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Director, Culture and Tourism Department, Yunlin County Government

Preface

Director, Culture and Tourism Department, Yunlin County Government /

Chen Pi-Chun

Yunlin has a long history of development, and its fertile land has attracted immi- 05
grants from all over, making up the diverse ethnic groups in Yunlin County today.
This includes early immigrants from Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, the Hakka people from
Zhaoan, as well as the original plains indigenous peoples. With the intermingling of
these cultures, Yunlin has become a place where various cultures coexist and yet

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beiguan performances, intricately detailed handicrafts, and a variety of distinctive
local snacks, all of which form the foundation of “Cultural Yunlin”.

Built on such a strong foundation, we have thus launched the “500 Highlights of
Yunlin” series of guidebooks. As you follow the footsteps of “100 Tastes of Yunlin,
100 Unique Attitudes in Yunlin, 100 Amazing Corners of Yunlin, 100 Best Specialties
of Yunlin, and 100 Ways to Explore Yunlin” and discover the fascinating land of Yun-

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Yunlin.

The 20 townships of Yunlin each have their own distinct character. Among them,

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Township were all awarded the accolade of “Classic Small Towns” by the Tourism
Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. The public and pri-

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Awards, which is organized by the International Awards Associates (IAA). Yunlin
is the only administrative division in Taiwan to win Gold, transforming Yunlin from a

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The landscape of Yunlin is diverse. All of them will be presented from the power

conferred by the land to the people who live together with the land, the produce that
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ple’s lives on it book set. When you follow the map as you explore Yunlin, you also
enter local life. The “500 Highlights of Yunlin” series not only provides rich content
and brilliant ideas for travel to Yunlin but is also an excellent way to get to know more

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