Changhua Buddha

Today me and Lien were trying to think of things to do and decided to jump on a train and head to Changhua. It turned out to be a great idea. The city is huge and amazing. It is abotu 30 minutes by train south of Fongyuan, past Taichung.

We first went to a Confucian temple which was really cool. It wasn’t just one building but had several buildings full of old stone tablets with Chinese writing, bells, drums, and other cool things.

After the Confucian temple we went to a pretty cool art museum/gallery that had a bunch of water colors. As we walked down the street I saw a building that looked like it had some kind of exhibit inside so we went in and it was the Museum of the War of 1895, a war between China and Japan. The museum was in these cool little tunnels, a very cool place.

After the museum we went to Buddha park. The park is known for the giant Buddha statue at the top of a decent size hill that overlooks the city. There are a ton of water fountains and little streams connecting the fountains all over. There was a bunch of kids playing in them and we decided to join them. Lien got a little wetter than I did.

We spent most of the day exploring all the different parts of the Buddha park. There was a huge temple, trails everywhere, a Koi pond where I tested the tilt-shift feature of my camera, and much more. We also ate some grilled squid and it wasn’t too bad. Of course we made sure they didn’t put any five spice on it.

We wanted to stay at the park and watch the sunset from up on the hill. The park is also supposed to be lit up pretty cool at night but we didn’t stay until it got really dark. On the walk balk to the train station we saw the Spaghetti House. We ordered a tomato sauce chicken penne dish and a White sauce baked salmon pasta dish. The chicken one was alright but the salmon dish was amazing. Some of the best pasta I have ever had. The place was pretty expensive, but it was really good. The restaurant was nice and had live music.

As always these photos and many more can be found in my Taiwan photo album. This adventure is under Changhua.