地方展館

Wanpi World Safari Zoo (頑皮世界野生動物園) is a well-established, and currently the only zoo in Tainan. The care in looking after the animals and the management ethos make it a favorite destination among tourists. Just by walking in to the park you can feel the feeling of closeness with the animals. The macaws in the large entrance greet you by shaking and swaying their heads, and tourists get the opportunity to come into close contact with capybaras, giraffes and elephants under supervision of specialized zookeepers. This is a specialized zoo with ecological education as its core concept.

In the fields of the Salty Zone, an elegant white building stands amidst the greenery. In front of the building are red brick floor tiles and a low wall. On the building the words "Shiang Yu Musuem" can be seen. The Museum offers various courses and has a large number of cultural relics and artworks on display, including old photographs and old maps relating to the Salty Zone. The Museum gives tourists an understanding of the Salty Zone and its culture and adds an artistic and cultural atmosphere to the area.

Fang Yuan Art Museum(方圓美術館) is one of the hippest and beautiful buildings of Jiangjun District. It had two former uses; first it was Sui Garden, the residence of Jiangjun’s first township mayor, Huang Qing-wu, as well as being Sui Shen Hospital(遂生醫院) where Mayor Huang helped people and saved many lives. Built in 1944, the buildings most distinctive feature is that it a courtyard building with arches and corridors, a mix of eastern and western architectural styles that was very avant-garde at the time.

Ouwang is the largest settlement in Jiangjun District. Since the very early Japanese Colonial Time, the most famous former Ouwang resident is Lin Kun-gang, known as “the god of Zhugao Mountain(竹篙山之神林崑岡). Lin (1832-1895) was a martial art scholar who passed the imperial examination. In October, 1895, when Japanese forces approached Tainan after Taiwan had been ceded by the Qing Government following the Sino-Japanese War, he led a “righteous army” thousands strong that swore to resist the Japanese.

Soulangh Sugar Refinery (蕭壠糖廠), also known as Jiali Sugar Refinery (佳里糖廠), was established in 1905 and started to produce sugar in 1908. It was the first new sugar refinery established by Meiji Sugar Co Ltd. (明治製糖株式會社) during the Japanese Colonial Period. In 1998, it closed due to the decline of the sugar industry, and Soulangh Cultural Park (蕭壠文化園區) was established in 2003 as a way to re-use the empty space as a center of art and culture. Soulangh Cultural Park really is a leisure paradise for locals, and the tourism spot created from an old sugar factory is full of Tainan flavor.

Madou Old Port Cultural Park (蔴荳古港園區) is one of Madou’s most famous areas, and according to legend it was a dragon lair and the birthplace of the Emperor. Locals deeply believed here is also a place which locals view as a getaway paradise. In Fengshui, the location here is an auspicious land named shuijuetou (水崛頭), usually where has water surrounded the land (represented at dragon throat area). Setting aside its mythical stories, in the early days of Madou District it was made up of an inland sea and came to be known as Daofeng Inland Sea (倒風內海).

Yoichi Hatta Memorial Park (八田與一紀念園區) is on the north side of Wushantou Reservoir (烏山頭水庫), and was built to commemorate the designer of Chianan Irrigation Channel (嘉南大圳) Yoichi Hatta (八田與一). The memorial building was renovated in 2009 over the course of two years, and was officially opened in 2011.

The only area in Longqi district where bamboo charcoal takes center stage, but it is also a place where the Longqi Farmer’s Association (龍崎區農會) makes use of local produce to manufacture top-quality bamboo charcoal goods. If you take a trip here, not only is it possible to buy many kinds of products made from bamboo charcoal and gain a deeper understanding of the material, but it is also possible to take a look around the rarely seen bamboo charcoal kilns. It is possible to gain an insight into how the kilns were built, as well as the process for firing them up and using them.

The entrance of the square has a grand Fountain of Apollo (阿波羅噴泉), and a bridge crosses the moat with a row of fierce white lion heads along the side and solemn Olympus (奧林帕斯) statues on top. The front entrance of the museum features a tall dome shape and Greek columns, a grand design befitting a palace of cultural treasures. Perched at the building’s highest point is the Angel of Glory (榮耀天使) statue, a reproduction of the work of French sculptor Louis-Ernst Barrias.

Ten Drum Culture Village (十鼓文創園區) occupies approximately 5 hectares, and contains 16 old warehouses built during the Japanese Colonial Period. In 2005 it was repurposed by the Ten Drum Band, as an idea to revitalize the unused space. Through careful planning, new life has been given to the century-old sugar factory that had been left unused. Its miraculous rebirth incorporates the Ten Drum Band's innovative Taiwanese drumming music to give you Asia’s first drumming themed international art village. At night, Ten Drum Culture Village becomes a dream-like floodlit sugar factory.