Blue-Dyeing, the Old Street, Sanjiaoyong

Most famous cultural, historical, and religious scenic spots in Sansia Town gather beneath the foot of Mt. Vulture, and the resources are very abundant. Sansia Town is one of the hottest attractions in Taipei megalopolis with relic, natural, and artistic opportunities.

Mt. Vulture

Mt. Vulture is located in the back of the streets in Sansia town. It is named because its shape looks like a vulture in the sky. Although the mountain is not tall, it is very famous for connecting the Syue Mountains and receiving their ectoplasm. The night scenes in Mt. Vulture are more beauty than one can take in, and the night sky glittered with a myriad stars. Beneath the mountain, car lamps and street lights wiggle and turn into a natural and beautiful picture. In March and April, it is the season of Tung blossoms. As the tender fragrance infuses the body in the woods full of Tung blossoms and the sight of shiny flowers swinging and swirling in the breeze, you will have a feeling of blessed revelation.

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Dongyan Waterfall

Dongyan Waterfall is formed because of the differences of erosion. A waterfall is a sudden drop in a river as it flows over a rock cliff. This happens when the river passes from a layer of hard rock to a layer of softer rock, and the water erodes away the softer rock.

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Couhe Birding AreaЕ

Couhe is located on the branch point of Wuliao and Chajiao. It is an easy birding route to go birding from Couhe Bridge to Chajiao Elementary School. According to Wild Bird Society of Taipei’s survey in 1987, there are 83 kinds of birds in Sansia and 48 kinds of birds in Couhe. The most frequently appeared species are sparrows, aigrettes, white eyes, Chinese bulbuls, and swallows. To avoid the cold weather, birds migrate in the winter. Winter is the best season to observe bird eco-system. You can see flocks of migratory birds moving into the forest at a middle-low altitude and flocks of resident birds moving down from a high altitude. In a day, dawn and dusk are good timings to observe birds’ rustling in flocks.

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Mt. Beicha Waterfalls�

Mountain Beicha Waterfalls contain more than ten waterfalls. Especially, the most representative waterfalls are Laka, Yinlian, Xiaoni, Miaoyin, Hongsha, and Virgin.

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Couhe Valley &. Eighteen Holes

三Sansia River is wandering and long. Thus, the geographic landscapes are various. Above the midstream, valley is the main geographic landscape. Couhe is the confluent terrace of the two major branches of Sansai River, Chajiao Creek and Wuliao Creek. Going down the terrace, an age-old bridge called Xingxin overlooks the banks on both side of the river. The cliffy palisades are barren, and the bottom of the river is too deep to measure. The river strikes against the gigantic rocks and makes convulsing sound. This is Couhe Valley.
The riverbed of Couhe Valley consists of hard rocks and it has been corroded and cut by the river. Thus, the river runs very turbulently in the bottom of the valley. The best representative scene of its jagged rocks of grotesque shapes is Eighteen Holes. Eighteen Holes is named because there are eighteen holes on the palisade by the riverside and water patches are in each holes. Small holes are like basins and big ones are like caves.
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The Big Leopard River

在Near the river valley of the Big Leopard River, there is a gigantic leopard-like rock. Looking at it in the distance, the rock looks like a big leopard drinking water. As the story goes, that is how people named it. According to the local elders, the gigantic leopard-like rock originally was a leopard familiar. He and his non-biological brothers, a toad familiar and an elephant familiar, committed all sorts of crimes in the local and made people suffer. After Zheng Chenggong killed the gigantic Parrot in Yingge and the Vulture in Sansia, he went to the Big Leopard River for helping the locals. Soon after meeting Zheng Chenggong, the three familiars kneeled down, begged for forgiving, and turned into rocks.

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