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Yunlin County Magistrate

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
immigrants 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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you can see elaborately decorated temples, enjoy year-round opera, nanguan and
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
Yunlin step by step, you are also on the journey of building the Yunlin brand together
with Yunlin.

The 20 townships of Yunlin each have their own distinct character. Among
them, Beigang Township, Huwei Township, Gukeng Township, Douliu City, and
Kouhu Township were all awarded the accolade of “Classic Small Towns” by the
Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. The public
and private sectors have also worked closely together, jointly winning the Yuan Ye
Awards, known as Oscars of the architecture world. In 2020, the Beigang Lantern
Festival won the Gold Award in the Experiential & Immersive category of the MUSE
Design 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 major agricultural county to a major tourist county.

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 thrive on it, the historical footprints and the humanistic values that flow from
the people’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 about the best that Yunlin has to offer.