#Lanyu

[judith-orshalimian]

Lanyu Spring/Summer 2019 Details!

[shihlun]

"The Gentle Yamis of Orchid Island: A Picture Story"

by Chang Shuahua (張煦華)

from National Geographic, January 1977

[stylestream]

Paris Hilton | Lanyu dress | Front Row Fashion: New York | 2017

[pierppasolini]

Lan Yu (2001) // dir. Stanley Kwan

[guzhufuren]

You call me "girl"? Huaien said "Unbelievable" 😆

Li Le, Wang Yunkai and Fan Lanyue in BTS of Meet You At The Blossom

[feng-huli]

“I don’t care about other people’s lives. But if they want to kill her, they will have to ask my blade first.”

[shadowbanki]

Dramatic picture of Lanyue throwing a majestic temper tantrum. Based on the -ERROR art of Namine Ritsu. It was a vent piece but then I started having fun with it.

[finalfantasyx]

Gossip in Tianqi spread like wildfire, and its rumor mill was unmatched by any other city in the world. Everything that could be gossiped about under the sun was talked about in the streets, and the people were always looking for new proverbial tea over their cups of tea, as it were.

And five years into the new era, the people of Tianqi really, really wanted to know if their Prince Yong'An Xiao Chuhe was, if rumor had it, married.

[redcarpet-streetstyle]

[cosmicinflationkink]

First look at the actual Lanyue lunar lander prototype and the Mengzhou space capsule. A combined configuration of the two will be used to facilitate a crewed lunar landing by 2030. So far only models were shown for the lander, so seeing a prototype being built is kinda exciting :)

And also these two renders by Element115, because i really enjoy their art and wanted to share it :D

[rageprufrock]

I really doubt anybody on Tumblr is watching but The First Shot or 雪迷宫 is making me LOSE MY MIND. I’m on episode like 10 and just yelled WHAT IN THE LANYU IS HAPPENING HERE IN 1997 DONGBEI. The first and second male leads are the dude from Addicted and the guy who plays all the mean cold CEOs and also was in Imperial Coroner. They live together and somewhere in the next four eps someone is getting kidnapped by drug dealers and tortured and handsome rough northern drug cop from Addicted is going to princess carry his six foot tall delicate southern nerd wife. This show is produced by Zhang Yimou and is ruining my life.

[judith-orshalimian]

Lanyu Spring/Summer 2019 Details!

[whimsycreations]

My OC Lanyue (left) and his dad (right)

[pierppasolini]

Lan Yu (2001) // dir. Stanley Kwan

[thistransient]

Is there anywhere in Taiwan you would recommend visiting that's not on all the must-see lists?

I had a look at some must-see lists so I could make a well-informed answer, and I have to admit I haven't even been to all the places listed! One of these days I'll make it to Alishan 阿里山 and ride that extremely early train... To be honest, I think most must-see things are on there for a reason, and I do bring people who visit me to go see them, and have a good time at it myself. I feel "not on the list" recommendations can be approached from two perspectives: either you've already exhausted the list and are looking for more things to do that align with your personal niche interests, or you're a tourist with a shorter time frame willing to exert the energy to get somewhere a bit more difficult.

For the latter, while it's still on some lists, I did enjoy Lukang 鹿港 a lot, if you don't have a private vehicle (which I do not) it does not have a train station and thus requires more public transport connections than usual. The historic small town experience is worth it though. My other recommendation is Lanyu 蘭嶼, the issue here being that one must either fly or take a ferry (my friend and I took a ferry from Kenting 墾丁 the first day it reopened after being repeatedly postponed due to bad weather, I do NOT recommend this). It rained almost the whole time (we scootered around anyways), and there was approximately one restaurant open but it was my first time going to one of the outlying islands so it made an impression on me. I've heard tell Penghu 澎湖 is possibly a better choice if you had to pick one. I've never heard anyone talk about going to Matsu 馬祖列島 except a woman I met in a bar once who said there's a ten hour ferry from Keelung 基隆, so that could be an adventure (now I'm just talking about places I want to go, hah). Outlying islands aside, there are a lot of beautiful mountains that require planning and permits and more knee strain than has ever appealed to me, so if you're interested in that kind of hard-to-get-to I unfortunately cannot help with specifics (but it's something to look into).

If you fall into the first category and are looking for more things to see after you feel like you've seen it all, I will hope ardently that you are also into reading in Chinese and recommend you a book 小小站．停一下：���悠哉的37個鐵道私景點 by 段慧琳 about small/remote/obscure train stations around Taiwan. So far I've only been to a few on the north and east coasts (Jinlun 金崙, Dali 大里, Badouzi 八斗子... I've been to Wai'ao 外奧 too but is that really obscure?) but it's something I've found rewarding. (I'd like to go to the other 奧s, 蘇澳, 東奧, and 南澳 too). I don't think there is anything particularly mind-blowing per se in any of these places, but if you find joy in poking around by the sea (often very scenic with the adjacent mountains), having a chat with local people, and looking out train windows, then it's a thing to do.

I will say I have spent a lot more time in the general Taipei area than anywhere else, although my recommendations skew towards "quiet places you can get to without a private vehicle", like my ever-beloved Waziwei 挖子尾, although who can say if it'll still be quiet after they finish the bridge, alas. If you have some more specific interests re: Taipei, do ask!

[feng-huli]

“Let go.”