Changhua

The county of Changhua is home to the Babuza aboriginal people. Historically, Changhua city was a base for immigrants from China and used as a staging post in various campaigns against the indigineous inhabitants. To support this, a fortress was built out of bamboo which gained the city the nickname "Bamboo Town".
The city has an area of approximately 65km 2 and a population of around 235,000 (as of 2014).

By train

• Changhua Station

  address: No. 1, Sanmin Road
  The city is connected to the TRA rail network and is accessible via Changhua Station. The station lies roughly in the centre of the built-up western half of the city area.

By bus

By car

• Changhua is connected to Taichung city by Freeway 1.
• Freeway 3 intersects with Freeway 1 at Changhua and connects to Provincial Highway 74.

Changhua was the second city after Taipei to introduce a public bicycle rental system and now there are dozens of rental points for the YouBike program scattered around the city.

Parks & nature

• Huayang Park

  address: Baoshan Road

• Spring of Youth

  phone: +886 4 724 5031
  address: No. 1, Section 2, Gongyuan Road
  Once one of the primary sources of water to the city, the building is now a monument to how the city's residents once lived.

• 1895 Taiwan Resistance Peace Memorial Park

  address: No. 12, Guashan Road

Architecture

• Baguashan Great Buddha

  phone: +886 4 753 2755
  address: No. 8-1, Guashan Road

• Baguashan Silver Bridge

Historical sites

• Hsinding Old Street

  address: No. 3, Lane 387, Minzu Road

• Red Hair Well

  address: No. 542-11, Section 2, Zhongshan Road

• Baguashan Literature Walk

• Changhua Wude Hall

  phone: +886 4 728 4869
  address: No. 45, Section 1, Gongyuan Road
  Built in 1929 as a martial arts training centre, the building was converted to a 'martyr's shrine' after the end of the Japanese colonial period.

Museums

• Gu-Yue Folk Museum

  phone: +886 4 727 9937
  address: No. 57, Zhonghua Road

• Changhua Railway Roundhouse

  phone: +886 4 762 4438
  address: No. 1, Section 1, Zhangmei Road

• Changhua County Art Museum

  phone: +886 4 725 0057
  address: No. 3, Guashan Road
  An art museum which serves the local area.

• Nan Guan and Bei Guan Center

  phone: +886 4 751 0709
  address: No. 66, Pinghe 7th Street

• Yuan Ching Kaun Tradition Art Museum

  phone: +886 4 725 4093
  address: No. 126, Chenleng Road

• 1895 Baguashan Anti-Japanese Martyrs' Museum

  phone: +886 4 728 8941
  address: No. 500, Section 2, Zhongshan Road

• National Changhua Life Arts Center

  phone: +886 4 722 2729
  address: No. 18, Guashan Road

Temples

• Confucian Temple of Changhua

  phone: +886 4 723 6746
  address: No. 30, Kongmen Road
  The complex was constructed in 1726 with a temple and a school, although only the central structure remains.

• Kaihua Temple

  phone: +886 4 726 8741
  address: No. 134, Zhonghua Road
  It was built in 1724 as a temple to Guanyin. It has served many uses over the centuries and has been damaged and rebuilt several times during its history.

• Yuanching TempleConstructed in 1763, it is perhaps the first temple in Taiwan to venerate the Jade Emperor.

• Nanyao TempleBuilt in 1738 as a temple to Mazu, the structure has been added to since then.

• Changhua Arts Hall

  phone: +886 4 728 7243
  address: No. 542, Section 2, Zhongshan Road

Sport

• Changhua County Stadium

Night markets

• Jingcheng Night Market

  address: No. 146, Linsen Road, Changhua City, Changhua County

• Yongan Night Market