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Synopsis
- Cheng Chin Hu is located at the border of Kaohsiung county city at Kaohsiung county Wu Song township, with a distance of 7km from the Kaohsiung city¡¦s train station, 5km from Feng Shan city while Kaohsiung city¡¦s bus and passenger transportation vehicle number 60, 70, 79 can reach there. The traffic is extremely convenient.
- Cheng Chin Hu had constantly undergone reconstruction and beautification and thus had beautiful and quite scenery. On Republic of China (ROC) year 49 September, it was officially opened as a tourist attraction site and till today, its name had spread far and wide. The management team and service team was also set up. The tourist attraction site¡¦s total area is approximately 110 hectares; the lake surface area is 103 hectares while the road surrounding the lake is 7km.
- To facilitate the development of tourism, the following facilities were established in the surrounding area.
- Cheng Chin Hu youth activity center ¡V with an area of 18 hectares that provides students on holiday for their camping and other activity needs.
- The Grand Hotel ¡V with an area of 11 hectares that provides reception and lodgings for foreign dignitaries and tourists.
- Golf course ¡V with an area of 74 hectares, it provides sports services for local and foreign people.
- Besides the above, the tourist attraction site provides customer service facilities, main gate reception area, broadcast system for the whole area, public telephones, traveling insurance and emergency medical service teams.
Historical Development
The original name of Cheng Chin Hu is ¡§Da Pi¡¨, is a branch of Chao Gong Drain, with an initial use of agricultural irrigation. At the final stages of Japanese occupation in Taiwan, the lake had become a provider of military and heavy industry use. From ROC year 29 onwards, Chao Gong Drain was utilized and water was induced and stored in the lake while water supply facilities were built.
When Taiwan was liberated, the ¡§Kaohsiung industry water supply plan¡¨ was setup based on orders from the province on ROC year 36. Facilities were renovated while water supply was restored. As the majority of the land was taken by local residents and over cultivated with too many trees being chopped down, a large amount of sand deposited in the lake, resulting in less then ten thousand tones of water being supplied daily and can only maintain the ordnance factory, the Taiwan aluminum factory and the Taiwan soap and other industry¡¦s water usage.
By ROC year 41, the government in order to accommodate the growth of the economy, listened to the suggestion made by the province government to improve this province¡¦s economy and thus heavily invested to renovate and built facilities, expand the water source, increase the water supply equipments, and thus the daily water supply increased to four thousand tones. In ROC year 43, it was renamed ¡§Da Bei Hu¡¨, after 43 years, the usable land was gradually being taken back and thus the planning starts to focus on the aspect of environment botanical garden and cooperated with the Forestry Bureau to reforest the land, performed a land water maintenance work and built the dike path in order to prevent the water source from being polluted. In less than 10 years as a result of our hard work, not only had the water processing process improved significantly, the whole water source area and environment was beautified and was gradually catching the attention of outsiders.
On ROC year 52, the deceased president Chiang toured the south and visited the ¡§Cheng Chin tower¡¨ at the lake and greatly liked the peacefulness and calmness of the lake¡¦s scenery. Every time he was on the boat on the lake or taking a walk, he provided guidance as to how to renovate the lake and gave it the name ¡§Cheng Chin Hu¡¨. As is for the purpose of enlightening the people regarding to clear the world of trouble and chaos as our own duty, the implication is profound. Thus the factory was renamed ¡§Taiwan Chen Chin Industry Water Plant¡¨ on ROC year 53 February.
On January ROC year 63, the provincial government under orders from the Executive Yuan, set up the ¡§Taiwan Water Corporation¡¨. 128 water plants across the province were combined and managed together, which can increase the providing of residential water and industry water, develop water sources, increase the water supply equipments and invest and manage related businesses. Under the main management was divided into 12 sections. Cheng Chin Hu was under the 7th management section which manages the water industry of Kaohsiung city, Kaohsiung county, Ping Dong county, and Peng Hu county. In the water supplying aspect, Cheng Chin Hu had the water supply factory, which is responsible on the production side and is an important water source in the Kaohsiung area. On the tourism aspect, the tourist department was responsible for customer service, management and operation.¡C
The natural conditions of Cheng Chin Hu is excellent, has a peaceful surrounding and with the good maintenance of the land and water while constantly cultivating the tress and flowers, the scenery had become even more breathtaking. On September ROC year 45, the decease president Chiang while touring the water factory commented on the restructuring and management of the lake and suggested a continuous building in order to attract local and foreign tourists to come. After he passed away, Zhou chairman of the Taiwan government and Mr Rou appointed it as one of the three special natural scenery of Taiwan. On December ROC year 47, the Taiwan tourism board appointed this place as a tourist attraction site and was officially opened in ROC year 49 September 1st. |
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