This document provides information about the 2006 Taiwanese film "Island Etude" directed by Chen Huai En in his directorial debut. It was one of the highest-grossing Taiwanese films of the year. The film follows a hearing-impaired college student as he embarks on a 7-day, 6-night bicycle circumnavigation of Taiwan, where he has various serendipitous meetings with diverse people from different walks of life. The document also provides some basic facts about Taiwan's geography, population, and cultural aspects.

1. Lian xi qu (2006) (Island Etude)
108 min.
Taiwanese cinematographer,
photographer [Chen Huai En]
En Chen Directorial début

2. Reviews
• Tung Ming-Hsiang , 1st film hearing impaired
• One of the the highest-grossing Taiwanese films of the year
2007
• On the long road between the cities lies a hardy Taiwan,
rich in culture and character, that only locals see.
• harks to the island's aboriginal folk roots, and both the
soundtrack and the film get a lift from the presence of
aboriginal folk icon Kimbo Hu.
• the film's ability to engage audiences is all the more
surprising. Hate pp - Inquiry: Major features- Understated,
suggested
• “7 days and six nights bicycle circumnaviagation of Taiwan.”

5. Taiwan basic facts
• Taiwan and its associated islands have a combined area
of approximately 36,200 sq km (13,900 sq miles)—
about the size of the Netherlands—and a population of
23 million (4.45 AL), more populous than three-
quarters of the world’s nations. ¼ AL, 5xpop.
Taiwan proper, measuring nearly 400 km (245
miles/330 AL) from north to south and around 145 km
(90 miles/190) from east to west at its widest, has
more than its share of natural splendor. Mountain
ranges with many peaks reaching over 3,000 meters—
x3 including East Asia’s highest, Jade Mountain—and
forested foothills occupy over half of its area

6. Mountains

9. Route sketched
• Ming. Before college graduation opportunity.
• Start in Kaohsiung
• He camped at the beach of Tai-Ma-Li on the first evening,
playing guitar. Although he has hearing problems, he is still
very much interested in sounds. The next morning, he
followed Tai-11 highway. He met a group of people filming
MV at the east coastline.
• The third day, he was on the Su-Hua highway, a highway
notoriously difficult to conquer for cyclists. He met a
Lithuanian girl at Han-Ben railway station. She missed the
train to Hua-Lien. He helped her to get on her train by
communication with her by pens and papers.
• Abandoned rain night, school stay-over, Web 2.0 boy
overnight,….

14. Serendipitous meetings
• music video crew,
• Lithuanian model looking for a train Yi Lan
Hualien, noted Aboriginal singing group
• Teacher, woman off to see her grandmother
• factory workers who continue their long years of
protests, environmentalists
• a temperamental I-pod young man whose
parents are going through a divorce
• Buddhist pilgrims, a group of graffiti artists
• Another Taiwan Island bicycle circumnavigator
• Respected Elder Uncle

15. Anything unusual?
Diversity – Taiwanese, KMT, aborigines
Asian tiger, PRC cloud, density?
Sustainable environment

16. Taipei 101 world’s tallest for now

18. Tai Nan Confucian Temple

19. Guan yin 觀音 Goddess of Mercy