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Catch the performers from the popular Taiwan drama series 《Paladins in Troubled Times 爱》, that had captured the hearts and minds of many viewers not only in Taiwan but also in Singapore and Malaysia. The drama series《爱》 has shot many promising Taiwanese actors and singers to fame. It also scored high ratings and viewer-ship in Singapore during the daily prime time slots at 7pm.

PHOTO: 方馨（饰演林淑华）- 方馨 played Lin Shu Hua
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PHOTO: Fang has also starred in many other Taiwanese soap operas
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The cast members of 《爱》who will be performing in this concert are Fang Xin 方馨 played Lin Shu Hua 林淑華. Despite being a young actress, Fang has also starred in many other Taiwanese soap operas such as 《台灣阿誠》, 《台灣霹靂火》, 《台灣龍捲風》and many more.

PHOTO: “郭聰敏”倪齊民在拍《愛》的時候求婚成功，現在已有兩個女兒。
Guo Cong Min as Ni Qi Min 倪齊民 while shooting《愛》succeed in getting married. He currently has two daughters.
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Ni Qi Min 倪齐民 played Guo Cong Min 郭聪敏 . He is a veteran and talented actor who is recognized by many in Taiwan for his many major roles in the Hokkien drama serials. Besides 《爱》, he had also acted in several drama serials such as 《长男的媳妇》，《不了情》，《欲望人生》，《再生缘》。

PHOTO: Chen Yu Feng 陈宇风 played Hong Jian Zhong 洪建中.
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Chen Yu Feng 陈宇风 played Hong Jian Zhong 洪建中. Chen has acted in few drama serials such as 《意难忘》,《欲望人生》. Besides acting, he had also released two albums with his twin brother in Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.

PHOTO: Fan photos from Taiwan Drama 爱>
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Jiang Zhu Ping 江祖平 played Xie Ming Ming 谢明明. Many audiences hated but also loved her for her villain role in this series. She also acted in many drma series such as 《飞龙在天》，《爱》,《旧情绵绵》,《意难忘》.

PHOTO: Liu Xiu Wen 刘秀雯played Hong mother 洪建中妈妈
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Liu Xiu Wen 刘秀雯 played Hong mother 洪建中妈妈, the evil-hearted mother-in-law. She is a veteran actress who has acted in many drama series such as 《娘家》,《宝岛少女成功记》,《烟锁重楼》,《星星知我心》,《施公奇案》.

PHOTO: 德馨 (dé xīn) - 《爱》赖家玲 (lài jiā líng) 德馨感谢《爱》提升了她的知名度。
dé xīn appreciate 《爱》because it raise her status
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De Xin德馨played Lai Jia Ling 赖家玲, the wife Hong Zhi Zhong 洪志忠, a pitiful wife role that is well-liked by many audiences. She has acted in many drama series such as 《台湾灵异事件》,《世间路》,《意难忘》,《娘家》,《夜市人生》,《桂花巷》.

PHOTO: Lin Yi Fang 林义芳played Ma Sha 马沙.
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Lin Yi Fang 林义芳played Ma Sha 马沙. His role in the drama series is well-liked by many although he is a villain role but he has a kind heart. He also acted in many other drama series such as 《意难忘》,《娘家》《又见阿郎》,《欲望人生》,《新兵日记》.

DATE
26 Dec 2010
Sun, 1pm, 4pm, 7.30pm

DURATION
Approx 120 mins

VENUE(S)
Suntec Int'l Convention & Exhibition Hall

TICKET PRICE (Exclude Booking Fee)
Standard - S$98, S$88, S$78, S$68, S$48

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PHOTO: 九指新娘女主角江祖平性感写真
Sexy photo of actress Jiang Zuping
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PHOTO: 九指新娘女主角江祖平性感写真
Sexy photo of actress Jiang Zuping
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PHOTO: 九指新娘女主角江祖平性感写真
Sexy photo of actress Jiang Zuping
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MY PAPER, MONDAY MARCH 22, 2010, TRAVEL, PAGE A14
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BY ANDREW JACOBS

PHOTO: HOT DIP: Taiwan’s northern end is a lush and mountainous region filled with hot springs that tourists and the Taiwanese flock to in order to bathe in their therapeutic waters. (PHOTOS: THE NEW YORK TIMES)

THERE is nothing quite as bracing as the smell of rotten eggs in the morning.

