Wufengqi Waterfall
The Wufengqi Waterfalls are a popular tourist attraction located in the Wufengqi Scenic Area in Jiaoxi Township, Yilan County, Taiwan. They are so named because they stand in front of a row of five steep mountains, whose sharp peaks resemble the five triangular flags hanging down the back of war generals in Chinese opera.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in Jiaoxi, Yilan County, Taiwan
- Also known as: “Wu-feng-ch’i P’u-pu”, “Wufengchi Waterfalls (First layer)”, and “Wufongci Pubu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chiao-hsi Railway Station and Tamkang University Lanyang Campus.
Chiao-hsi Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Wtor2805, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jiaoxi is a railway station on the Taiwan Railway Yilan line. It is located in Jiaoxi Township, Yilan County, Taiwan. Chiao-hsi Railway Station is situated 3 km east of Wufengqi Waterfall.
Jiaoxi Xietian Temple
Place of worship
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Jiaoxi Xietian Temple is a place of worship, which is situated 3 km southeast of Wufengqi Waterfall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jiaoxi and Toucheng.
Jiaoxi
Photo: lienyuan lee, CC BY 3.0.
Jiaoxi, also called Chiaohsi, is located in the northeast part of Yilan County, Taiwan. The newly completed Hsuehshan tunnel has shortened the traveling time and distance to get to Jiaoxi.
Toucheng
Photo: Taiwankengo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Toucheng Township is an urban township in Yilan County, Taiwan. The township includes Guishan Island and Guiluan Island in the Philippine Sea. The Senkaku Islands, known in Mandarin as the Diaoyu Islands, are claimed as part of the township.
Yilan
Photo: Padai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yilan is a city on the east coast of Taiwan. As the area was mostly settled by Han Chinese immigrants from Zhangzhou, the local dialect of Taiwanese is noticeably more similar to that of Zhangzhou than in other parts of Taiwan.
Wufengqi Waterfall
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and body of water
- Location: Taiwan Province, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
24.83498° or 24° 50′ 6″ northLongitude
121.74708° or 121° 44′ 50″ eastElevation
246 metres (807 feet)Height
42 metres (138 feet)Open location code
7QP3RPMW+XROpenStreetMap ID
node 3478366292OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Literary Chinese—“Wufengqi Waterfall” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wufengqi Pubu”
- Chinese: “五峰旗瀑布 (第一層)”
- Chinese: “五峰旗瀑布”
- Japanese: “五峰旗瀑布”
- Literary Chinese: “五峰旗瀑布”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wufengchi Waterfalls (Second layer) and Wufengchi Waterfalls (Third layer).
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