30 Aug
Taiwan Day 4: JingTong – PingXi – ShiFen – Jiufen
For our full trip itinerary, please click here.
Read about our post on JingTong, PingXi & ShiFen here
This will be a combine post on our two separate visits to Jiufen. If you wish to know where to stay, what to eat, what to buy and what to do in Jiufen, please read on. 
Jiufen is one of my very favorite places. I love walking along the winding streets with food vendors and craft stores on the side. I love chilling out at those old tea houses from the 30s and enjoyed a stunning view of Pacific Ocean. I love spending a night at one of those beautiful B&Bs and I got to mingle with the locals and listen to their stories.
How does the name of Jiufen came about? It was said that the village has only nine families during the Qing Dynasty. Everytime shipments arrived from town, ‘nine portions’ were distributed to the villagers. Hence, the village was named after “Jiufen”, or rather nine portions in Chinese.
