The Lotus Pond is a classic landmark in the Taipei Botanical Garden. Ever summer, the lotus family blossom and the Lotus Plaza is the perfect place......

This species inhabits mountainous or cultivated areas and frequently is found in abandoned houses or farms. It is mainly nocturnal and great care should be taken as it is very aggressive and the poison can be fatal. Its diet consists of frogs......

Born to a rich family in South County of Xichuan, Hsi learned Chinese painting in a private school in 1931. When studying in Chengdu College, he was enlightened by painter Pang Xun-qin. Hsi then transferred to Shapingba National Arts College and received training under Lin Feng-Mian while he acquainted many painters such as Tsao Wu-Ji, Chu Teh-Chun and Li Chun-Shan.

On July 27, 1949, Acting President Li Tsung-jen flew from Fu-Chou to Taipei to inspect Taiwan for the first time. ......  

The predecessor of Kaohsiung Ammonium Sulfate Co., Ltd. was located in Hanyang County, Hubei Province and belonged to the Bureau of Ordnance, Ministry of National Defense. The factory manufactured gunpowder and ammonium sulfate fertilizer. Dr. Huang Chao-hui was its manager. .....

These images appeared on the two sides of a stone gate at She-yang, Kiangsu. On the one side are the phoenix, the door ring and the door keeper holding knife and shield. On the other side are Confucius, Lao Tzu and their disciples. In the middle panel acrobats perform to the sound of a two-sided drum. In the lower panel is a kitchen scene. All of these are common motifs in Han dynasty art.

After bad weather dispersed a group of Dutch ships searching for a new route to the East Indies, one of the vessels, De Liefde, drifted into Wengo Suido in Japan in June 1600. On board was the expeditions chief navigator, an Englishman named William Adams. Adams soon became an advisor to Shogun Tokugawa, .....

The Mount Ali railway ranks as one of the three high mountain railways of the world. Now a tourist train, it was originally built for the purpose of hauling cypress for lumber.

The Lasiocampid moth Trabala vishnou (Lefèbvre) is widely distributed in the Oriental realm, including India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, China and Taiwan (Wang, 1995).......

The peony, lotus flower, chrysanthemum, and plum blossom in the vase represent spring, summer, autumn, and winter, respectively, and indicate the saying “safe and well throughout the four seasons.” .....