The odour, which courses through the lobby and rooms of some of the finest hotels on Taiwan’s northern end, is a telltale indication that you’ve arrived in the hot-spring country – a lush and mountainous region that forms the island’s volcanic belly.

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Its therapeutic allure dates back a century, when Japanese soldiers wounded in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 took solace in the sulphurous waters above the tectonic collision of the Eurasian and Philippine Sea plates.

These days, workday refugees from the mercantile bustle of Taipei, the island’s capital, flock here to soak away ailments, real and imagined.

The Taiwanese swear by its healing powers. “If you have athlete’s foot, you will be cured. If you have aches and pains, they will disappear,” said Mr Lin Tai Shan, a tea-shop owner, as he slipped into a steaming eddy at Bayen, one of 400 hot springs scattered across Taiwan.

“If you spend time in these waters, you will not need psychotherapy.”

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While hot springs are found throughout Taiwan, the quickest way to sample the waters is to go to Beitou – a mere half-hour subway ride from central Taipei – which was built by the Japanese during the 50 years they colonised Taiwan.

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Poised on the outer edge of the capital’s sprawl and hugging the foot of Yangmingshan National Park, Beitou provides a lively base to explore both the urban and rural permutations of the hot-spring culture.

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A dozen hotels line Guangming Road, a serpentine byway that carries travellers from the hum of downtown Beitou to the cicada-filled buzz of forested hills.

PHOTO: Hike amid the wilds of Yangmingshan park between baths and enjoy its verdant greenery.

PHOTO: BLISS: Beitou (top) provides a lively base to explore the urban and rural permutations of the hot-spring culture.

The Broadway Hotel is typical, a bland high-rise offering simple rooms in two styles: Japanese style (with tatami mats for sleeping) or the conventional style with raised beds.

Most rooms feature oversized tubs with taps that spew out the stinky, sulphurous elixir that draws throngs of Taiwanese in the chilly winter months.

Nicer hotels also have sex-segregated communal baths where day-trippers and the more gregarious can mingle in large pools. Nudity is the norm.

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But Beitou’s main event is the municipal bath, an outdoor collection of cascading basins, lined with dark mountain schist, that forms the civic heart of town.

The bath is open until 10pm and has a democratic entry fee of NT$40 (S$1.80). Upon entering, the scene is multigenerational and bathers are fully clothed, with families hopping among pools that range from skin-scalding to teeth-chattering.

The atmosphere is festive, with plump teenagers doing sit-ups on raised stone sitting areas, while the elderly, immersed up to their earlobes, gossip over plastic canisters of cool tea.

Rule No. 9 on the wall – “It is inadvisable to spend more than 15 minutes in the hot spring” – seems to be universally ignored.

“The Japanese gave us this,” said one well-wrinkled matron, referring to the highly social culture of public bathing.

“They also built railroads, and schools and roads.”

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JAPANESE LEGACY

As an expatriate living in China, where the Japanese invasion and occupation are recalled with unrestrained venom, I found it jarring to hear such positive sentiments about Japan’s colonisation of Taiwan.

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One hotel manager offered another view, recalling how Japan turned Beitou into something of a comfort town for its soldiers. Taiwanese women, he said with some embarrassment, provided the comfort.

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“It took a long time for people to forget Beitou’s dark reputation,” he said.

When a bather’s skin becomes sufficiently pruned, he can always visit the Beitou Hot Spring Museum, occupying a lodge built during the Japanese era, or go to Hell Valley, a geothermal gulch with hissing vents and scalding ponds that still evokes comparisons to the afterlife.

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Next to Beitou’s honky-tonk, the wilds of Yangmingshan are positively bucolic. It became a national park in 1985, after centuries of drawing miners who sought the sulphur deposits for gunpowder. The main draws nowadays are bird-watching, hiking through bamboo groves and, of course, hot springs.

The waters at the public Lengshuikeng, a mandatory stop on the park’s hot-bath circuit, may translate to mean a “cold-water pit”, but it is still plenty hot at 40 deg C. Its ferrous, reddish-brown waters are a refreshing alternative to sulphur baths.

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In between baths, take a hike through Yangmingshan’s many trails, the top draw being Qixing shan, the tallest peak in Taiwan’s north and a haunting landscape of steaming fumaroles, wind-gnarled cedars and oceans of swaying silver grass. It is also a popular spot for mainland tourists.

