Summary of The Beauty of Mountains in Taiwan

Hello, everyone! This is the last blog article in this semester. I would like to summarize what I have written in the last nine weeks.

First of all, what is the topic I choose in the English Learning Project? That’s “The Beauty of Mountains in Taiwan” Why I choose this topic? Because I have lived in Beitou for more than eighteen years. Beitou is a place where is very near Yangmingshan National Park. Therefore, I have really easy access to reach Mother Nature. When I was a little kid, I went to the park with my grandparent every day. Since then, I was fascinated with all the beauties in the mountains. This is also an important reason why I study in department of Geography now. Because I want to explore much more fantastic and spectacular places in Taiwan or even all over the world while doing my research! That’s why I introduce many mountains in this semester. Next, I would like to review articles I have written in last nine weeks.

1. The Beauty of Yangmingshan National Park

2. The Beauty of the Highest Peak in Taipei

3. Mt. Datun Multi-Peak

4. The First Taiwan Wonder - Yushan National Park

5. Mt. Jade Multi-Peak Trail

6. Beyond Beauty – Taiwan from Above

7. A Few Thoughts after Watching Beyond Beauty Taiwan from above

8. A Brief Introduction to Shei-Pa National Park

9. Mt. Dabajian and Cui Pond in Shei-Pa National Park

10. Summary

Since I live in Beitou, the place I started to introduce is Yangmingshan National Park. There are a great deal of happy memories when I went to this park. When I studied in junior high school, we would go mountain climbing together in spring and enjoy our lunch with a lot of beautiful cherry blossoms. Next, I introduce two of the highest mountains in Yangmingshan National Park- Mt. Quxing and Mt. Datun. I have climbed up these two mountains for more than ten times. We can overlook the whole Taipei Basin when we stand of the summit. We can see how beautiful Taipei is by ourselves! Then, I shifted the focus the highest mountain in Taiwan- Yushan. I introduce some special flora in the park. Later, I went to see the movie “Beyond Beauty – Taiwan from Above”, it’s a documentary worth every Taiwanese watch. Last, I intro Shei-Pa National Park. There are also abundant alpine glacier terrains such as blade ridges (刃嶺), horns (角峰), cirques (冰斗), and so on. We can explore these precious glacier terrains on Mt. Xue and Mt. Dabajian. 

This is the summary of my English Learning Project this semester. I will give a presentation to you in class next week. I’m now here thank for your reading for my last ten articles.

Mt. Dabajian and Cui Pond in Shei-Pa National Park

Hello, everyone! today, I will continue to introduce Shei-Pa National Park to you!

Mt. Dabajian, which is 3492 meters above sea level, is referred to as one of Taiwan's natural wonders. Connected to its side is a Mt. Xiaobajian elevation of 3418 meters. In spite of its exclusive and majestic shape, the rock and geological structure of Mt. Dabajian are also very special such as stratification (層理), cleavage (劈理), fold (褶曲) and joints (節理).





Cui Pond, a splendid cirque lake, is the highest alpine pond in Taiwan which is over 3500 meters above the sea level (even higher than Mt. Dabajian). It's just like a jewel in the mountain located on the west edge of Mt. Xue Main Peak. Despite the small size of the pond, but the pond is alive. Cui Pond is also the source of the largest river of the central Taiwan- Daan stream. Mountain climbers like to stop, take pictures, meditate, or even sleep next to her here over the night. Surrounded by the pond is the largest pure stand (純林) of Yushan junipers in Taiwan. When we go to Mt. Xue, if we have extra times and efforts, in addition to climb up the main peak, we must come to Cui Pond to and see how astonishing this pond is!

Last week I link a video which is time-lapse about Mt Dabajian.
This week I link another one which is a time-lapse shot on Dasyueshan (大雪山)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsaIyGiUt8M