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100 Amazing Corners of Yunlin Introduction

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Introduction Writer and Dentist / Yilian

Have you ever experienced a beautiful dream and woke up with a slight bitter
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go of such ethereal beauty, the love of your life, and the perfectly designed plot in
your dreams? Just like when I was on the train about to leave Yunlin, I leaned my
forehead against the window and looked out with melancholy at the blue sky and the
green hills on the other side of the window, the view as beautiful as a dream.

Yunlin was often passed, skipped, and missed in the rush of my north-south com-
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lin. Is this a hint? The hot sun in the south ignites people’s passion; the rolling moun-
tains in the east broaden the breadth of the people; so what kind of place is Yunlin
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from Yunlin? With anticipation and curiosity, I decided not to miss out on such a po-
etic place by name and headed there on vacation ostensibly to visit old friends.

It was like being in a dream. The moment I stepped out of the station in Yunlin, I
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signs and the dizzying signboards and advertisements in Taipei, there are moun-
tains in Yunlin that seem to have stood still for a thousand years and a vast sky that
seems so distant. The clouds that drifted by gently asked me: “What’s the rush? “

So I was tamed, my restless heart gradually calmed down, and my breathing
became clear. Without saying a word, I fervently debated with myself in my mind:
Should I live a life of Taipei’s ambition or Yunlin’s chill? I work hard in Taipei, and
spend my vacation time to enrich or train myself, because I think I should contribute
to society, that my time should not be wasted, that I should achieve something. You
only live once, after all. I believe I can do what others can do and that after surpass-
ing someone, I should then surpass someone else. The clouds of Yunlin were not
impressed: “It’s okay, take it easy, take your time.”

The sunlight in the Chenglong Wetlands is strong but does not sear my skin. The
ripples on the water seem to scatter pearls with abandon. It’s as if the pearls fell

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