The Youth Park is an open space park in the Taipei metropolitan area located in the west of Wanhua District. Surrounded by Guoxing Road on the east Qingnian Road on the west Shuiyuan Road on the south and Qingnian Road on the north the Park covers an area of 24.44 hectares. It was originally a military training site during the Japanese Occupation and was later converted into an airport. As it is located in the south of the City and stands opposite to Songshan Airport at the north it was thus known as the South Airport. In 1953 Taipei Country Club together with the Ministry of National Defense founded Taipei Golf Club at the site. On 1974 rsquo;s Youth Day the Executive Yuan ordered the Taipei City Government to take over the golf course which then converted it into the Youth Park. In October of the same year the management was officially passed over to the Taipei City Government and the reconstruction was completed in September 1977 providing a recreational place for Taipei residents. nbsp; The Park is surrounded by flowers and trees; it has beautiful sceneries and comprehensive sports facilities. Chargeable sports facilities include: 1 golf course near Guoxing Road 8 swimming pools near Shuiyuan Road 6 tennis courts to the south of the Park and a billiard hall within the swimming complex. Free sports and recreational facilities including: basketball courts badminton courts baseball court skating rink tennis practice walls and outdoor sports complex can be found in various parts of the Park. There are also social educational facilities like the plant nursery reading room audio-visual room outdoor amphitheater and police post to serve the residents and tourists. Besides the various infrastructures the Park rsquo;s landscape planning green facilities and plants are the main attractions in beautifying the Park. At the Park rsquo;s entrance the radial-shaped flowerbeds are planted with beautiful colorful flowers (such as: garden balsam cockscomb scarlet sage