Recently the weather has been inconsistent, at first clear skies, then all of a sudden damp and humid. There have not been the low, cold temperatures of around 10 degrees that there used to be, but this has been replaced by distinctly changeable weather; the public should pay close attention to weather reports.
In the early hours of the morning of Jan. 25, between 6:00 and 7:00am, snow suddenly fell on Hehuanshan for one hour. Renai Village police reported that accumulated snow at Wuling at one stage was between two and four centimeters thick.
The flurry of snow at Hehuanshan left tourists — who simply visited to appreciate the views — both surprised and pleased to see a gift falling from the heavens. Many tourists at Cingjing Farm, on learning that it was snowing at Hehuanshan, rushed to climb the mountain and enjoy the snow, causing a constant stream of traffic that stretched from Provincial Highway 14A all the way to Wuling, filling up the parking lot there.
Photo: Tung Chen-kuo
記者佟振國攝
最近天氣起伏不定,一下子天晴、一下子水氣增加,雖然不像之前會出現十度左右的寒冷低溫,但天氣變化交替明顯,民眾要留意氣象資訊。
一月二十五日合歡山在清晨六點到七點之間突然降雪一小時,仁愛分局指出,武嶺的積雪一度有二至四公分。
合歡山突降雪,讓原本只想上山賞景的遊客,見到天上掉下來的禮物,又驚又喜。許多在清境農場的遊客得知合歡山下雪,也趕上山賞雪,讓台十四甲線鳶峰至武嶺的車流不斷,武嶺停車場塞滿車輛。
(自由時報記者林嘉琪、黃以敬、佟振國)
Rice is an essential ingredient in Taiwanese cuisine. Many foods are made of rice, adding more variety to our cooking, such as rice cake, or “gui.” Wagui is made by steaming rice flour batter in a bowl. The term “gui” refers to a type of food made from rice, while “wa” refers to a bowl. The pronunciation of “gui” in Taiwanese Hokkien is similar to the word for “nobility” in Chinese, so it is common for people to prepare various types of gui, including wagui, as offerings to the gods or ancestors,. 米是台灣重要的主食,用米製成的食品十分多元,豐富我們的飲食,如米做成的「粿」。粿的意思是米做成的糕點,碗粿是將在來米漿倒入碗中蒸熟,因而得名。粿因為音同「貴」,因此碗粿等粿食常用作供品祭拜神明和祖先。 nobility (n.) 高貴,高尚;貴族 offering (n.) 供品 While Taiwan may not be
It’s no secret that Japanese people have a deep affection for noodles. Like in the rest of East Asia, noodles are an important staple food, second only to rice. Japanese people have enjoyed noodles for over 1,000 years. The first noodles came from China and were introduced around 800 CE. As time passed, noodles in Japan not only became widespread but also developed some unique Japanese characteristics. The three most popular types of noodles in Japan are ramen, soba, and udon. Ramen, typically made from wheat flour, is usually thin and firm. The dough is kneaded and left to
Drive-through (or drive-thru) restaurants provide people with the immense convenience of being able to purchase and pick up meals without needing to leave their vehicles. These restaurants have been around for decades, and their success has spawned a number of equally handy services. The drive-through concept originated with the drive-in restaurant, the first of which was established in the US in 1921. Patrons would order and eat the food that was delivered to their cars by workers called “carhops.” Ten years later, a drive-through service was introduced, but it was not until 1947 that the first exclusively drive-through restaurant opened its
On Tuesday last week, the flame for this summer’s Paris Olympics was lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games in southern Greece in a meticulously choreographed ceremony. It will then be carried through Greece for more than 5,000km before being handed over to French organizers at the Athens venue used for the first modern Olympics in 1896. The pageantry at Olympia has been an essential part of every Olympics for nearly 90 years since the Games in Berlin. It’s meant to provide an ineluctable link between the modern event and the ancient Greek original on which it was initially modelled. Once