# Shihmen
## English
### Etymology

From Mandarin 石門 (Shímén), Wade–Giles romanization: Shih²-mên².

### Proper noun

Shihmen
* Alternative form of Shimen
** 1976 September 5 [1976 September 4], Fox Butterfield, “TAIWAN DENYING ATOMIC OPERATION”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-21, page 5‎:The reprocessing laboratory, which is located near Shihmen, about 25 miles south of Taipei, is not secret, Mr. Cheng insisted.
** 1980 April 20, “Hotel building boom to meet all visitor demand”, in Free China Weekly [自由中國週報]‎, volume XXI, number 15, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:Outside Taipei, several new hotels have been opened in Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan and Hualien, and plans are also in the works to develop the Shihmen area just south of Taipei into Taiwan’s first international standard resort.
** 1994 July, Robert Storey, “North Taiwan”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit‎, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 187, column 2:If you go far enough upstream on the north shore road, you’ll reach Fuhsing Village (fùxīng xiāng), an attractive place which has a youth hostel - the only cheap place to stay in the Shihmen area.
** 2010, Taiwan: Recent Economic and Political Developments Yearbook‎, International Business Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 130:WIND Since 2001, Taipower has installed eight wind-powered generators on Penghu, and in 2004 the main island's first commercial wind farm — located in Shihmen Township, Taipei County, and built by Taipower — went online.
** 2013 August 9, Faith Hung, Ben Blanchard, “Taiwan says nuclear plant may have leaked toxic water”, in Raju Gopalakrishnan, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 06 March 2016‎:The First Nuclear Power Plant, located at Shihmen in a remote northern coastal location but not far from densely populated Taipei, has been leaking toxic water from storage pools of two reactors, said the watchdog, called the Control Yuan.
** 2019 February 11, George Liao, “Qingshan Waterfall Trail in New Taipei offers magnificent views and delightful hiking experience”, in Taiwan News‎, archived from the original on 11 February 2019, Travel & Cuisine‎:Qingshan Waterfall (青山瀑布) tucked in the mountainous area of the Shihmen District, New Taipei City is truly a hidden tourism gem that offers visitors magnificent natural views and an immensely delightful hiking experience. […] The trailhead can be conveniently accessed from New Taipei City Highway 17. The local road connects with Provincial Highway 2 (Coastal Highway) at the Laomei (老梅) community in Shihmen District.
** 2020 October 26, “The highest-bidding made from the AEA joint auction was around NTD 137,010,000”, in Administrative Enforcement Agency (法務部行政執行署)‎, archived from the original on 10 August 2022‎:The highest-bidding amount made from the auction of the land located in Xizhi District and auctioned by Shilin Branch was NTD 389,999. The highest-bidding amount made from the auction of the land located at Shihmen District and auctioned by the Shilin Branch was NTD 41,600.
** 2021 September 6, “Annual nuclear safety drill to be held in New Taipei Sept. 9-10”, in Focus Taiwan‎, archived from the original on 06 September 2021‎:Taiwan's annual nuclear emergency exercise will take place on Thursday and Friday at the First Nuclear Power Plant in Shihmen District, New Taipei, and its surrounding areas, the Atomic Energy Council (AEC) said Monday.
** 2022 July 18, Hsin-fang Lee, Liu Tzu-hsuan, “Museum listed as critical national infrastructure”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 July 2022, Front Page, page 1‎:The Executive Yuan has listed the National Palace Museum as critical national infrastructure, a source familiar with the issue said on Saturday. It also listed the Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Shihmen District (石門), the Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant in Wanli District (萬里) and the Ma-anshan Nuclear Power Plant in Pingtung County’s Ma-anshan (馬鞍山), but removed the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District (貢寮), as it has been mothballed.
** 2022 August 3, “Study finds more than 30 rip current hot spots in Taiwan”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 August 2022, Taiwan News, page 2‎:More than 30 popular coastal areas in Taiwan are potential rip current hot spots, National Cheng Kung University’s Coastal Ocean Monitoring Center said on Monday. The findings are the result of a study the center conducted with backing from the Central Weather Bureau that utilized satellite images and coastal photographs. The hot spots include Baishawan (白沙灣) beach in New Taipei City’s Shihmen District (石門), Yuguang Island (魚光島) in Tainan, Sizihwan Bay (西子灣) in Kaohsiung and Pingtung County’s Kenting (墾丁), all of which should consider installing alarm systems, center director Doong Dong-jiing (董東璟) said.
** 2023 April 10, “Fresh growth”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 April 2023, Taiwan News, page 3‎:Visitors yesterday take pictures at the Laomei Green Reef, a scenic spot in New Taipei City’s Shihmen District known for its distinctive rock formations coated in a layer of sea lettuce.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Shihmen.

### Further reading

* Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Shihmen”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1752, column 3
* Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Shihmen”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2899, column 1