Taiwan region travel guide?

Travel reminder:

Due to well-known reasons, the two sides of the Taiwan Strait have never been reunified. Strictly speaking, it is no exaggeration to say that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are still in a state of civil war. It's just a temporary ceasefire. Therefore, going to areas that have not yet been liberated requires the consent of the governments on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

Two documents are required:

1. An entry permit issued by the Taiwan authorities.

2. Pass issued by the mainland government.

However, if you only have an entry permit issued by the Taiwan authorities, mainland China is not allowed to leave the country and fly to Taiwan. You can only transfer to Taiwan via Hong Kong or a third place.

1. Must-bring items: Taiwan pass, Taiwan entry pass, ID card, umbrella, sunscreen, swimsuit, slippers, towel, thermos water bottle, commonly used medicines, especially motion sickness medicine. People over 70 years old need a health certificate.

2. Things that cannot be brought onto the plane: fruits, milk, eggs, knives and scissors.

4. Entering Taiwan:

All international contraband is prohibited. It is prohibited to eat fresh fruits and vegetables, pickled fish, fish, and meat.

Duty-free goods include 1 bottle of wine, 200 cigarettes, a small amount of perfume, and an appropriate amount of items for personal use.

1. Don’t get drunk directly from the tap water in the hotel. Please boil before drinking.

2. Please keep your personal belongings safe. Valuables can be left at the front desk or in the room safe.

3. The voltage in Taiwan is 110V, which generally does not affect the use of mobile phones and laptops, but the charging speed will be slower.

4. The sockets in Taiwan have flat heads and two legs. Cylindrical plugs and three-pin socket plugs cannot be used in Taiwan. It is recommended to purchase the adapter plug in advance. Converter plugs are available for rent at the hotel front desk.

5. In general, hotel bathrooms are equipped with towels, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, etc. Indoor supplies such as towels, ashtrays and other items feel commemorative and can be purchased directly from the hotel; generally the hotel provides 2 bottles of free mineral water, 2 bags of coffee, and 2 bags of tea bags. Some hotels also provide free candies and fruits. This refrigerator is free to use. If there are drinks and food in the refrigerator, you need to pay at the counter. Some hotels have premium channels. If you watch them, you should pay at checkout.

6. Tourist hotels in Taiwan generally use the flower rating system, but not all hotels participate in the rating. The Wuhua Hotel in Taiwan is roughly equivalent to the five-star hotel in mainland China, but due to different identification standards, it does not correspond completely and will be slightly lower than the mainland standard.

7. After the group sightseeing activity, when you are free, please go for a walk together and do not go alone. Don't go to secluded places. When you leave the hotel, please return your room key to the front desk. When you get lost, bring your hotel business card.

Taiwan has a tropical and subtropical climate, with an average annual temperature of about 22 degrees Celsius, the lowest average temperature is only 12-17 degrees Celsius, and the highest temperature in summer is about 35 degrees Celsius. Summer and winter are short, so it’s best to bring rain gear. When you go to Alishan, you need a jacket. Bring extra clothes. It is best to bring one set of clothes per day and prepare a jacket to put in the car because the air conditioner in the car is cooler.

When traveling to Taiwan, what topics should you never talk about when interacting with Taiwanese people?

At the end of September and early October last year, I took a trip to Taiwan with the description of the beautiful scenery of Sun Moon Lake in my childhood Chinese textbook ("Sun Moon Lake"), and my subsequent understanding of Taiwan. Nowadays, the Internet is very developed, and I know a little about Taiwan. However, many things still need to be experienced by oneself in order to be closer to reality.

I spent more than a week circling the island. Taipei, Taichung, Nantou Sun Moon Lake, Kaohsiung, Pingtung Kenting, Hualien, etc. I have been there and have a general understanding of Taiwan.

