yuan for tourists. People over 70 years old, children under 110 cm (accompanied by adults) and residents of Shiliao will enter the park free of charge.

Yang Chongshi, manager of ten waterfall Yule company, said that the park will open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day and will open all year round. Further preferential schemes will be worked out and announced after confirmation.

The company applied to the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of communications for the establishment of a sightseeing amusement park in its early years. In April 2008, its application permission was revoked. After being ordered to close down by the county government, it was investigated by Keelung District Attorney's office for the crime of stealing and occupying land. In the end, it was not prosecuted for "exceeding the prosecution period", and was transferred to the "supervision yuan" to investigate the administrative laziness of civil servants, and identified as "Tourism Bureau", "public property bureau" and "public property bureau" Both the railway administration and the Xinbei municipal government have made mistakes.

Xinbei city originally promoted the capital planning change plan to expropriate land for waterfall Park, but the "supervision yuan" report required the municipal government to guide the operators to operate legally before the change plan was passed, on the premise that "the fees must be reasonable". The municipal government and the industry discussed the charging standard yesterday, and both sides reached a consensus, making the waterfall beautiful again.

Address: No.10, gankeng Road, nanshanli, Pingxi District, new North

Longitude: 121.7814

Latitude: 25.049316

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