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Xiangshan, Hsinchu · Outdoor art and a wetland walk

Xiangshan Wetland Art Festival · nature park

Future fossils on the grass; a parking lot for birds on the water.

White bird-shaped wind vanes stand on a raft, with the crab boardwalk and distant wind turbines behind them.

Takahito Kimura: Waterbirds’ Parking Lot

Takahito Kimura

Work: Takahito Kimura, Waterbirds’ Parking Lot—PLAY WITH EARTH. Image supplied by Hsinchu City Government / Hakka News.

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See the park’s art, then visit the crab boardwalk when the tide allows.

STEP BY STEP, the 2026 Xiangshan Wetland Art Festival, runs through November 1, with eight works along the coast. For a first visit, start with the nature park and nearby crab boardwalk. Festival programme hours are 10:00–17:00; the boardwalk has a separate, tide-dependent daily opening table.

White perforated shell-like arches of different sizes sit on grass beneath trees.

Elena Redaelli: Wetland’s future fossils

Elena Redaelli

Work: Elena Redaelli, Intertidal Carapaxia—Wetland’s future fossils. Image supplied by Hsinchu City Government / Hakka News.

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Route diagram: the cyan festival loop starts at Sanxingqiao station and calls at Jincheng Lake, Xiangshan Wetland, Haishan harbour, Changxing Temple and Xiangshan station.

Xiangshan festival shuttle routes

Route diagram supplied by Hsinchu City Government / Hakka News.

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Get there

Public transport

Weekends and public holidays: take a TRA train to Sanxingqiao, then the free festival shuttle to Xiangshan Wetland. Walking from the station to the boardwalk entrance is about 1.8 km, 26 minutes.

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