The Flavors of Northeastern Taiwan：New Taipei’s Gongliao District
Known as Sandiaowan (Sandiao Bay), the rugged coastline between Cape Bitou and Cape Santiago in Northeastern Taiwan features distinctive rocky headlands. Rich in cultural heritage, the area has been home to Plains Indigenous people and Han settlers, and was where the Spanish fleet landed during the Dutch and Spanish colonial era (1624–1662). It was also here that the Japanese colonists first landed in the wake of the Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895). This place feels like a secluded paradise, bearing the stamp of history and offering glimpses of the locals’ fascinating ways of life.
