Historical buildings Historical buildings in the county include the
House of Citizen-Memorial Hall of Attendance,
Jhen Wen Academy,
Erlun Story House and
Xiluo Theater.
Ma Min Shan Park Labyrinth The first and largest temple theme park in Taiwan, the park is full of unique mountains and rocks. It features a large courtyard landscape of high mountain and stone forests, matched with scenic surroundings. There are a total of 73 characteristic landscapes in the area. The park includes the steep and eye-catching Rainbow Bridge. Tourists can climb up to a panoramic view of the park.
Xiluo Bridge Xiluo Bridge is a highway bridge in Taiwan. During the Japanese Occupation, it was called Zhuoshuixi Bridge. It connects Yunlin County and Changhua County, and straddles the lower reaches of Zhuoshui River. It is designed with a Warren-style truss bridge. When it was completed in 1952, the Xiluo Bridge was the second longest bridge in the world after the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco in the United States. At that time, it was known as the "Far East First Bridge."
Scenic spot •
Caoling is a popular mountain scenic spot in Yunlin County. • Yunling Hill is located at the intersection of three counties:
Yunlin,
Chiayi County, and
Nantou County. It is a new mountain scenic spot, with an altitude of about 1,650 meters, offering a great view of sunrise, sunset and the sea of clouds. • Green Tunnel Park is a long and narrow roadside park with a brick walking/biking path lined with mango trees. Next to the tunnel are tracks of a small sugar plantation railway. Its tracks, stations, and carriages were quite unique. The Gukeng Township Government has plans to restore the space as a cultural landscape park.
Temples Prominent Temples in the county include; •
Beigang Chaotian Temple: one of the most important
Mazu temples in Taiwan and known for its magnificent temple architecture, visited by more than a million pilgrims every year • Beigang Wude Temple (北港武德宮): one of the largest temple dedicated to Xuan Tan Zhen Jun (玄壇真君),
Martial God of Wealth •
Xiluo Guangfu Temple: prominent
Mazu temple in Xiluo township • Xiluo Fuxing Temple (西螺福興宮)： prominent
Mazu temple in Xiluo township, have an annual procession during Mazu's Birthday •
Yong'an Temple: a popular temple dedicated to the Deity known as
Kai Zhang Sheng Wang (開漳聖王)
Museums and cultural centers Yunlin County is home to several museums and cultural centers, such as the
Beigang Cultural Center,
Farming and Irrigation Artifacts Museum,
Honey Museum, Museum of Beigang Story,
Soy Sauce Brewing Museum,
Yunlin Hand Puppet Museum,
Yunlin Story House and
Zhaoan Hakka Cultural Hall.
Cheng Lin Agarwood Forest Museum Chenglin Agarwood Forest Museum is located in Huwei Town, covering an area of about 5.8 hectares. It was the first largest agarwood forest park in the county. It has a Japanese Zen-style like Kenroku Garden and a simple style of ecological landscape pond. The garden is covered with more than 80 species of trees for viewing. The venue has a professional guided introduction and many thousand-year-old cypress artworks, as well as Chenglin's exclusive collection of the world's largest 3,000-year-old sacred wood.
Honey Museum The
Honey Museum (Bee Story House) is located beside Gukeng's Green Tunnel Park. The museum has exhibits on honey, bees, and honey tasting.
Festivals Festivals, such as the
Beigang International Music Festival, are regularly held in the county.
Theme parks The
Janfusun Fancyworld is a theme park in the county. Chan Chau Ku is a dairy farm. Although there were quite a few dairy farmers in the area, there was no way for tourists to visit the parks. So the founder decided to build a leisure farm and open the park for free to encourage everyone to get close to nature.
Nature Yunlin County houses the
Chenglong Wetlands,
Erlun Sports Park,
Penglai Waterfall and
Ten Thousand Year Gorge.
Hushan Reservoir Hushan Reservoir is located in Douliu City and Gukeng Township, 10 kilometers southeast of Douliu City. Due to the small catchment area, the Tongtou River Barrage was built in Qingshui Creek. Water was diverted to supplement the water source.
Penglai Waterfall Penglai Waterfall is located in Penny's Water Creek Valley on the east side of the Caoling settlement in Gukeng Township. It belongs to the Zhuoshui River Basin. The altitude of the waterfall is about 920 meters, and the drop is about 70 meters. It is listed as one of the ten scenic spots in Caoling. ==Transportation==