Beimen Lagoon (北門潟湖) is located at the edge of the Jing Zai Jjiao Salt Field (井仔腳鹽田), and has the most beautiful sunset in Taiwan. When dusk falls, crowds of people gather to enjoy the view. Tourists can experience heaping and harvesting salt on the salt lake, feeling the refreshing coolness of the hundred-year-old salt field through the soles of their feet. The sending off the sun event, famous all over Taiwan, is held here at the end of every year.
The Southwest Coast National Scenic Area Administration Office (雲嘉南濱海國家風景區管理處) is located in Beimen Ward, Beimen District (北門區北門里). The old Japanese style building was originally the management office for the Beimen Saltbeds (北門鹽場), and the area in front of the building was full of tile-paved salt fields. Behind stands the historical Beimen Blue House (北門出張所), built in 1923, with the Beimen Island Restaurant (北門嶼餐廳) in the front serving fine food full of local flavor.
Vanaheim Love Manor is located between the Pa Chang(八掌溪) and Jishui rivers(急水溪), and is the northernmost part of Tainan's seashore. Approximately 5 minutes from Nankunshen Datian Temple(南鯤鯓代天府), the site has a natural landscape and a rich ecology.
When a scene of the popular idol drama The Prince Who Turns Into a Frog (王子變青蛙), (home of the female protagonist )was shot at Qian Lai Ye Grocery Store (錢來也雜貨店), it briefly became a kind of pilgrimage site for t fans of the show. Originally built in 1952 as the Taiwan Salt Workers' Welfare Store (台鹽鹽工福利社), the traditional tiled bungalow was a place for salt workers to buy daily essentials, as well as a recreational center. But in 2001, when the Beimen salt fields closed down, the building was left empty.
Dong Long Temple Cultural Center’s(東隆宮文化中心)exhibition halls include The Cultural Gallery of Wangye, Outlaws of the Marshes Heroes Hall, Religious Cultural Relic Exhibition Hall, Folk Belief Research Hall and Ritual Cultural Relic Hall, with a large number of exhibits. The Cultural Gallery of Wangye is the only Wangye and Gua Xiang sacrificial ceremony-themed exhibition hall in Taiwan. Wangye belief is introduced in detail using pictures, ceremonial objects and exquisite wooden sculptures.
In the memories of many Tainan residents, their impression of the 300 year old Nankunshen Daitian Temple(南鯤鯓代天府) is the bustling temple fair, where thousands of pilgrims and tourists burn incense offerings for the five Wang Ye Lords: Li, Chi, Wu, Chu, and Fan. The story of the five Wang Ye Lords building the temple with their children is well known among the people.
