Eight Views of Taiwan



The Eight Views of Taiwan have been variously defined throughout Taiwan's history.

Under Japanese occupation
In 1927 (during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan), the newspaper Taiwan Nichinichi Shimpō (臺灣日日新報) elected the Eight Views of Taiwan according to its readers' votes as:
 * Rising Sun Hill (旭岡), now Sun Yat-sen Park, Keelung
 * Tamsui
 * Eight Immortals Mountain
 * Sun Moon Lake
 * Alishan
 * Monkey Mountain
 * Cape Eluanbi
 * Taroko

Republic of China
After the retrocession of Taiwan to the Republic of China, the Taiwan Provincial Government defined the Eight Views of Taiwan in 1953 as follows:
 * Sun Moon Lake
 * Yushan
 * Fort Zeelandia
 * Alishan
 * Yangmingshan
 * Taroko
 * Qingshui Cliff
 * Penghu Islands

In 2005, an updated version of the Eight Views of Taiwan was published by the ROC Ministry of Transportation and Communications:
 * Taipei 101
 * National Palace Museum
 * Sun Moon Lake
 * Alishan
 * Yushan
 * Kaohsiung Love River
 * Kenting
 * Taroko