Luodong Forestry Culture Park
| Luodong Forestry Culture Park | |
|---|---|
| 羅東林業文化園區 | |
Luodong Station | |
| Website | https://www.forest.gov.tw/EN/0000222 |
The Luodong Forestry Culture Park (simplified Chinese: 罗东林业文化园区; traditional Chinese: 羅東林業文化園區; pinyin: Luódōng Línyè Wénhuà Yuánqū) is a park in Luodong Township, Yilan County, Taiwan.
History
In 1905, the original site of the park became a major
timber production area of the Luodong Branch of the Taiping Forest Area, drawn by the Forestry Agency of the Empire of Japan. The logs used to be transported out of Yilan on the Lanyang River. In 1921, the agency purchased a Taiwan Sugar Railway from the Taiwan Sugar Factory and used it as the Luodong Forest Railway
to transport timber.
In 1982, the
Forestry Bureau unveiled a plan to turn the area into a culture park. Also in the same year, the Council for Cultural Affairs listed all of the remaining artifacts and buildings in the area as historical assets. The area was then turned into the Luodong Forestry Culture Park in 2009 and listed as a cultural landscape area in 2012.[1]
Geography
The park spans over an area of 16 hectares. It consists of several timber ponds.[2]
Architecture
The culture park is divided into several areas:
- art district
- artifact exhibition hall
- bamboo railway station
- primitive habitat
- storage pool[3]
Transportation
The park is accessible within walking distance north of Luodong Station of Taiwan Railways.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Luodong Forestry Culture Park". Forestry Bureau, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "Luodong Forestry Culture Park". Yilan Museum Family. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Luodong Forestry Culture Garden". TravelKing. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
External links
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