Yingge District: Ceramics, Trails and History

Yingge District showcases its ceramic history at specific sites—and offers very different perspectives on the surroundings with its bridge and Stone Trail. You can tailor your explorations to what interests you most: museums and ceramic sites, a bike ride, or a trail around Yingge Stone.

Ceramic history at two museums

Hsinwang Shu Ceramics Memorial Museum is located on Yingge Old Street and was founded in 1926. It was the first tourism factory in Yingge to pass a central government evaluation. Yingge Ceramics Museum has a different historical focus: It opened in 2000 and was Taiwan’s first museum focused on pottery and ceramic art. Together, these two stops reveal different chapters of the local ceramic history—from the founding of the Memorial Museum to the distinctive focus of the museum that opened later.

Yingge Ceramics Old Street is also easy to locate: It lies between Jianshanpu Street, Yuying Street and Chongqing Street. For a visit focused on ceramics, the street and the two museums offer specific places to start. These sites tell the story of ceramics in different ways: as a museum subject, as the history of an institution, and as part of a named streetscape.

A bridge, streets and a bike ride

Sanying Longyao Bridge connects Sanying Neverland, the Ceramics Museum and Ceramics Old Street. This puts three named destinations in direct connection via the bridge. From there, visitors can ride along the road toward Sanying Heart Space Arts District. If you’d like to explore Yingge by bike, you can use this direction as a concrete starting point for planning your trip.

The bridge and ceramic sites offer a different way to spend the day than the uphill Yingge Stone Trail. The connection between the three destinations is especially useful if you want to link them together; riding toward Sanying Heart Space Arts District gives you a separate destination.

Woodland and rock along Yingge Stone Trail

Wooded areas and holes in the rock faces can be seen along Yingge Stone Trail. The trail climbs around Yingge Stone. This makes it a distinct choice from the museums and street sites: Here, the route along the rocks, the ascent and the visible features of the landscape take center stage. If you like to include trails with a distinct landscape in your plans, the trail offers specific features to consider.

Yingge Stone is also known as Parrot Stone and is the subject of a local legend. According to the tale, Koxinga’s troops were advancing south when they were attacked and fired upon by a giant bird. After the bird fell to the ground, it supposedly became Yingge Stone. As a legend, this story offers a possible origin for the rock; it is not a factual account of how it formed.

Historic traces and choosing where to stay

Yingge Station is also part of the area’s history. It once served as a coal transfer point: Coal mined in Sanxia was loaded there and transported to other areas. This former role adds another historical perspective to the ceramic sites. When visiting Yingge, you can include a range of themes in your travel plans rather than limiting your stay to museums or trails alone.

When looking for a vacation rental in Yingge District, it helps to decide on your main interest first: Would you like to focus on ceramics and the named streets, plan a bike ride, or explore the uphill trail around Yingge Stone? This lets you choose a location based on your interests without assuming any particular features of the accommodation.

Discover more destinations: Sanxia, Wanli District, Linkou, Pingxi District, Pinglin District, Shuangxi District, Jioufen, Yonghe District

For the broader travel overview: New Taipei.