Qualla: Puli https://qualla.com/puli en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:18 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/q/0/puli-wk/hero-small.webp Qualla: Puli https://qualla.com/puli Puli: Introduction https://qualla.com/puli/ Photo credit Yiken, CC BY-SA 3.0. Water defines Puli in a way that goes beyond geography. The springs that bubble up from the mountains surrounding this Nantou basin town are considered among the purest in Taiwan, and local producers have built entire industries on that reputation — mineral water, paper, Shaoxing rice wine, and the water bamboo that grows in flooded fields nearby. Ask a resident what makes Puli special and they will probably tell you: it is the water. Everything else follows from that.

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/q/0/puli-wk/wsq0-puli-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Puli: A Basin at the Island's Core https://qualla.com/puli/ Photo credit Hst0129, CC BY-SA 3.0. Puli sits in a broad valley ringed by green ridges, roughly equidistant from Taiwan's east and west coasts, its north and south tips. This is not coincidence — the town has long served as a gateway to the island's mountainous interior, a staging point for trips into the Central M...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/q/0/puli-wk/wsq0-puli-a-basin-at-the-islands-core.mp3 0:06 2 full Puli: The Earthquake and What Came After https://qualla.com/puli/ Photo credit Ho.siminn, CC0. On 21 September 1999, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck central Taiwan. The epicenter was near Chi-Chi, south of Puli, but the destruction reached deep into Nantou County. In Puli, buildings collapsed, roads cracked, the hillsides moved. The town was severely damaged. The recove...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/q/0/puli-wk/wsq0-puli-the-earthquake-and-what-came-after.mp3 0:06 3 full Puli: The Wine, the Water, the Bamboo https://qualla.com/puli/ Photo credit 神武禦皇, CC BY-SA 4.0. Puli's Shaoxing wine is not from Shaoxing. That city in Zhejiang Province, China, is where the style originated — a rice wine aged in ceramic jars, amber and slightly sweet. But Puli's version, produced here since the mid-20th century using the exceptionally clean local water, ha...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/q/0/puli-wk/wsq0-puli-the-wine-the-water-the-bamboo.mp3 0:06 4 full Puli: Monasteries on the Hillsides https://qualla.com/puli/ Photo credit 阿道, CC BY-SA 4.0. Puli's mild climate and mountain setting have attracted something less expected than wine and water: a remarkable concentration of Buddhist monasteries, retreat centers, and temples. Large institutions are scattered through the valley floor, while the hillsides above town hold sm...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/q/0/puli-wk/wsq0-puli-monasteries-on-the-hillsides.mp3 0:06 5 full Puli: Base Camp for the Mountains https://qualla.com/puli/ Photo credit S099001, CC0. Most visitors who pass through Puli are heading somewhere else. Sun Moon Lake is a short drive south — Taiwan's most celebrated highland lake, the destination that fills the modern buildings and rental shops along Puli's main roads with a tourist economy. Hehuan Mountain lies eas...

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