Today I’m gonna take you to Taipei, the Capital City of Taiwan. It was always a dream of me to visit this part of Chinese culture and heritage.
今天跟大家分享下我的台湾旅程。
对台湾一直以来的好感应该都出自于那些台湾作家，读过白先勇写儿时在上海的记忆，他笔下的民国时期的爱情都像是在阴雨季节发了霉，阴郁寂寞化不开的浓愁。后又读朱天文的《淡江记》，她和她的老师胡兰成一样对中华文明都有痴迷。近来读龙应台的《大江大海1949》，撇开历史巨变不谈，单是那些普通人的命运起伏就荡气回肠惊心动魄。
台北满街的寺庙，雕刻出的各路神仙可以合演一步封神演义了，散步偶尔遇见的亭廊仍然漆绿朱红，台北那些平淡无奇的民居巷道虽然没有任何历史感可言，但都在缓慢的诉说着一段段“耕读之家”“温良恭俭”这样的寻常日子。
台湾人都很温柔和顺，和他们说话的语调真是相衬，今天吃饭遇见的老板听我口音是大陆的，还很热情的送我水果，说自己是外省二代。这些都让人觉得特别感动。甭管政治上是否统一，但至少大家都是文化上的中国人，同根同祖同种，我在拉萨和藏族人聊天从来没觉得他们和我们一样，但在台湾他们所受的汉文化的儒家教育比我们更强烈。
在台北的每天都是游荡着度过的。从1914文化创意园开始，一路游荡到永康路，去101附近的眷村看看当天有没有文艺展或者创意集市。这个季节天气刚刚好，暖阳下总有一种惬意的闲适，或许也只有台北这样的城市能让舒国治写出《理想的下午》，无特别的事可做但又觉得这一天过的长足。
哦对了，在台湾某电视台还看到了最爱电视剧《琅琊榜》
I spent one week in and around Taipei and i was very impressed of many things.
You can eat very well and very cheaply in Taipei. Especially in Restaurants, which don’t have a fancy look, you can eat super good food. And there’s a huge variety of restaurants, in addition to local Taiwanese specialties, you’ll find regional cuisines from all over China, as well as great Indian, Japanese and other options. Just make sure to leave some room for snacks—street-vendor food here is addictive.
Here some of the best places to go:
Yongkang Street is known more as a food street rather than a shopping street.
There are many food outlets and restaurants serving noodles, dumplings, rice dishes to dainty cafes serving cakes, ice cream and other desserts. But also many book stores are around Yongkang Street.
Its a good place to feel local Taiwanese lifestyle.
We also checked out the small sub streets along Yong Kang, as there are many hidden food outlets in there too.
We also went to an old Military dependents village, which is now more a museum. It is located very close to Taipei 101 tower and it also gives a good inside of how soldiers were living in the 1950’s.
When I missed some real szechuan food, we went to the just recently opened Haidilao Hot pot restaurant, one of the most popular restaurants to eat hot pot in China and also in many other countries. Unfortunately, as taiwanese people don’t like to eat very spicy food, the hotpot wasn’t as spicy as it is in China. But still, it was an enjoyable evening there!
There is also a night market nearby, where many young people have a drink and enjoy the relaxing atmosphere.
more about Taipei soon