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Since a 2008 accord between the two governments, 3,000 visitors from China have been allowed on the island each day for one-week tours. The influx has been a boon for Taiwan’s recessionary economy, as well as for the hot springs, which have seen their popularity rise.

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Locals do not sneer at the mainland money, but they often gripe about a lack of politesse among the Chinese.

On a recent visit, a busload of tourists from Sichuan province arrived at Xiaoyoukeng, a steaming basin just below the peak. The Chinese were effusive about Taiwan. “We are brothers,” said a man stamping out his cigarette before climbing back on the bus.

“One day, we will be a single nation again. In the end, business will bring us together.”

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MAGIC OF BAYEN

After a thigh-straining, two-hour hike through rhododendron forests and volcanic rocks, it was time for Bayen, a venerable hot spring considered to be almost mystical. It is a 20-minute drive from Qixing shan, on a serpentine road that hugs a forested hillside and provides a distant view of the sea.

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To get there, head down the driveway that leads to a new high-end lodge and look for the dirt trail with the No Trespassing sign.

Locals say the police rarely intervene and, besides, the reward is worth the trouble: a hidden glen where a rivulet of boiling water meets the cold cascade of a mountain stream.

For years, a society of Bayen devotees have come to this spot to escape the commercial baths, with their entry fees and concrete basins.

They planted flowering clematis, built deep soaking pools with native rocks and even erected changing rooms out of wooden poles and swatches of colourful fabric.

It feels like a meticulous community garden, with volunteers even draining the pools weekly. “Smoke your cigarettes at the tail of the wind,” read one hand-painted sign. “Wash your hair at the tail of the river,” advised another.

After the succession of pipe-fed basins, there is something remarkable about the pools at Bayen, where the source emerges straight from the earth, and the pools, some exhilarating, some near scalding, are surrounded by an amphitheatre of green.

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With much of my clothing hanging from a branch, I eased into a swirling, steaming pond. After the initial sting, the heat proved to be an elixir, vanquishing aches from the hike and subsuming any lingering anxieties brought on by my life in Beijing. The overall effect was intoxicating.

There were half a dozen people already soaking in the pool. Everyone wore a knowing smile that said: Yes, you’ve discovered paradise.

Mr Liao Yan Chen, 68, a retired electric-company worker, first came to this spot as a seven-year-old, and he still makes the hour-long drive from Taipei at least once a week. He said the waters keep him healthy, sane and connected to nature.

“I sleep so much better after I bathe here,” he said. “I think the world would be a better place if everyone spent more time soaking in hot springs.”

NYT, Andrew Jacobs is a correspondent in the Beijing bureau of The New York Times.

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HELPDESK: 我的字典

Mountainous: 多山的 - duō shān de
Hot springs: 温泉 - wēn quán
Venom: 毒液 - dú yè
Mystical: 玄妙的 - xuán miào de

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IF YOU GO HOW TO GET THERE

Check out flights from Singapore to Taipei on www.zuji.com. A search for April travel finds you flights on Jetstar and Eva Air, with prices starting at $617 (including taxes).

Taxis can be hired at the Xin Beitou subway station for NT$800 (S$35.28) for the day, depending on your negotiating skills.

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WHERE TO SOAK

Beitou Hot Spring Museum (Zhongshan Road, Beitou; 886-2-2893-9981). Admission is free.
Beitou Outdoor Public Baths (886-2-2893-7014). Entry fee: NT$40.
Lengshuikeng hot spring (886-2-2861-0036; ymsnp.gov.tw). Free.
Yangmingshuwu (12 Chungshin Road, Yangmingshan; 886-2-2861-1444; ymsnp.gov.tw). Admission fee: NT$50. Call ahead for English-language tours.
Yangmingshan National Park (886-2-2861-3601, ext. 271; ymsnp.gov.tw). Call well in advance for English-speaking tours.

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WHERE TO STAY

Landis Resort (111 No. 237 Ger-Zhi Road, Yangmingshan; 886-2-2861-6661; landisresort.com.tw) offers stone and blond-wood refinement. Rates start at NT$7,000.
The Broadway (250 Guangming Road, Beitou; 886-2-2895-6658; broadway-hotspring-hotel.com.tw) offers some Japanese-style rooms. Rates start at NT$900.

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