Shiding

Shiding (石碇區) is a rural district of New Taipei, with a population of about 7,000. It is the site of the Fetsui Reservoir, which provides much of the water to the cities in the northern part of Taiwan island.

The district is accessible by bus from the Taipei metro.

• Bus 666 connects Jingmei MRT Station (on the Green Line), Muzha MRT Station (on the Brown Line), Shenkeng, Shiding Old Street, and Wutuku.
• Bus 795 connects Muzha MRT Station (on the Brown Line), Shenkeng, Yongding, Pingxi, and Shifen.

24°59′30″N 121°39′31″E

Map of Shiding

• 24.990747121.6608041 Shiding Old Street (石碇老街), ☏ +886 2 2663 1080. 08:00-17:00. An old shopping street elevated above a river.  (updated Aug 2019)

• 25.016653121.6982452 Guniang Temple (石碇姑娘廟), ☏ +886 2 2663 1937. 08:00-20:00.  (updated Aug 2019)
• 25.017013121.6988143 Temple of the God of Chance (石碇元寶山仙石府), No. 352, Section 1, Jing'an Rd, ☏ +886 2 2663 8033.  (updated Aug 2019)
• 24.990753121.6591484 Jishun Temple (集順廟), No. 9, Shiding West Street, ☏ +886 2 2663 1080.  (updated Aug 2019)

• 24.93222121.641675 Bagua Tea Plantation (八卦茶園), 北宜路六段獅仔頭坑巷16號. Viewpoint overlooking hills of tea fields extending down to the winding Fetsui Reservoir.  (updated Apr 2025)
• 24.918663121.6136026 Fetsui Reservoir (翡翠水庫).  (updated Aug 2019)
• 25.030163121.6657897 Luku Incident Memorial Park (鹿窟事件紀念公園). A park commemorating one of the worst incidents of the white terror in Taiwan where over 400 people were arrested by the military government of the ROC and about 35 people were eventually executed.  (updated Aug 2019)

• 24.99222121.663661 Huangdidian (皇帝殿 Huángdì Diàn) (West trailhead is near Shiding Old Street. Multiple east trailheads, including Yongding served by Bus 795). A strenuous trail along a ridge, with many sections of ropes, ladders and exposed cliff sides.  

Pouchong (baozhong) tea is a lightly-oxidized (greener) oolong tea, produced in the hills south of Taipei. Its name means "the wrapped kind", as it was historically wrapped in paper while drying.