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Huoyanshan Ecological Education Center
三義鄉 · Nature & Scenery
Huoyanshan Ecological Education Center is a scenic building with three floors above ground and two basement levels. Its exterior and interior design were both inspired by Huoyanshan’s distinctive natural features. Located in Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, it opened on April 16, 2005. It is one of the few places in Taiwan dedicated to exhibition, interpretation, and environmental education for a natural landscape. Its mission is to make Huoyanshan Ecological Education Center an important domestic site for landscape and environmental education. Near the Huoyanshan Nature Reserve in Sanyi, Miaoli, it became an Environmental Education Certified Site on June 17, 2020, and received the National Academy for Educational Research’s “Excellent Environmental Education Facility Site Evaluation” recognition in 2023, making it an important gateway for conservation outreach in Miaoli.
Guanwu National Forest Recreation Area
Tai'an Township · Nature & Scenery
Embrace giant sacred trees amid rolling mist, admire the snowy-white bloom of Taiwan’s largest Formosan mountain cherry display in spring, take in the majestic silhouette of the Syue Mountain Range’s Sacred Ridge Line from above, and you may even encounter rare national treasures. This is Guanwu National Forest Recreation Area, a richly rewarding mist-forest experience on the border of Hsinchu and Miaoli. About two hours from Zhudong, its Atayal name is “Mawuyli,” meaning “higher mountain ridge.” The area became a logging forest in 1940 and closed in 1980, leaving behind orderly planted forests across the mountains. Along the Chih Mountain Giant Trees Trail, five towering Taiwan red cypress trees still tell the story of Taiwan’s former forest grandeur. Guanwu is also known for its wildlife, including the Mikado pheasant and sambar deer seen along the forest roads, as well as the world’s only Deinmua balsam and two Taiwan endemic treasures: the broad-tailed swallowtail and the Guanwu salamander named after Guanwu itself. The Dalu Forest Road branches here: the eastern route leads toward Dabajianshan, while the western route connects to the park’s highest peak, Jianshan, offering sweeping views shaped by the Sacred Ridge Line of the Syue Mountain Range.