Houbi Dist.

Furongpi (Furong Pond) in Changan Community, Huobi District, was a pond of the Lins’ family residence. It was originally a fengsui (geomancy) pond that was abandoned and filled with industrial sludge. After the remediation of community residents with ecological methods, the pond has become a beautiful facility. Currently, there is a floating structure in the pond for growing aquatic plants, turning the pond into a water purification weland for ecological education.

Houbi Train Station (後壁車站), built in 1902 during the Japanese Colonial period, is a noted scenic spot of Houbi District (後壁區). Tourists visiting Houbi District will invariably get on and off at the train station, and it is a good location to rent bicycles to meander through the abundant fields and old streets of Jingliao (菁寮). The square in front of the train station features bronze statues of the four main characters and one cow from the documentary film known in English as Let it Be (無米樂), and which depicts many of the cultural elements of Houbi. The characters of Mr. and Mrs.

Located in Tainan's Houbi District (後壁區), Cadozea Food Story House (卡多利亞良食故事館) is a food themed tourism factory. The decorations and designs inside were all made by a team of farmers from Togo (土溝), and are full of local style and characteristics; its striking exterior always attracts the gaze of passing travelers.

Houbi Township (後壁鄉) is a small village which rose to fame thanks to the documentary Wumiler(無米樂). The documentary's key figures, local seniors Uncle Kun-bing and Uncle Wen-lin, embody the social spirit and life philosophy of Tainan village life.

The former residence of Liang Yao-ming, Jingliao's only doctor during the Japanese occupation, became the Mo-Lin Village Cultural Artifacts Exhibition Hall in the year 2000. In recent years though, the Blue Dyeing Bear Workshop was established there, a DIY workshop that combines cultural relics with Jingliao's traditional culture of hand blue dyeing. Inside there are still many examples of Dr. Liang's examination implements and furniture, as well as plenty of traditional countryside utensils.

Jingliao (菁寮) was an important courier station on the only road to Tsulou County (諸羅縣) during the Qing Dynasty, and bustling businesses developed all around the intersection of today’s Provincial Highways 82 and 85, such as pool halls, hotels, merchants, taverns and theaters. The unusual Jingliao Catholic Church, designed by Pulitzer Prize winner Gottfied Bohm in 1966, is also worth a visit. Jingliao Old Street has always preserved the old-fashioned setting without any changes.

Jingzhong Temple was built in 1791 and enshrines Yue Wu Mu Wang (Yue Fei) (岳武穆王(岳飛). It most special feature is its lottery poems, said to all be written by a monk who resides at the temple. The verses of the poems are all seven characters long. To understand the lottery poems, the representative figure and content of the allusion must first be understood. The lottery poems are a real test of people’s ability to understand Chinese ancient poetry. If you are interested, why not visit and challenge yourself?

Located in Wushulin (烏樹林) in Tainan’s Houbi District (後壁區), Taisugar Wushulin Park (台糖烏樹林園區) was built in 1910, and even though it no longer produces sugar, its original sugar equipment system and the Taisugar mini-trains are still on display. Following the decline of the sugar manufacturing industry, the miniature trains transporting sugar canes were deactivated. Originally Wushulin Train Station (烏樹林車站) served as a hub between Dongshan (東山) and Baihe (白河) in the Xinying (新營) area. After the line transporting people was deactivated in 1979, the station also closed its doors.

Established in 2004, Taiwan Orchid Plantation(台灣蘭花生物科技園區) is the largest orchid industry greenhouse cluster in the world. The Taiwan International Orchid Show held every year February-March attracts people from the orchid industry from around the world to view the numerous orchids and discuss cooperation. It also brings in a large number of visitors who admire or buy the high-quality orchids grown in Taiwan. The Show has a different theme every year and also features exhibitions by the cultural and creative and refined agriculture industries.

Ruan Family Old House(阮家古厝)is situated on Jingliao Old Street and is known locally as Jing De Hsing Drug Store. It is a street house, a Grade 3 National historic site and is an architectural treasure. The house was built during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor in the Qing Dynasty (1734-1795). It is a traditional street house building and has an attic, which is quite rare in old houses in Taiwan. The house has a wooden frame which was joined together using Chinese fir wood from Fuzhou, without a single nail used. It retains its ancient Chinese medicine counter.