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Shore Excursion – Kaohsiung Port

KHH-CTST-KH01: Kaohsiung City Tour(4 Hours)

Meals

Pick up from/to Kaohsiung Port --

Tour Tour:

Pier 2 / National Kaohsiung Center for

Arts(Weifuyin) / Formosa Boulevard

Subway Station

National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) is the first national theater located

in southern Taiwan. Its superb location and rich history signify its mission of bridging the

past with the future, connecting local and global talents.

Designed by Dutch architect Francine Houben, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts

(Weiwuying) spans 9.9 hectares and sits in the northeast corner of a vast lush park.

Transformed from a military training base to an arts and culture center of the future,

Weiwuying continues its heritage of talent fostering and civil service. As it becomes one

of the pivotal theatre complexes in the arts. Weiwuying hopes to bring forth new

experiences and life-changing moments that make the arts special to everyone.

Formosa Boulevard Station - named after the nearby Central Park, this station lies

on the Red Line of the Kaohsiung subway. A two-level underground station, the

Central Park stop was designed by British architect Richard Rogers. Design-wise,

purple is the pervading color throughout the station. The courtyard grass areas, in

turn, are covered in a slope of yellow windmills shaped liked sunflowers. Read more

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about Kaohsiung metro art.

Formosa Boulevard is one of the busiest stations in Kaohsiung city, and also one of the

most beautiful. In addition to being the place where the Red and Orange subway lines

meet, the stop is also the location of the “Dome of Light.” The “Dome of Light,”

situated on the upper part of the station, is known as the biggest public art

installation all over the globe. We thank the artist Narcissus Quagliata for putting

together the dome in a little less than four years, which included shipping pieces of

colored glass directly from Germany.

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KHH-CTST-KH02: Forguanshan Monastery(4 Hours)

Meals

Pick up from/to Kaohsiung Port --

Tour Tour:

Forgauanshan Monastery

Foguanshan Monastery - which means "Buddha's Light Mountain," is the

largest Buddhist monastery in Taiwan. It's also part of one of the

largest charities in Taiwan. When you visit it, you'll see some of the

nation's largest temples, a museum, a meditation center and a university.

The area is peaceful, surrounded by green forests and interspersed with

10,000 beautiful Buddhist statues.

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KHH-CTST-KH03: Kaohsiung City/Lotus Lake Tour(8 Hours)

Meals

Pick up from/to Kaohsiung Port Lunch

Tour Tour:

Pier 2 / National Kaohsiung Center for

Arts(Weifuyin) / Formosa Boulevard

Subway Station / Lotus Lake

Lunch

National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) is the first national theater located

in southern Taiwan. Its superb location and rich history signify its mission of bridging the

past with the future, connecting local and global talents.

Designed by Dutch architect Francine Houben, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts

(Weiwuying) spans 9.9 hectares and sits in the northeast corner of a vast lush park.

Transformed from a military training base to an arts and culture center of the future,

Weiwuying continues its heritage of talent fostering and civil service. As it becomes one

of the pivotal theatre complexes in the arts. Weiwuying hopes to bring forth new

experiences and life-changing moments that make the arts special to everyone.

Formosa Boulevard Station - named after the nearby Central Park, this station lies

on the Red Line of the Kaohsiung subway. A two-level underground station, the

Central Park stop was designed by British architect Richard Rogers. Design-wise,

purple is the pervading color throughout the station. The courtyard grass areas, in

turn, are covered in a slope of yellow windmills shaped liked sunflowers. Read more

about Kaohsiung metro art.

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Formosa Boulevard is one of the busiest stations in Kaohsiung city, and also one of the

most beautiful. In addition to being the place where the Red and Orange subway lines

meet, the stop is also the location of the “Dome of Light.” The “Dome of Light,”

situated on the upper part of the station, is known as the biggest public art

installation all over the globe. We thank the artist Narcissus Quagliata for putting

together the dome in a little less than four years, which included shipping pieces of

colored glass directly from Germany.

Lotus Lake - This famous scenic area on the northern outskirts of Kaohsiung City

is noted for its profusion of temples, with the Confucius Temple at its northern

edge and, in the south, the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas and the Spring and Autumn

Pavilions. The lake is most beautiful in the late afternoon, when the setting sun is

reflected in the water. Nearby are the ruins of the Fengshan County walls and

gates, which have been designated a first-grade historic.

