Life in A.S.

Leisure

	A Nice Walk
	Follow the stream south (to the left when facing the Activities Center). After walking about ten minutes, you will pass Lingyun supermarket. In another five minutes or so, you will come to a technical college (there is a military graveyard on your right). Walk behind the school. On your right hand side, you will see stone stairs leading up. You can take these stairs up for a wonderful walk on the hills. The paths lead all the way to WuXing St. — a good four to five hours walk if you are up for it, but there are also numerous paths down to the city at various points before WuXing St. On Sundays, the paths tend to be a bit crowded and the pavilions are occupied by karaoke singers. But during the week, it is tranquil. Keeping an eye open for snakes is advised—Taiwan as many venomous snakes, though they are generally quite shy.
	Lingnan Fine Arts Museum
	This museum is inside Academia Sinica, very close to the Institute of Modern History and the Institute of European & American Studies. The museum officially opened in June 2002 and features around 70 Lingnan (a school of Chinese paintings) paintings on display. Opening Hours: Tue. - Fri.: 12:00 ~ 17:00 Sat. & Sun.: 10:00 ~ 17:00 Closed: Every Mon. & National holidays Website: http://www.sinica.edu.tw/~lnfam/index/ (Chinese)
	Ecological Pond
	The ecological pond was officially established in May 2000. The pond was established to provide a relaxing space for the residents of the community. This pond itself is a wetland and is composed of three parts: the Stream, Swamp and Lotus pond. The ecopond is located beside the Sifen Brook, opposite the Life Science Library. It is worth visiting when you want to take fresh air and have a glimpse of plant life. Guided introductions are held occasionally.
	Museum of the Institute of History and Philology
	For more information, please go to the website: http://museum.sinica.edu.tw
	Hu Shih Memorial Hall
	Hu Shih was born in Shanghai on December 17, 1891. His early education took place in a village school in southern Anhui province, but he received his modern education in Shanghai. In 1910, he passed an examination for a Boxer Indemnity Scholarship to study in the United States. He attended Cornell University from 1910-15, where he received his B.A., and Columbia University from 1915-17, where he earned his Ph.D. He also contributed to China’s modern development by serving as wartime ambassador to the United States from 1938 to 1942, and as president of Academia Sinica in Taiwan from 1958 to 1962. Dr. Hu was the first Chinese poet to write and publish a volume of poems composed in the vernacular (1919). He was also the first scholar to use vernacular Chinese to write a history of Chinese philosophy, and won renown as the first scholar to apply scientific methods of historical research and textual criticism to the study of traditional Chinese novels and the geographical classic. Hu Shih Memorial Hall is located at the site of Dr. Hu Shih’s residence on the Academia Sinica campus in Nangang, where he lived from 1958 to 1962 while serving as the president of Academia Sinica. While in Taiwan, Dr. Hu not only worked to further the academic development of Academia Sinica’s research institutes, but also founded the National Council on Scientific Development, while striving to promote scholarship and train top-quality researchers. Following his death in 1962, Academia Sinica formed a “Hu Shih Memorial Hall Management Committee,” and the Memorial Hall was formally established on December 10 of that year. Academia Sinica and the Taipei City Government also cooperated to construct Hu Shih Park near the site of his grave, and work was completed in February 1974. Opening Hours: Wed. & Sat. 09:00 ~ 17:00 Admission: Free Guided tours can be arranged with advance notice. Tel: (02) 2789-9720; 2782-1147 Fax: (02) 2653-3302 http://www.mh.sinica.edu.tw/koteki/ (Chinese)
	Hu Shih Park
	This park commemorates one of the great thinkers of modern China, Hu Shih. It is divided into a front mountain park and a back mountain cemetery ground. The front mountain park has many trees and flowers and is a quiet place. If you follow the stone steps near the fountain pond up the hill, you will reach the back mountain cemetery ground. Cypress trees and azalea flowers surround the grave of Hu Shih. Every year on the birthday of Hu Shih, people gather here to pay him tribute. In the valley behind the back mountain, there is also a children’s park with a running track and basketball courts. Hu Shih Park is located opposite Academia Sinica, next to Hu Shih Primary School.
	Museum of the Institute of Ethnology
	For further information, please visit the following website: http://www.ioe.sinica.edu.tw/tool/museum/index.html
	Nangang (Nankang) Tourist Tea Plantation
	The Tourist Tea Plantation of the Nangang District is mainly located along Sec. 2 of JuiZuang St. at an altitude of about 200-300 meters. In 1982, the Development Bureau of the Taipei City Government opened the Nangang Tourist Tea Plantation, to promote Nangang’s most famous product, Baozhong Tea. Along JiuZhuang St., all you can see are tea plantations, including a number of famous tea farms. Inside this tea plantation district, signposts put up by the Farmer’s Association or by the farmers themselves show the way, allowing visitors to take a close look at the tea plantations and taste the tea. During harvest season, visitors can also witness tea picking and tea processing.