Tainan City Museum — Attraction in Tainan

This museum gives an in-depth history of the legendary figure and help you better understand the significance of the Anpen fortress. So come here before you go to Anpen, in fact, make this your first stop in Tainan, I'd suggest. There is even a video playing in english, with subtitle, for those who prefers audio visual over reading the posters, which are in English, Chinese & Japanese. Best of all, entry is free and there are 2 separate toilet locations on site, no soaps though, my favourite public toilet is still by the Confucius temple. Once you're done here, DO NOT miss the temple next door (see attached photo), it's for couples praying for a baby i think. The craft work inside this place simply blew me away, as I've never seen any ceiling so lavishly decorated. You almost feel like you've travelled back in time and is walking thru the parts of the...

A nice garden in central Tainan. This memorial is dedicated to the renegade general Cheng who escaped from China to this tiny never－heard－of island. He got rid of the Dutch who built the basic infrastructure. I simply can not resist myself from taking this photo. Yeah, Mr. Cheng had to be a feel－good person to brainwash the locals and establish his empire then. The Chinese means Cape of Good Hope which references to the Portuguese colonialism. But then the English reads Good Looking Corner. Somehow this has been the zeitgeist of Taiwan...

Great little history museum about Tainan from Dutch rule. 2 levels of info. Bottom level has an exhibition on windows to showcase various aspects of Tainan and its buildings. Including a train ride movie where you think you're in a train as the scenery changes. 100NT for adults and 50NT for kids and students. 2nd floor has historical artefacts. Not all the info is bilingual. Some are trilingual with English and Japanese and Chinese but most of info is in just Chinese. Including the audio headphones area. Toilets are...