Shiding District

Getting there

By bus The district is accessible by bus from the Taipei metro.

Bus 666 connects Jingmei MRT Station (on the Green Line), Muzha MRT Station (on the Brown Line), Shenkeng, Shiding Old Street, and Wutuku. Bus 795 connects Muzha MRT Station (on the Brown Line), Shenkeng, Yongding, Pingxi, and Shifen.

See

Historical sites

1 Shiding Old Street (石碇老街), ☏ +886 2 2663 1080. 08:00-17:00. An old shopping street elevated above a river. (updated Aug 2019)

Temples

2 Guniang Temple (石碇姑娘廟), ☏ +886 2 2663 1937. 08:00-20:00. (updated Aug 2019) 3 Temple of the God of Chance (石碇元寶山仙石府), No. 352, Section 1, Jing'an Rd, ☏ +886 2 2663 8033. (updated Aug 2019) 4 Jishun Temple (集順廟), No. 9, Shiding West Street, ☏ +886 2 2663 1080. (updated Aug 2019)

Parks and nature 5 Bagua Tea Plantation (八卦茶園), 北宜路六段獅仔頭坑巷16號. Viewpoint overlooking hills of tea fields extending down to the winding Fetsui Reservoir. (updated Apr 2025) 6 Fetsui Reservoir (翡翠水庫). (updated Aug 2019) 7 Luku Incident Memorial Park (鹿窟事件紀念公園). A park commemorating one of the worst incidents of the white terror in Taiwan where over 400 people were arrested by the military government of the ROC and about 35 people were eventually executed. (updated Aug 2019)

Do

Hiking 1 Huangdidian (皇帝殿 Huángdì Diàn) (West trailhead is near Shiding Old Street. Multiple east trailheads, including Yongding served by Bus 795). A strenuous trail along a ridge, with many sections of ropes, ladders and exposed cliff sides.

Drink & nightlife

Pouchong (baozhong) tea is a lightly-oxidized (greener) oolong tea, produced in the hills south of Taipei. Its name means "the wrapped kind", as it was historically wrapped in paper while drying.