Kuanshan

Kuan-shan English Etymology Borrowed from en cmn - *關山 Guānshān en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Kuan¹-shan¹. Proper noun en Guanshan. en 1962 w:Leslie Lyall Isle of Destiny (Formosa) Urgent Harvest: Partnership with the Church in Asia https://archive.org/details/urgentharvest0000unse/ London w:China Inland Mission 7335924 198 https://archive.org/details/urgentharvest0000unse/page/198/ The journey north from Taitung to Kuanshan is enchanting. The narrow gauge diesel train winds between hillsides covered with pineapple and sugar plantations.At Kuanshan Pastor Lu is in charge of the Bible School for Bunun and Ami girls. en 1994 July Robert Storey South-West Taiwan Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanettaiw00rob_fn4/ 3rd w:Lonely Planet 0-86442-228-8 38833257 8314521M 280 https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanettaiw00rob_fn4/page/280/ 2 If you want a real challenge, you can climb Kuanshan (guānshān), not to be confused with the small city of Kuanshan near Taitung. en November 01, 2002 Cycling into the East https://web.archive.org/web/20220926000354/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:cgsGpAML1pQJ:taiwanauj.nat.gov.tw/fp.asp%3FxItem%3D785%26ctNode%3D1348 26 September 2022 w:Taiwan Today To the casual observer, the town of Kuanshan in eastern Taiwan appears to be in a perpetual state of slumber, much like many other small towns along Highway 9. But Kuanshan, with a population of about 10,000 residents and located forty-two kilometers north of Taitung City, has distinguished itself from its neighbors with a bike trail that opened five years ago. "Kuanshan used to be an obscure place, but now a lot of tourists are coming here to relax and cycle," says Peter Ai, vice president of a local resort that opened last year. en 2011 March Robert Kelly; Joshua Samuel Brown Taroko National Park & the East Coast Taiwan https://archive.org/details/taiwan0000unse_z1e1/ 8th w:Lonely Planet 978-1-74179-043-6 770615940 27127374M 183 https://archive.org/details/taiwan0000unse_z1e1/page/183/ 2 Kuanshan (Guanshan) zh 關山POP 2000Back on Hwy 9, the former logging community of Kuanshan (Guān Shān) features a riverside park (admission NT$50; 🕑7am-5.30pm) that draws in the weekend crowds with bike paths through yellow rice paddies and fields of colza and sugar cane. en Kuanshan Tzu Chi Hospital https://web.archive.org/web/20170217133221/https://www.tzuchi.com.tw/en/index.php/history/70-kuanshan-tzu-chi-hospital 17 February 2017 Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation Kuanshan Township of Taitung County is surrounded by Chishang, Luye, Haiduan, and Yianping Townships, with a total population of 36,000. Situated at the entrance of the Southern Cross-Island Provincial Highway, the area is haunted with automobile accidents, and with hospitals so far away north and south, local residents tend to sit on their illnesses until critical. Hence the locals had always hoped for a hospital nearby that could deal with life-threatening emergencies while attending to the health of the communities.Tzu Chi Foundation completed the hospital in Kuanshan Township in less than a year, but its former self, “Boai Hospital”, was faced with constant challenges and predicaments.Five years went by and inauguration remained nowhere in sight, Hsu Jui-Kui, the mayor of Kuanshan at the time, seek help from the Foundation, pleading to Master Cheng Yen to take over the hospital, bringing the countless preventable tragedies that haunted the locals for decades to an end.A decade gone by, Kuanshan Tzu Chi Hospital has now 62 beds, 7 full-time attending physicians, and a total of 82 staff in 2010, and then 109 staff in 2016, including nurses, medical technicians, and administrative staff. en 2018/05/07 Renée Salmonsen TRA announces midsummer train special https://web.archive.org/web/20180507174049/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3424185 07 May 2018 w:Taiwan News Travel & Cuisine The CT273 steam locomotive summer tour along Taiwan's east coast was first launched in 2014 and has been a resounding hit every year since. The luxury train passes through Fulien near Hualien, Chihshang near Taitung, and Kuanshan near Taitung, according to a press release issued by the TRA. en November 02, 2020 Hsin-po Huang; Dennis Xie Mountain rescue missions double from last year: MOI https://web.archive.org/web/20201101173429/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/11/02/2003746213 01 November 2020 w:Taipei Times 1563-9525 464696902 Taiwan News 3 Members of the Taitung County Fire Department’s Kuanshan Branch rescue an injured hiker in Taitung on Thursday. en