Tainan City is a city which is full of friendliness, delicious food, and historical buildings. While people plan to travel to Tainan City in September, I will recommend some places visitors should go and some food they should taste. Before I start to present these details of my recommendations, I have to introduce Tainan City. Like Boston, Tainan City is the oldest city in Taiwan, so many historic sites are conserved very well. Tainan City has a harbor, Anping Harbor , and there is also a river through Tainan City. Unfortunately, the government of Tainan City does not focus on improvement of rivers and harbors as much as Boston. Compared with Boston, Tainan has similar transportation system, city size, and historical signification.
First of all, Tainan City has different types of historical sites, because Tainan City was the colony of Dutch, China, and Japan. The colonists who came from these countries built many buildings in Tainan City. Confucian Temple is one of the important historical sites in Tainan City because this temple was the first school in Taiwan. Nowadays, the original classrooms in this temple are still maintained perfectly, so visitors can imagine the circumstance of 300 years ago classes. At some particular time, some narrators state the history of this temple and describe the school’s alumni who studied in this school and had contributions to Taiwan. Another historical site I suggest to visit is Anping Fort which was built by the Dutch in 1624. Before it was officially named Anping Fort, it had been renamed many times, such as Orlande City, Fort Zeelandia, and Castle for the Red Hair. Because the building was reformed in the periods of different colonies, it has Dutch style, Chinese style, and Japanese style decorations. Through this historical site, people can know the colonial history in Taiwan.
In addition, Taiwanese food is another characteristic sign in Tainan. For my suggestions, going to night markets is the best and easiest way to eat delicious and various Taiwanese foods. However, it is hard to have all food at one night, so I strongly recommend visitors to eat stinky tofu and bubble tea. The smell of stinky tofu is the same as its name shown, so people who have never eaten stinky tofu are afraid of this food and do not believe it is delicious. After tasting this food, most of these people deeply love stinky tofu. Because of the reason, I think stinky tofu as a magic food. Bobble tea is famous in America now. Its origin is coming from Tainan. Bubble tea is made of milk tea and tapioca balls whose diameter is near one centimeter. Bubble tea is really common in Taiwan, and almost Taiwanese people have eaten it. When people suck the bubbles through straws, people can feel the movement of bubbles in the bottle. The bubbles are as chewy as chewing gum, but it can eat. Owing to satiety after eating bubble tea, some Taiwanese people take it as a meal.
As I know, food and historical sites are the two most characteristic symbols in Tainan. If visitors want to understand Taiwanese food and history thorough, Tainan City is the best city they have to go.
2 comments:
Much better - perhaps because you wrote it by hand and then rewrote it for the blog?
Two drafts makes a difference
To Bruce,
Indeed, two drafts make a difference.
While I typed the second draft, I just caught the ideas of first draft.
I rewrote and restructured the sentences of the first draft which had the mistakes you mentioned. The way of rewrite helps me a lot. Thanks, Bruce.
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