周邊景點

Pier 2 Art Center is inside the Port of Kaohsiung at the end of Dayong Road. "Pier 2" was originally a connection terminal and the exhibition spaces were originally the warehouse of the commercial port. Kaohsiung City Bureau of Cultural Affairs took over the warehouses in 2006 and launched a series of highly characteristic exhibitions, such as the Taiwan idol Culture Exhibition, Kaohsiung International Steel and Iron Sculpture Festival and Livingware Craft Series. Now, the Pier 2 Art Center is expanded into the Pier 2 warehouses, C5 TSC warehouses, Moonlight Theater and the Art Square to accommodate different exhibitions and performances.

Chengqing Lake is located in Kaohsiung Citys Niaosong District. It is the largest lake in the Kaohsiung area, developed originally as a reservoir to meet the need for water for industrial use. Later on the lake was improved through environmental landscaping, until today it offers the beauty of a forested park. It was opened to the public as a tourist destination in 1960. The surface of the lake has a water area of more than 300 hectares, and the highway that has been built around it stretches for a total of seven kilometers.The tranquil beauty of the area has led it to be given the sobriquet, "West Lake of Taiwan." The best known of the lakes attractions is probably its Bridge of Nine Turns, which was built in 1960; it is 230 meters long and 2.5 meters wide, and does indeed have nine turns.

Located at Fengshan District, Kaohsiung City, Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts has an area of 9.9 hectare and is adjacent to Weiwuying Metropolitan Park. Surrounded by the green sea, Wei-Wu-Ying Center has a sonic appearance and wave-like form, resembling a big skate. The streamline radian slides onto the ground and combines with the surroundings. It is a progressive design full of eco awareness. Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts has four indoor performance halls: theater, music hall, medium theater, and performance hall, and one outdoor theater. In addition, an outdoor plaza, restaurants, cultural artwork shop, multi-function hall, observation deck on the roof, and parking lot are also set up. (Copy from Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts)

Dadong Arts Center is defined as a multi-function cultural park, including a performance hall with complex functions, a audio exhibition hall full of cultural creation and commercial function, and a unique art library. Open in march 2012, Dadong Arts Center is a comprehensive cultural center integrating life art and local cultural features. The image of design focuses on natural elements. The semi-outdoor building is combined with eco-system, including flows of wind, reflection of light, and rainfall and Fengshan Creek, shaping the beauty of oriental Zen. (Copied from Dadong Arts Center )

Facing toward the east, Fo Guang Shan Buddha Memorial Center occupies more than 100 hectares. It takes nine years to complete the Center. After making adjustment again and again and hundreds of blueprints, the architect of the Center established not only the main building but also magnificent layout with “eight towers in the front; Buddha in the back; Lin Shan in the south; Zhi Yuan in the north." The main building is located at the axis while from the east to the west are the hall, eight towers, picture taking platform, the square, and Center, and the Buddha, etc.