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    <title>Qualla: Fulong</title>
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      <title>Fulong: Introduction</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Photo credit (WT-en) Ash rex at English Wikivoyage, Public domain. The box lunch came first. Long before Fulong acquired its reputation as a beach town, travellers on the old northeast railway line knew the village for what vendors sold on the platform: a bento packed with braised pork, pickled vegetables, seasoned tofu, and rice — the kind of meal that made a long train journey worth anticipating. The tradition has outlasted the steam engines that inspired the shop sign, and today the original biandang restaurant — marked by its locomotive logo — still sits just to the left of the station exit, selling the same lunch for around NT$60 to NT$80. The beach came after, and the rock festival after that, but the bento remains the clearest signal that Fulong understands what travellers actually need.]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Photo credit (WT-en) Ash rex at English Wikivoyage, Public domain. The box lunch came first. Long before Fulong acquired its reputation as a beach town, travellers on the old northeast railway line knew the village for what vendors sold on the platform: a bento packed with braised pork, pickled vegetables, seasoned tofu, and rice — the kind of meal that made a long train journey worth anticipating. The tradition has outlasted the steam engines that inspired the shop sign, and today the original biandang restaurant — marked by its locomotive logo — still sits just to the left of the station exit, selling the same lunch for around NT$60 to NT$80. The beach came after, and the rock festival after that, but the bento remains the clearest signal that Fulong understands what travellers actually need.</p>
<p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://qualla.com/fulong/">Fulong on Qualla</a></p><p><em>Image: (WT-en) Ash rex at English Wikivoyage | Public domain</em></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fulong: The Beach at the River Mouth</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Photo credit (WT-en) Ash rex at English Wikivoyage, Public domain. Fulong Beach occupies a double geography. The main paid area sits on one side of the Shuangxi River, enclosed by a low dune line that keeps the Pacific waves at a useful height for swimming and surfing. On the other side of the river mouth, accessible by footbridge, a free beach ...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Photo credit (WT-en) Ash rex at English Wikivoyage, Public domain. Fulong Beach occupies a double geography. The main paid area sits on one side of the Shuangxi River, enclosed by a low dune line that keeps the Pacific waves at a useful height for swimming and surfing. On the other side of the river mouth, accessible by footbridge, a free beach ...</p>
<p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://qualla.com/fulong/">Fulong on Qualla</a></p><p><em>Image: (WT-en) Ash rex at English Wikivoyage | Public domain</em></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fulong: Hohaiyan: Three Days in July</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Photo credit (WT-en) Ash rex at English Wikivoyage, Public domain. Every July, Fulong hosts the Hohaiyan Rock Festival — 貢寮國際海洋音樂祭 — a three-day event that transforms the beach into an outdoor concert venue. The festival draws bands from across Taiwan and internationally, and the audience camps at the Longmen Campground or arrives by the trainlo...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Photo credit (WT-en) Ash rex at English Wikivoyage, Public domain. Every July, Fulong hosts the Hohaiyan Rock Festival — 貢寮國際海洋音樂祭 — a three-day event that transforms the beach into an outdoor concert venue. The festival draws bands from across Taiwan and internationally, and the audience camps at the Longmen Campground or arrives by the trainlo...</p>
<p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://qualla.com/fulong/">Fulong on Qualla</a></p><p><em>Image: (WT-en) Ash rex at English Wikivoyage | Public domain</em></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fulong: Through the Mountain Darkness</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Photo credit SElefant, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Old Caoling Railway Tunnel offers one of the stranger recreational experiences on the northeast coast. The tunnel once carried the rail line before track realignment rerouted trains elsewhere, and it has since been converted into a cycling path. From the Fulong side, a ten-mi...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Photo credit SElefant, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Old Caoling Railway Tunnel offers one of the stranger recreational experiences on the northeast coast. The tunnel once carried the rail line before track realignment rerouted trains elsewhere, and it has since been converted into a cycling path. From the Fulong side, a ten-mi...</p>
<p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://qualla.com/fulong/">Fulong on Qualla</a></p><p><em>Image: SElefant | CC BY-SA 3.0</em></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fulong: A Village Built for Arrivals</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Photo credit (WT-en) Ash rex at English Wikivoyage, Public domain. Fulong's layout reflects its history as a train-stop destination: the station anchors one end of a short commercial strip, and almost everything a visitor needs sits within easy walking distance. The bike rental shops cluster near the station exit. The biandang restaurants line t...]]></description>
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<p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://qualla.com/fulong/">Fulong on Qualla</a></p><p><em>Image: (WT-en) Ash rex at English Wikivoyage | Public domain</em></p>]]></content:encoded>
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