(Taipei City Night View)

When it comes to the scenery in Taiwan, I think it can only be regarded as average. Mainly in the comparative literature mode. If the scenery is natural, it really cannot be compared with the mainland. After all, it is just an island with tens of thousands of square kilometers of land. Although there are mountains and seas, they cannot compare with the beauty of the mainland. There are many places in the mainland like Sun Moon Lake and Taroko. And the Coast

As for the question, I don't I don't think there are so many taboos on the subject that I can talk about. Don't talk to Taiwanese people. People in Taiwan are the same as people from mainland China. Some people say they can avoid talking about political topics, but it actually depends on the person. Many people in Taiwan only care about food and not about shields. I met a young lady from Taiwan who had not graduated from college and was traveling in Hualien. I heard that I didn't buy a train ticket to Taipei. I was very enthusiastic and bought me a ticket because I was afraid that I couldn't and I didn't understand. Of course, I paid for it. I'm afraid I don't know how to pick up the tickets, so I'll take my convenience store (7-11) to pick up the tickets. I just asked about the topic along the way and she could say anything. I said, isn’t it taboo for you to discuss political topics here? She said not everyone is like this, at least not that it's okay. Except for some angry people, if you talk about this topic, people will ignore you and eat you.

Of course, as modern civilized people, we are not very good friends, and we cannot directly talk about personal matters.

Don’t we mainlanders like to talk about our private affairs with others?

Although the quality of people in Taiwan is relatively high, it does not mean that their living habits, cultural atmosphere, and taboos are different from those of mainland people. People in Taiwan and mainland China are all Chinese, and most of them are Han Chinese, so they think the same as mainlanders. Taiwan can not talk about topics that mainland China cannot talk about. If the mainland can negotiate, Taiwan can negotiate.

As for the Gaoshan tribe in Taiwan, I don’t know what taboos they have. After all, there are very few ethnic minorities in Taiwan, and they are also very Chinese.

I went to Taiwan before the Spring Festival the year before last. It was a seven-day trip around the island. Taiwan is a small place with no mountains or floods. It is like a sun moon lake and is very famous. Upon closer inspection, it is the size of a small reservoir, located in the southern part of the mainland. It’s no surprise that it’s everywhere. Therefore, Taiwan is indeed less strange if it is seeking novelty. But when traveling in Taiwan, you can’t find that sense of familiarity and intimacy that seems familiar but not yet home.

Traveling to Taiwan is a special pleasure. For example, the landing tour guide is from Taiwan and a party member of a country. He brought his party membership card and showed it to everyone once. We thought it was very novel, like a scene.

(Except for Taipei, the cities along the way seem to be like this. The floors along the streets are very low and relatively shabby. It is said that the land in Taiwan is privately owned, so it does not have to be destroyed or demolished just because you write a word on it. The cost of expropriation, relocation and development is very high, which hinders modernization;

Before the tour, mainland tour guides were specially warned that there are some things not to do. The first special note is to be extra vigilant about certain advantages; , the independence problem is not big, because mainland tourists are staunch supporters of reunification, and their will is so strong that the whole water can be poured into them without being poisoned. The tour guide said that cults are everywhere in Taiwan. There will be some people promoting the main attractions, mainly for mainland tourists. He told everyone not to contact them, not to talk, not to ask questions, and not even to accept their information.

The tour guide told a true story. In one case, a state-owned enterprise organized employees to travel to Taiwan. When they came back and went through customs at the airport, they found a thick stack of cult propaganda materials on one of the members. The person hurriedly defended himself by saying that he didn’t believe anything and that these papers were used for packaging. Something. But the excuses don't work. I don't know when this happened, but it won't hurt to be careful when going out. .

The tour guide told us this profound lesson, which is to let everyone know the benefits, don’t take any chances, and keep a distance when something happens.

A few days later, the guide's words were confirmed, as those people clamored at the entrances and roads of many scenic spots, as well as on the streets of Taipei and other cities.

Since I had this story in my head, we briefly browsed through it