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On November 7, 1992, Kinmen government terminated all battlefield affairs and reestablished constitution with local autonomy and started to invest heavily in tourism. A trend of tourism rapidly rose, resulting in rapid growth in related industries and a vibrant local economy. In early 1993, by upholding administration concepts of the head of county, Kinmen Forest Bureau (the Bureau) entrusted Dijing Co. Ltd. (地景股份有限公司), with the 36 hectares of land on which the Bureau is currently located, to design the Forest Park of Kinmen Forest Bureau, which focuses on forest plants and combines facilities for forest cultivation and seedling raising as well as local terrains, landforms, climate, biological conditions and other natural resources with the secluded environment in the purpose of providing a ground on which the public could enjoy sightseeing, relaxation, recreation, sports, observation, education, study and other events. Designed objectives of the park include:
- 1. Create a base of green resources: to maintain original tree species and widely plant native flowers and trees in order to increase forest coverage, creating a multiple leveled forest form that reveals the true diversity of green forests.
- 2. Establish a multiple purposed forestry operation: the forest park is to provide the ground for recreation and entertainment and exhibit Kinmen’s native forestation plants for study and education in various industries; meanwhile, an educational commentary system is to be offered to improve the public’s understanding on ecology education.
3. Increase preservation of water resource: to plant trees in a large area and reduce the area of hard pavement; increase the area of vegetation and construct adequate lakes and rivers for water resource accommodation.
4. Improve the level of public tourism: to integrate featuring local history and culture backgrounds and establish an intact system of touring and recreation, so that the level of public tourism could be improved.
5. Improve local living quality: to provide a ground for local residents and tourists to experience ecology education, purifying local environment; to activate an overall economy prosperity with growth in tourism, hence improve local living quality.
After completion of the design for forest park, the Bureau executed the construction according to the designed period and phases, and finally completed and started to operate the park on December 15, 1996.
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Parking Lot for Tourists:
The place for tourists to park their vehicles or wait for transportation. In order to ensure a normal administration operation and the safety of visitors, NO vehicle is allowed to enter the park.
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Pines Avenue:
Tall and straight slash pines are lined up along this 500m long avenue that divides the park into East and West sections. Apart from 12,000 impatiens balsaminas decorating at the foot of these pines, 17 pots of begonia semperflorens are put up on the trunk of pins, demonstrating the true meaning of three-dimensional green decoration.
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Gaming Ground for Children:
A natural, interesting, open gaming ground specially designed for children. Run under a blue sky through green shades, or play with all those gaming gadgets on the playground – children are encouraged to free their imagination and find the very game experience for themselves, which exerts a subtle influence on children, encouraging a closer relationship with mother nature, hence realize a natural education.
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Lawns:
The square for utilities, schools and colleges, and organizations to hold outdoor events, such as kite competition, Frisbee game, sunbath, country dance, Taichi, jogging, walking, etc., as well as provides a base of green resources and water resource preservation and multiple functions.
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Aquatic Zone:
Where you can see the sights with fountains, waterfalls and Holland windmills, overlook beyond gardens in the East Section on the top of windmills, or take the corridor to the ponds with colorful fancy carp; it is also a place for walking, photographing, sketching, sightseeing, bird watching, forest bath as well as activities like ecology education.
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Ecological Forest Plant Community:
Mainly consists of plant community from existing forest specimens in park; native Kinmen trees are also selected and, with ecological afforesting approaches, recovered to create a forest that offers a capacity of commentary, study, education, water resource preservation, green resources establishment and environment quality improvement.
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Forestry Museum:
Displays the successful experience of Kinmen’s forestry project and that the public benefit from forests has brought Kinmen with green satisfactions; meanwhile it exhibits agricultural machinery for seedling, foresting, cultivation, lumbering, etc. and specimens of trees existing in Kinmen. It is a base of forestry knowledge of Kinmen.
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Wooden Huts Zone:
Apart from the display of utilization of wood, there are Hall of Protected Birds and Museum of Flower Arts where with light boxes various species of protected birds in Kinmen and dried specimens made of real flowers and trees are exhibited for tourists from around the world.
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