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Yongkang Railway Station first started out as the Niaosong Rail Yard in 1903. It was not until 1941 that a wooden station building was erected to handle passenger traffic. The current brick & concrete station building was commissioned in 1991. Yongkang was just an ordinary local station for many years. It rocketed to fame after partnering with Bao-an Station to issue souvenir “Yongbao-Ankang (“Peace and Health Always”). The souvenir tickets are popular with passengers due to their auspicious meaning. 

Xinhua was once the home of the Siraya-Pingpu Tribe. Its old name of “Damujiang” is a transliteration of the Siraya name “Tavocan.” The Siraya were the earliest recorded inhabitants of Tainan. They played an important role in the history of greater Tainan and the shaping of the local culture. Tavokan Cultural Area was previously used as a police dormitory. After the restoration it became a mixed-used district with a number of sights including the Martial Arts Hall, Japanese dormitories, Japanese garden, Story House, and Tavokan Plaza.

The building was first built in 1882 as Anping Customs House. During the Japanese Period it was used by the Customs Club and Tainan Archives at different times.  After the end of World War 2 it was used as the Anping District Office at one point. Tainan City Government converted the building into the “Tainan City Yonghan Folk Crafts Museum” after Chiu Yonghan, a well-known businessman, donated his collection to the city.

Tainan Science Park (台南科學園區) is one of southern Taiwan's most important high-tech science parks. The concept behind its development is coexistence with nature and ecology, and the entire site is full of greenery and lush with vegetation. The park's numerous ecologically rich flood basin, Siraya Square (西拉雅廣場) with its unique ethnic style, a host of exciting art installations, plus the ecology conservation area make Tainan Science Park resemble a natural ecological art museum.

To get a good look at the stars, it is usual to rush to a high mountain or the beach when the weather is clear, but actually you don't need to go that far. Tainan Astronomical Education Area (南瀛天文教育園區) located in Danei, Tainan, is equipped with an observatory, exhibition hall and astronomy hall. The observatory's telescope is 76 centimeters, which is the largest caliber in the country. The exhibition hall is extremely popular with children for its space flight simulation area; the space shuttle takes 7.5 minutes to take off and is an immensely enjoyable experience that you simply must try.

The lush wooded area next to Shanhua Sugar Factory(善化糖廠) attracts many photographers and newlyweds to take wedding photos, but many more people are drawn in by the sweet, tasty ice cream. Since 1905, the heavy aroma of sugar cane extraction has been wafting from the Shanhua Sugar Factory, providing unforgettable memories to its tourists. While the factory no longer produces sugar, its ice creams are still popular, with 9 flavors of ice cream and 13 flavors of popsicle. The factory also makes black tea. It is always packed in summer time with people enjoying the sweet flavors.

Walking into Qiaonan Old Street (橋南老街), tourists will be met with the familiar sounds of the Quanli Blacksmith Shop (泉利打鐵舖), a sound that has rung out consistently for over a century. Once the main street in Yanshui(鹽水) and a gathering place for merchants, Qiaonan Old Street gradually declined after the Yuejin Harbor (月津港) silted up, and the clamor of the bustling port is no longer heard.

Built in 1715, Yanshui Martial Temple(鹽水武廟) enshrines Guan Sheng Di Jun. Yanshui Beehive Fireworks is a wild carnival that attracts many domestic and international tourists on Lantern Festival every year. The streets are full of people the day before Festival, on the day they are packed, and the township is full of excitement. The origin of Yanshui Beehive Fireworks was the procession by Guan Sheng Di Jun to eliminate disease by sending off the plague gods and it has become Taiwan’s most important Lantern Festival activity.

The Bajiao (Octagon) Building(八角樓) is a wooden building completed in 1841. At the time, Yanshui’s Yuejin Harbor was busy with cargo ships and merchants filled the streets. The Bajiao Building was built by craftsmen brought in from China by the Ye family who had made their wealth in the sugar industry. The building materials were mainly Chinese Fir and bricks transported from China. It was a grand house.

The Road was created by Taiwan literature enthusiast Mr. Lin Ming-kun(林明堃). He dreamed of a home for Taiwanese poetry where people could learn about its beauty. He made more than 90 well-known Taiwanese poems into pottery pieces and inlaid them in a red brick wall.