印象臺灣

臺灣城市管理規范有序、服務設施的完善和人性化、市民的整體文明程度，在世界范圍內都是很有知名度的。城市馬路雖然不寬，但整潔干凈，設施完善，機動車、行人都非常遵守交通規則，遇到錯車時，也都會自覺禮讓。

臺灣并不是初次相見就會令人驚艷的美女。只有當你慢慢地在每條街巷之間行走，享受溫和的海風漸漸貫滿你的心肺，在青山秀水散漫的茶香里陶然欲醉之時，才會在她的細枝末節之處、舉手投足之間，感受到她溫婉的氣質和獨特的魅力。

臺灣的姿容是清麗的。日月潭的湖水映著山川的靈秀飄渺，阿里山的森林記錄著大自然跨越千百年的贈予，浩瀚的太平洋碧藍如畫，北回歸線標志塔傲然雄視著大海。沿海的風光映襯著臺灣少數民族古樸美妙的風土人情，原世界最高的現代化建筑物臺北101高聳入云，還有珍藏著大量代表了中華古代文化的奇珍異寶的臺北“故宮”——如果說北京故宮的建筑世界第一，那么臺北“故宮”的藏品則是世界第一。

在城市建設上，臺灣是一個歷史與現代交織、傳統與現實交融的地方。各種傳統式的建筑常常隱約出現于現代化的高樓大廈中，各種寺廟、宮祠可謂林林總總，遍布全島。至于“孫中山紀念館”、“中山路”、“南京路”等充滿濃郁中華文化風味的建筑與道路，更是比比皆是，讓人真切感到臺灣與大陸割不斷的血脈親情。有趣的是，臺北的幾條主要街道，都以“仁愛”、“忠孝”、“仁義”命名，臺灣人的姓名里多見“仁”、“義”、“禮”、“智”、“信”，由此可見他們對儒家文化的尊崇。臺灣人謙恭有禮、待人熱情、守時敬業，過去講“情、理、法”，現在則是講“法、理、情”。

臺灣城市管理規范有序、服務設施的完善和人性化、市民的整體文明程度，在世界范圍內都是很有知名度的。城市馬路雖然不寬，但整潔干凈，設施完善，機動車、行人都非常遵守交通規則，遇到錯車時，也都會自覺禮讓。遇有行人時，司機都能堅持“車讓人”，等待行人通過。所以，在每個繁忙的路口，人潮洶涌又井然有序的景致令外來的游客稱贊不已。

全島最有“味”的地方當屬夜市。夜市和臺灣人的生活密切相連，整晚都是燈火通明，人潮不息。吃、喝、玩、樂、穿、戴、用度，都可以在這里得到滿足，而且花費很少。在這里，逛夜市已經成了臺灣人的一種生活方式。

“高高的樹上結檳榔，誰先爬上誰先嘗”。這是一首大陸和臺灣都熟悉的情歌。臺灣人歷來有嚼檳榔的習慣，在島上檳榔樹隨處可見。隨便選一條街漫步，都會看到很多檳榔店，大多店內都有姿容靚麗的“檳榔西施”。一邊嚼著檳榔，一邊聽漂亮的“檳榔西施”緩緩道來的寶島風情人文，不得不說是一件賞心悅人的樂事。

Taiwan is not the beauty who makes you shocked at the first time. Only when walking slowly in each street， enjoying the mild sea wind filling with your heart gradually and intoxicated in the tea scented flavor spreading in the beautiful landscape， can you feel her suave temperament and unique charm from these minor details.

Taiwan is comely in her appearance. The water in Sun Moon Lake reflects the elegance and dim mist of the landscape; the forest in Ali Mountain records the gift endowed by nature for thousand of years; the immense Pacific Ocean takes on a picturesque blue; the mark tower of the north tropic line loftily looks at the sea. The landscapes along both banks set off the unsophisticated and wonderful local customs of Taiwan minorities. Taipei 101， the world’s highest modern building is towering into the sky. The Taipei Palace has collected a large number of priceless treasures representing the culture of ancient China. If the Forbidden City in Beijing ranks first in its buildings all over the world， the Taipei Palace must rank first in its collections.

In terms of city construction， Taiwan is a place which interweaves history with modernity and blends tradition and reality. Various traditional buildings often loom up the high modern buildings. All kinds of temples， ancestral temples can be found all over the island. Buildings and roads which are filled with Chinese cultural style such as the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall， Zhongshan Road， Nanjing Road， etc are everywhere， making people genuinely feel the uninterrupted kinship affection between Taiwan and the mainland. Interestingly， several main streets are all named after “Ren’ai” (kindheartedness)， “Zhongxiao” (loyalty and piety)， “Renyi” (kindheartedness and justice)， and the characters “Ren” (humane)， “Yi” (justice)， “Li” (rite)， “Zhi” (wisdom)， “Xin” (integrity) are often common in Taiwanese names， which are advocated by Confucius. As a result， a conclusion can be drawn that they have worship towards Confucius Culture.

Night markets， closely linked with Taiwanese life， are of the most “Taiwan Style” places. The whole night is brightened by lights and crowded with unceasing stream of people. Everything is available here， and very inexpensive: groceries， entertainment， clothes and accessories， and daily necessities. Shopping in the night markets has become a life style of Taiwanese.

“Areca-nut bears on areca tree， one can first taste if he first climbs up the tree”. It is a love song familiar to people both from Taiwan and the mainland. People in Taiwan have been used to chew areca-nuts since long ago. You can see areca-nut trees everywhere on this island， and many areca-nut shops along every street you are strolling， and in every shop a pretty areca-nut girl. It is really an enjoyable pleasure to listen to the girls about the customs and cultures of Taiwan while chewing areca-nuts.