A relaxed settlement by the river-mouth wetlands, near Guandu Temple and the bird-watching park
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Guandu is where the Tamsui River and Keelung River meet, and it's been a habitat for migratory birds since ancient times — Taipei City's largest wetland is also located here. Living here, you're bordered by the river to the west, the Guandu Plain to the south, and the Guandu Industrial Area to the northeast. The streets are quiet with low density, and life moves at a relaxed pace. Based on our street photos, it ranks 22nd out of Taipei's 73 neighborhoods for greenery. No. 360 Zhixing Road is Guandu Temple, dedicated mainly to Mazu, and Guandu Nature Park sits just to the east of the temple.
Guandu Nature Park covers 57 hectares; it was established and designated as a protected area by the city government in 1996, and has been managed by the Wild Bird Society of Taipei since 2001. More than 200 bird species have been recorded in the Guandu area, most of them winter migrants or birds just passing through, so autumn and winter are the best times to visit. After birdwatching, back on Zhixing Road you'll find a cluster of restaurants and eateries, and you can do your grocery shopping at Zhixing Road Market. For healthcare, Guandu Hospital and Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center are both nearby.
Guandu MRT Station itself is in Tamsui District, New Taipei City, not inside the neighborhood; the station inside the neighborhood is Zhongyi Station in the northeast section. For public transit, this neighborhood ranks 47th out of Taipei's 73 neighborhoods, and for everyday shopping it ranks second from the bottom — for groceries and meals, you'll mostly need to head back to the Zhixing Road area. Some stretches of road have traffic noise, some apartment buildings are built on slopes, and there are few new developments.
The name 'Guandu' comes from a phonetic transliteration of an indigenous language, and early on it was written with several different Chinese characters; during the Japanese colonial era it was mostly written as 'Jiangtou,' and it wasn't standardized until after the war. Guandu Temple's predecessor, the Gandoumen Tianfei Temple, is recorded in the Zhuluo County Gazetteer as having been built on a hill in 1712, then relocated to the foot of the hill in 1719. In 1897, a merchant named Lin Dachun funded the temple's move to its current location, and it wasn't named Guandu Temple until it was renovated in 1922. Guandu Elementary School was founded in 1921, and today the entire neighborhood falls within this single school district. The Taiwan Railways Administration once operated a Zhongyi Station about 900 meters east of today's MRT station starting in 1960, which was discontinued in 1988. When the MRT's Zhongyi Station opened in 1997, it kept this same station name.
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