Eight Views of Taiwan explained

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 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

See also

• Eight Views in China, Japan and Korea
• Eight Views of Xiaoxiang
• Eight Views of Jinzhou (Dalian)
• Eight Views of Lushun South Road, Dalian
• Eight Views of Omi, Japan
• Eight Views of Korea
• Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, by Hokusai and Hiroshige