Changhua

a county-administered city in Changhua County, Taiwan

Changhua (彰化) is a city in Changhua County. The city is the seat of government for the county

Understand

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 65 km (25 sq mi)km and a population of around 226,744 (as of January 2023).

Get in

By train

Changhua Station on a sunny December day.
  • 🌍 Changhua Station, 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. (updated Jun 2019)

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.

Get around

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.

See

Parks & nature

  • 🌍 Huayang Park (華陽公園), Baoshan Road. (updated Jun 2019)
  • 🌍 Spring of Youth (彰化不老泉), No. 1, Section 2, Gongyuan Road, ☏ +886 4 724 5031. M-F 08:00-17:00. 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. (updated Jun 2019)
  • 🌍 1895 Taiwan Resistance Peace Memorial Park (乙未保臺和平紀念公園), No. 12, Guashan Road. (updated Jun 2019)

Architecture

  • 🌍 Baguashan Great Buddha (八卦山大佛), No. 8-1, Guashan Road, ☏ +886 4 753 2755. 09:30-17:30. (updated Jun 2019)
  • 🌍 Baguashan Silver Bridge (八卦山銀橋). (updated Jun 2019)

Historical sites

  • 🌍 Hsinding Old Street (新町老街), No. 3, Lane 387, Minzu Road. (updated Jun 2019)
  • 🌍 Red Hair Well (紅毛井), No. 542-11, Section 2, Zhongshan Road. (updated Jun 2019)
  • 🌍 Baguashan Literature Walk (八卦山文學步道). (updated Jun 2019)
Changhua Wude Hall
  • 🌍 Changhua Wude Hall, No. 45, Section 1, Gongyuan Road, ☏ +886 4 728 4869. W-Su 10:30-17:00. 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. (updated Jun 2019)

Museums

  • 🌍 Gu-Yue Folk Museum (古月民俗館), No. 57, Zhonghua Road, ☏ +886 4 727 9937. Tu-Su 09:00-17:00. (updated Jun 2019)
  • 🌍 Changhua Railway Roundhouse, No. 1, Section 1, Zhangmei Road, ☏ +886 4 762 4438. Tu-F 13:00-16:00, Sa Su 10:00-16:00. (updated Jun 2019)
  • 🌍 Changhua County Art Museum (彰化縣立美術館), No. 3, Guashan Road, ☏ +886 4 725 0057. Tu-Su 09:00-17:00. An art museum which serves the local area. (updated Jun 2019)
  • 🌍 Nan Guan and Bei Guan Center (南北管音樂戲曲館), No. 66, Pinghe 7th Street, ☏ +886 4 751 0709. Tu-Su 09:00-17:00. (updated Jun 2019)
  • 🌍 Yuan Ching Kaun Tradition Art Museum (元清觀民藝館), No. 126, Chenleng Road, ☏ +886 4 725 4093. (updated Jun 2019)
  • 🌍 1895 Baguashan Anti-Japanese Martyrs' Museum (1895八卦山抗日保台史蹟館), No. 500, Section 2, Zhongshan Road (中山路二段500號), ☏ +886 4 728 8941. Daily 09:00-17:00. A museum about the Battle of Baguashan, the pivotal battle of the 1895 Japanese invasion of Taiwan. (updated Jun 2019)
  • 🌍 National Changhua Life Arts Center (國立彰化生活美學館), No. 18, Guashan Road, ☏ +886 4 722 2729. Tu-Su 09:00-17:00. (updated Jun 2019)

Temples

Dacheng Hall of the Chunghua Confucius Temple
  • 🌍 Confucian Temple of Changhua (彰化孔子廟), No. 30, Kongmen Road, ☏ +886 4 723 6746. Tu-Su 08:30-17:00. The complex was constructed in 1726 with a temple and a school, although only the central structure remains. (updated Jun 2019)
  • 🌍 Kaihua Temple (彰化開化寺), No. 134, Zhonghua Road, ☏ +886 4 726 8741. 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. (updated Jun 2019)
  • Yuanching Temple. Constructed in 1763, it is perhaps the first temple in Taiwan to venerate the Jade Emperor. (updated Jun 2019)
  • 🌍 Nanyao Temple (南瑤宮). Built in 1738 as a temple to Mazu, the structure has been added to since then. (updated Jun 2019)

Do

  • 🌍 Changhua Arts Hall, No. 542, Section 2, Zhongshan Rd, ☏ +886 4 728 7243. Tu-Su 09:00-17:00. (updated Jun 2019)

Sport

Buy

Eat

Night markets

  • 🌍 Jingcheng Night Market (精誠夜市), No. 146, Linsen Rd. W F Sa Su 18:00-01:00. (updated Jun 2019)
  • 🌍 Yongan Night Market (永安夜市). Tu Th 18:00-00:00. (updated Jun 2019)

Drink

Sleep

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