Jinshan

Jīnshān (金山, literally “Golden Mountain”) is located between Wanli and Shimen on the far northern coast of Taiwan. Originally a Basay Indigenous settlement called Kitaparri, meaning “bumper harvest”, it was romanized as Jīnbāolǐ (金包里), the choice of characters perhaps influenced by golden dust found in the local sulfur streams. The district’s hot springs, fed by geothermal activity unleashed by a major earthquake in 1867, were developed during the Japanese colonial era; the Governor-General Onsen, built in 1939, has been restored as a resort.

Beyond the old street, Jinshan draws visitors to Chin Pao San, a hillside cemetery known for its public art and as the final resting place of singer Teresa Teng, and the Ju Ming Museum, Taiwan’s largest outdoor sculpture park.