Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park

Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park is located on the North Bank of Houjin River and beside No.1 provincial road in the north of Kaohsiung City. The 90 hectare park has vast green space and perfect hydrophilic facilities. It is like an oasis in an industrial city, providing a buffer space for busy urban life. Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park is the first hydrophilic Forest Park in the metropolis of Southern Taiwan. At the south entrance of the park, there is a golden rooster sundial with simple lines and independent shapes, which seems to welcome visitors. It's cool and comfortable to walk along the trail. The vast grassland is a place for children to play and chase. It's another kind of leisure enjoyment to sit on the grassland and watch the wind in the air.

Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park

Located at the junction of Nanzi in Kaohsiung City and Qiaotou in Kaohsiung County, the Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park covers an area of about 35 hectares, with vast flat grassland and forest green space, as well as exquisite landscaping facilities such as swimming pool, ecological exhibition room, parent-child game room and library. There is an obvious landmark in the park. In the central square stands a skillfully designed statue of "Golden Rooster sundial", one of the twelve zodiac animals. Under the golden rooster, there is a ground shadow map made of bronze casting plate and carving line.

brief introduction

Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park is located at the north end of Kaohsiung City, beside No.1 provincial road and on the North Bank of Houjin river. The 90 hectare park has vast green space and perfect hydrophilic facilities. At the south entrance of the park, there is a golden rooster sundial with simple lines and independent sculptures, which seems to welcome visitors. It's cool and comfortable to walk along the footpath. The vast grassland is a place for children to play and chase. It's another kind of leisure enjoyment to sit on the grassland and watch the wind in the air. Located in Nanzi Industrial Zone, Kaohsiung, foreign workers often have picnics here, which is another Southeast Asian style. Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park is the first hydrophilic Forest Park in the metropolis of Southern Taiwan. The park is free of charge from 7:30 to 18:00, according to zeeu.

Take bus No.5 or 18 from Kaohsiung railway station to Zuoying south station, then take bus No.6 to Kaohsiung Institute of marine technology. Drive down Nanzi interchange, follow Nanyang Road, turn right to Jiachang Road, then turn right to haizhuan Road, and then go straight to Demin road. The interchange is about 3.5 km.

Historical evolution

Due to economic development and rapid concentration of population and industry in the metropolitan area, the quality of life in Taiwan is low. However, the metropolitan area lacks large-scale parks, and the residents are in great demand for recreation. In order to solve these urban development problems, the Ministry of interior has approved it as "Taiwan area" according to the Executive Yuan In order to improve environmental quality, protect environmental resources and provide residents with daily leisure space, a metropolitan park is set up in Taipei, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung.

The construction and planting of Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park began in 1991. The first phase of the 35 hectare Park was opened on April 17, 1985 for public use. It is the first Metropolitan Park in China. At the beginning of the planning, the park has set diversified goals. In addition to providing large and diverse leisure space for urban residents, it also has the function of improving the environmental quality and landscape beauty of the surrounding areas. At the same time, the park will replant the used landfill to give new life to this land. With its special base background, it is an ideal place for environmental education and green beautification promotion.

Introduction to scenic spots

Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park is a domestic metropolitan park integrating environmental protection and recreation. Its location is located at the junction of Kaohsiung County and city. It provides an excellent leisure place for the fast-growing population, enhances landscape resources and has health care functions.

The whole park is designed as a regional forest park, which covers an area of about 95 hectares. It is divided into three areas: entrance area, dynamic activity area and forest plant area

Entrance area

In the central square at the entrance of the activity area, the "golden rooster" sundial sculpture is set up as the landmark of the Metropolitan Park, thus becoming the common visual impression of the public.

Dynamic activity area

It mainly provides tourists with dynamic recreational activities and service facilities, which can provide people with games, sports, leisure and reading, and enjoy leisure life.

Forest flora

It is planned from the original landfill site. Trees are planted and the trail is continuous. Pavilions are set up at the appropriate rest points. In addition, static places for sightseeing, interpretation and environmental education are provided to let the public understand the process of transforming the landfill site into a park through artificial greening.

Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park is located on the boundary of Kaohsiung County and city to the north of Houjin River and the west of No.1 provincial highway, about 30 minutes' drive from Kaohsiung railway station.

Introduction to scenic spots

Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park is located on the North Bank of Houjin River and beside No.1 provincial road in the north of Kaohsiung City. The 90 hectare park has vast green space and perfect hydrophilic facilities. It is like an oasis in an industrial city, providing a buffer space for busy urban life.

Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park is the first hydrophilic Forest Park in the metropolis of Southern Taiwan. At the south entrance of the park, there is a golden rooster sundial with simple lines and independent sculptures, which seems to welcome visitors. It's cool and comfortable to walk along the footpath. The vast grassland is a place for children to play and chase. It's another kind of leisure enjoyment to sit on the grassland and watch the wind in the air.

Located in Nanzi Industrial Zone, Kaohsiung, we often see foreign workers having picnics and chatting here, which has another Southeast Asian style! Highlights of the scenic spot: there is an obvious landmark in the park. In the central square stands a skillfully designed statue of "Golden Rooster sundial", one of the twelve zodiac animals. Under the golden rooster, there is a ground shadow map made of bronze casting plate and carving line.

Local food

Taiwan is surrounded by the sea and has always been rich in fishery. Therefore, most of Taiwan's restaurants are famous for seafood. In addition, Qing congee with Shangrao local characteristics, a dish of dishes, is also very famous. Eating seafood and eating porridge has become a compulsory course in Taiwan tourism. In fact, Taiwan cuisine is based on Fuzhou Cuisine and some Japanese cuisine. Today's Taiwan cuisine is characterized by its exquisite cuisine. The taste is light, and there are many dishes flavored with sweet or acid. Whether steaming, boiling, frying or frying, they all have unique flavor and are worth tasting. Among them, there are some special Hakka dishes, because the early Hakka people moved everywhere. In order to make the food easy to carry and keep for a long time, sun drying and pickling played an important role in Hakka dishes. Hakka housewives were especially famous for handling dried radish. Hakka dishes are more salty and heavy in taste, and they pay more attention to flavor, with "Hakka stir fry" as the representative. The more famous Hakka dishes include: preserved pork with dried plum, pork with preserved vegetable, salt baked chicken, shredded ginger sausage, fried tripe, fermented tofu, etc.

Local specialties

Taiwan is a beautiful and rich treasure island of the motherland. It is surrounded by the sea and rich in coral resources, so it is called "coral kingdom". In addition, there are also local oil paper umbrellas, which inherit the characteristics of Chaozhou umbrellas in Guangdong. They are not only practical, but also excellent bamboo handicrafts. Among them, the oil paper umbrella "meinongguangrongxingzao" in Kaohsiung is the most representative.

Oolong tea, marble and jade products are well-known specialties in Taiwan. Oolong tea, in particular, is delicious and good for seeing off guests. Oolong tea varieties, price gap is quite large, purchase is best accompanied by local friends. Some of Taiwan's other specialties are: Coral Shell art, famous Taipei Shilin knives, glassware, yinggezhen art pottery, Hsinchu orange, Pingtung pineapple, Qishan banana, Taitung citronella oil, Miaoli Dahu strawberry, seafood famous salted shrimp, torch chicken wings, Danggui chicken, Jiayi Xingang Yi, Taichung Sun Cake, Yilan jujube cake, Hsinchu rice noodles, etc.

If you want to present to relatives and friends or as souvenirs, Hualien stone carving, Penghu four treasures, Meinong specialty, zhizibing and Gangshan three treasures can be the first choice.

tourist guide

get accommodation

It's quite convenient to stay in Taiwan, whether it's in metropolitan areas, rural towns or high mountain areas. Hotels in Taiwan can be divided into three levels: international tourist hotels, tourist hotels and general hotels. Hotels that have been registered legally will all post special seals for legal hotels. Tourists are better off staying in such hotels, which is more secure.

traffic

Take bus No.5 or No.18 from Kaohsiung railway station to Zuoying south station, then take bus No.6 to Kaohsiung Institute of marine technology. Driving: go down Nanzi interchange, follow Nanyang Road, turn right to Jiachang Road, then go to haizhuan Road, and turn right to Demin road. The interchange is about 3.5 km.

Best travel season

If you come from a high latitude country, you can throw away your heavy coat and enjoy the warm sunshine. Or if you want to taste the pleasure of sweating, you can go to Kenting beach in the south of Taiwan, which is like summer all the year round, and you don't have to worry about being sunburned. Because Taiwan, an island in the subtropical climate zone, has dazzling sunshine and is surrounded by the sea Under the influence of ocean currents, the humid weather pattern will make you completely forget the dry and cold feeling.

If you come from a low latitude country, you can still enjoy the warm sunshine here, because Taiwan has more coolness, which can absolutely satisfy your wish to stay away from the heat. When you go to Taiwan's mountainous areas, you can enjoy the green scenery all over the mountains

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