Taiwan!! Touch your Heart #4

The National Palace Museum (國立故宮博物院) is an art gallery and museum in Taipei City, Taiwan. The National Palace Museum in Taipei holds one of the largest collections of Chinese artifacts and artworks in the world, additionally most of the items were collected by China's ancient emperors

Categories in the Collection

The National Palace Museum main artifacts categories are:

• Bronze
• Painting
• Jades
• Ceramics
• Calligraphy
• Rare Books
• Documents
• Curios

The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (國立中正紀念堂) is a monument erected in memory of Chiang Kai-shek, former President of the Republic of China in Taipei, Taiwan.

The monument, surrounded by a park, stands at the east end of Liberty Square. The structure is framed on the north and south by the National Theater and National Concert Hall. The entire plaza is located within sight of the Presidential Office Building.

Ximending (: 西門町) is a neighborhood in the Wanhua District of Taipei. This area is also the most important consumer district in the Western District of Taipei. The well-known Ximending Pedestrian Area was the first pedestrian area built in Taipei.

Ximending is now called the “Harajuku” of Taipei. The local bookstores sell Japanese magazines, books, CD albums, and clothing, making it a heaven for the "Harizu", or Japanese culture adorers. Individual vendors gather in the streets as well as the large business buildings, such as Wannien Department Store and Shizilin Square in the early days, and Wanguo Department Store and Eslite 116 in the later period.