Spring and Autumn Pavilions

Two massive pavilions dedicated to Kuan Kung, the God of War, the Spring and

Autumn Pavilions were completed in 1951. In front of the pavilions is a statue of

Guanyin(Kuanyin), the Goddess of Mercy, riding a dragon. According to legend,

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Guanyin(Kuanyin) appeared above the clouds riding on a dragon, signifying that

believers must erect an image depicting this event between pavilions of summer

and autumn: The present-day structures are a result of this vision.

Dragon and Tiger Pagodas

About 700 meters to the south of the Spring and Autumn Pavilions are the

Dragon and Tiger Pagodas. The dragon's throat is the entrance and the tiger's

mouth is the exit. Entering a dragon's throat and coming out a tiger's mouth

symbolizes turning bad luck to good fortune. Inside, paintings depict China's 24

most obedient sons as well as scenes of heaven and hell to inspire people to do

good deeds during their lifetime, and to provide threatening examples of

retribution for wrongdoing.

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KHH-CTST-KH04: Tainan Tour(8 Hours)

Meals

Pick up from/to Kaohsiung Port Lunch

Tour Tour:

Anping Fort/Anping Old Street /Chih Kan

Tower/Cheng Ching Kung (Koxinga)Shrine

/Confucius Temple

Lunch

As it was once also called "Sian Shi Shemg Temple" (literally, it suggests that the

temple pays homage to the greated teacher in the world), Tainan Confucius Temple is

the first in Taiwan memorizes Confucius. In the Ming Dynasty, Yong-hua Chen,

Koxinga's chief counselor, advised to build the temple. The Temple, run by the

governments, was also the first and highest academy in Taiwan teaching Confucianism

during the Ming and Cing dynasties. One of the most important commemorative rituals

to be done during the Confucius Cultural Festival held in the Teacher's Day is

celebrating Confucius' birthday. There are 38 things needed to be done before

completing the ritual. The confucius Cultureal Festival

In 1624, Dutch built the first fort in Anping, Taiwan, called "Fort Zeelandia", now

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known as Anping Fort, where has been the administrative center of the Dutch regime,

and the hub for trading. The building was originally constructed in square inner

fortress and rectangle outer walls. In 1661, the fort was renamed as Anping to

commemorate his home town when Guoxingye (Cheng Cheng-Kung) has driven the

Dutch out of Taiwan. Therefore, Fort Zeelandia was also known as "King's Fort" or

"Taiwan Fort", nicknamed Anping Fort.

Guoxingye's Shrine (Yanping Junwang Temple), located by Kaishan Road surrounded

by trees, is the only Fujianese style shrine in Taiwan. This is the shrine built in

memory of the work and achievement of Cheng Cheng Kung, the pioneer of Taiwan.

Cheng Cheng Kung was originally called Cheng Sun, a native in County Fujian. His

father, Cheng Chi Lung, was a wanderer in his early days. He has been a merchant as

well as a pirate. His mother was a Japanese lady called Tagawa. Cheng was born with

great intelligence. Not only was he diligent in his studies, he also has a huge ambitious

to achieve something big, i.e. to become someone who are good in both academic work

and in the military field. By the time he was 21 years old, Wu San Kwei led the Qing

army into China and the Ming dynasty thus came to an end. As a result of his father

surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and his mother committed suicide, Cheng Cheng

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Kung suffered a lot of pain and decided that he should turn against the Qing Dynasty

to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty in order to get rid of the shame caused by his

father's traitor behavior. In April, 15th year of Emperor Yung Li (1661 A.D.), he led

his army crossing the Taiwan Strait and after 9 months' battle, had finally retrieved

Taiwan from the hands of the Dutch. Taiwan thus was no more a colony of the

Netherlands. After gaining access to Taiwan, Cheng quickly built up the whole place

by setting up governing offices, regulations, education system as well as developing

more farm lands to improve the living standards of the local people. He also actively

trained people in military tactics, preparing them to fight the Qing army. However,

just half year after he had retrieved Taiwan, Cheng died of illness on May 8, the 16th

year of Emperor Yung Li of Ming Dynasty.