Schedule
Pingxi Sky Lantern Experience,
Shifen Old Street, Shifen Waterfall,
Shifen Railway Station
Price
Adult: $61
Children: $51
Schedule
Pingxi Sky Lantern Experience,
Shifen Old Street, Shifen Waterfall,
Shifen Railway Station
Price
Adult: $61
Children: $51
Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival is one of the three most popular and well - known
celebration event during the Lantern Festival. Since 1999, the Taipei County
Government has devoted substantial resources to promote this festival, in a bid to
promote it to become an international and multi - ethnic culture exchange activity.
Through this festival, presenting the Sky Lantern tradition and the natural beauty of
Pingxi to the public and prayers to the heavenly God and wishing for prosperity and
peace for the nation and its citizens.
Shifen Special Scenic Area is located in Shifenliao between Shiding, Ruifang and
Shuangxi in northeastern Taiwan. Administratively part of Pingxi District, New Taipei
City, the terrain here has been carved by a tributary of the Keelung River, northern
Taiwan's largest and longest river, into a ravine with a dissected topography. The
faults and rock formations have given birth to numerous waterfalls along the river
extending north from Houtong to Sandiaoling and onwards to Shifenliao and Pingxi.
Among the biggest and best known of these falls, and a popular visitor attraction, is
Shifen Waterfall.
Shifen Waterfall lies between Dahua Station and Shifen Station on the Pingxi Railway
Line in Pingxi District, New Taipei City. Torrents of water thunder down this
curtain-type fall like a white satin sheet. As the water plunges into the large, deep pool
beneath, it raises mists that often enshroud the falls. On sunny days, the mists paint
dazzling rainbows in the blue skies: a sight that has earned the waterfall pool the
nickname of "Rainbow Pond." Because its bedrock slopes in the opposite direction of
the water flow, Shifen Waterfall is a cascade-type waterfall similar to North America's
Niagara Falls, earning it the nickname of "Taiwan's Niagara Falls."
The Pingxi Branch Rail Line extends 12.9 kilometers through Keelung River Valley
from Sandiaoling to Jingtong stations. The line was built in 1918 to transport coal; and
in 1992 it was repurposed as a tourism route. Shifen is one of the stops along the line.
The station is located in a scenic area that greets visitors with beautiful waterfalls and
streams. Shifenliao is home to a broad river terrace and is also traversed by the
Pingxi Line. Homes hug closely to the tracks, adding to a nostalgic ambiance that has
made the area a popular site for filming ads. Jing'an Suspension Bridge, a
128-meter-long span connecting the villages of Shifen and Nanshan, is one of only a
few well-preserved pedestrian suspension bridges in Taiwan. The romantic beauty of
the landscape has made this area a popular visitor attraction.
