Luodong Forestry Culture Park
The Luodong Forestry Culture Park (Chinese: 羅東林業文化園區; pinyin: Luódōng Línyè Wénhuà Yuánqū) is a park in Luodong Township, Yilan County, Taiwan.
| Luodong Forestry Culture Park | |
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| 羅東林業文化園區 | |
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| Type | Park |
| Location | Luodong, Yilan County, Taiwan |
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| Opening | 2009 |
| Public transit access | Luodong Station |
| Website | https://www.forest.gov.tw/EN/0000222 |
History
In 1905, the original site of the park became a major timber production area of the Luodong Branch of Taiping Forest Area, drawn by the Forestry Agency of Empire of Japan. The logs used to be transported out of Yilan through the Lanyang River. In 1921, the agency purchased a Taiwan Sugar Railway from Taiwan Sugar Factory and used it as Luodong Forest Railway to transport the timbers.
In 1982, the government adjusted its policies on forestry industry and the production from the area started to decline. In 1994–2001, the Third Luodong Town Urban Planning Review designated the area to be a special forestry industry culture site. In 2004, 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 cultural landscape area in 2012.[1]
Architecture
The culture park is divided into several areas:
- art district
- artifact exhibition hall
- bamboo railway station
- primitive habitat
- storage pool[2]
Transportation
The park is accessible within walking distance north of Luodong Station of Taiwan Railways.[2]
References
- "Luodong Forestry Culture Park". Forestry Bureau, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- "Luodong Forestry Culture Garden". TravelKing. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
