The Shuili Snake Kiln [水里蛇窯] was built in 1927 when master potter Lin Chiang-sung [林江松] arrived in this small town in rural Nantou County. Today visitors can create their own ceramic pieces, learn about the ceramics making process, and enjoy the works of local artists.
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Tag Archives: 921 Earthquake
Daily Photo – The Leaning Tower of Mingjian
Mingjian’s tilting electric tower. An extensive post was written about this 921 Earthquake memorial by MJ Klein last year.
Daily Photo – Mangled
Jiufen Ershan’s nightmarish landscape. I went a little wild with the Lightroom sliders. View it in large.
Took this pan while out cycling with Michael and Drew. Michael has a write up of the route on his blog. An interactive map can be found on Bikemap.net.
Saturday Cycling – Jiufen Ershan
After months of waiting, the time had finally come for another attempt up Jiufen Ershan [九份二山]. My last attempt in May ended in failure when I turned around after it started raining. This time the weather called for sunny skies. I also took a different direction up also this time, taking a road from Qingshui Village [清水村] up rather than Hexing [和興].
921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan
Taiwanese and international newscasts reporting the deadly quake
At 1:47 in the early morning of September 21, 1999, Taiwan was struck by its most devastating earthquake in over a century. The massive 7.3 magnitude earthquake killed 2,415 persons, left 29 still missing, injured 11,305, completely destroyed 44,338 houses while severely damaging another 41,336, and caused NT$300 billion in property damages.
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